---
type: "Bill"
title: "Construction Trades Licensing Amendments"
description: "Construction Trades Licensing Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 442"
citation: "Utah HB 442 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business", "Construction", "Occupational and Professional Licensing"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Peterson, Thomas W."]
version_count: 27
action_count: 60
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-06T23:28:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-26T01:06:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/92ec43df-c047-4cd7-a639-4080fee238c7"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2025/bills/static/HB0442.html"
source_hash: "af435124254c9e51f09831366f7fb532e5116b4bcf53f21037ffc2ad6bc1c9ca"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ut"]
---

# Utah HB 442 (2025) — Construction Trades Licensing Amendments

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0442.xml)
2. **Amended 2/25/2025 10:02:431** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/amended/AV_HB0442S02_2025-02-25_10-59-38.pdf)
3. **Amended 3/6/2025 19:03:40** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/amended/AV_HB0442S02_2025-03-06_19-08-34.pdf)
4. **Amended Excerpts 2/25/2025 10:02:431** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/amended/AP_HB0442S02_2025-02-25_10-59-38.pdf)
5. **Amended Excerpts 3/6/2025 19:03:40** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/amended/AP_HB0442S02_2025-03-06_19-08-34.pdf)
6. **Comparison to Sub #0** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/CP HB0442 To HB0442S01.pdf)
7. **Comparison to Sub #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/CP HB0442S01 To HB0442S02.pdf)
8. **Comparison to Sub #2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/CP HB0442S02 To HB0442S03.pdf)
9. **Comparison to Sub #3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/CP HB0442S03 To HB0442S04.pdf)
10. **Conference Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/comreport/HB442C10.pdf)
11. **House Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/amended/HB0442S02.Hamd.1.pdf)
12. **House Amendment 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/amended/HB0442S02.Hamd.2.pdf)
13. **House Amendment 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/amended/HB0442S02.Hamd.3.pdf)
14. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/comreport/HB442H10.pdf)
15. **House Transmittal Letter 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/transmit/HB442H20.pdf)
16. **House Transmittal Letter 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/transmit/HB442H30.pdf)
17. **House Transmittal Letter 5** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/transmit/HB442H50.pdf)
18. **House Transmittal Letter 8** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/transmit/HB442H80.pdf)
19. **Senate Amendment 4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/amended/HB0442S02.Samd.4.pdf)
20. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/comreport/HB442S10.pdf)
21. **Senate Transmittal Letter 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/transmit/HB442S10.pdf)
22. **Senate Transmittal Letter 5** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/transmit/HB442S50.pdf)
23. **Substitute #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0442S01.xml)
24. **Substitute #2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0442S02.xml)
25. **Substitute #3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0442S03.xml)
26. **Substitute #4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0442S04.xml)
27. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/enrolled/HB0442.xml)

## Sponsors

- Peterson, Thomas W. — primary (person)
- Musselman, Calvin R. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2025-02-06T23:28:00+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2025-02-06T23:28:00+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2025-02-07T17:07:00+00:00** House/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2025-02-07T18:17:00+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2025-02-07T19:00:00+00:00** House/ to standing committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-07T21:58:00+00:00** House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2025-02-10T23:14:00+00:00** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation
- **2025-02-10T23:15:00+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-11T18:14:00+00:00** House/ comm rpt/ substituted
- **2025-02-11T18:14:00+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2025-02-18T22:50:00+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2025-02-18T22:51:00+00:00** House/ substituted
- **2025-02-18T22:53:00+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2025-02-18T22:53:00+00:00** House/ held
- **2025-02-19T17:40:00+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2025-02-19T19:13:00+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2025-02-19T21:16:00+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2025-02-21T21:19:00+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-25T16:36:00+00:00** Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-02-25T16:37:00+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-25T18:25:00+00:00** Senate/ comm rpt/ amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-25T18:25:00+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2025-03-05T21:43:00+00:00** Senate/ 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules `reading-2`
- **2025-03-07T00:54:00+00:00** Senate/ Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2025-03-07T01:39:00+00:00** Senate/ 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
- **2025-03-07T01:40:00+00:00** Senate/ floor amendment
- **2025-03-07T01:42:00+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
- **2025-03-07T01:42:00+00:00** Senate/ to House with amendments
- **2025-03-07T16:33:00+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2025-03-07T16:33:00+00:00** House/ placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2025-03-07T17:33:00+00:00** House/ refuse to concur with Senate amendment
- **2025-03-07T17:33:00+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2025-03-07T18:10:00+00:00** Senate/ refused to recede from Senate amendments
- **2025-03-07T18:11:00+00:00** Senate Conference Committee Appointed `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-07T18:11:00+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2025-03-07T19:00:00+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2025-03-07T19:00:00+00:00** House Conference Committee Appointed `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-07T19:00:00+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2025-03-07T21:36:00+00:00** Bill Substituted by Conference Committee
- **2025-03-07T21:37:00+00:00** Conference Committee Report
- **2025-03-07T21:54:00+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2025-03-07T21:54:00+00:00** Senate Motion to Adopt Joint Conference Comm Rpt
- **2025-03-07T21:55:00+00:00** Senate Conference Committee - Final Passage `passage`
- **2025-03-07T21:55:00+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2025-03-08T00:23:00+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2025-03-08T00:23:00+00:00** House Motion to Adopt Joint Conference Comm Rpt
- **2025-03-08T00:25:00+00:00** House Conference Committee - Final Passage `passage`
- **2025-03-08T00:25:00+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2025-03-08T03:02:00+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2025-03-08T03:02:00+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House `passage`
- **2025-03-08T03:02:00+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2025-03-08T03:56:00+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2025-03-08T03:56:00+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2025-03-08T05:34:00+00:00** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2025-03-08T05:34:00+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2025-03-13T18:59:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2025-03-13T18:59:00+00:00** House/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2025-03-17T16:54:00+00:00** House/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2025-03-17T16:54:00+00:00** House/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-26T01:06:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/92ec43df-c047-4cd7-a639-4080fee238c7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).