---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Employee Benefit Amendments"
description: "State Employee Benefit Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 22"
citation: "Utah SB 22 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Employees Insurance and Benefits", "Public Employees Long-term Disabilities Benefits", "Public Employees' Health Program", "Public Retirement and Insurance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harper, Wayne A."]
version_count: 13
action_count: 44
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2024-12-18T22:58:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-19T14:26:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/38e3ebca-607e-48dc-9c8c-7c8de793c5b5"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2025/bills/static/SB0022.html"
source_hash: "fd8c5811358cd5cf855f5618c416d7b030ade8e36edc0197eba51f253fda51a9"
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 SB 22 (2025) — State Employee Benefit 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/SB0022.xml)
2. **Amended 2/13/2025 11:02:796** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/amended/AV_SB0022S01_2025-02-13_11-06-35.pdf)
3. **Amended Excerpts 2/13/2025 11:02:796** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/amended/AP_SB0022S01_2025-02-13_11-06-35.pdf)
4. **Comparison to Sub #0** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/CP SB0022 To SB0022S01.pdf)
5. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/comreport/SB022H10.pdf)
6. **House Transmittal Letter 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/transmit/SB022H10.pdf)
7. **House Transmittal Letter 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/transmit/SB022H20.pdf)
8. **Senate Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/amended/SB0022S01.Samd.1.pdf)
9. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/comreport/SB022S10.pdf)
10. **Senate Transmittal Letter 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/transmit/SB022S10.pdf)
11. **Senate Transmittal Letter 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/transmit/SB022S20.pdf)
12. **Substitute #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/SB0022S01.xml)
13. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/enrolled/SB0022.xml)

## Sponsors

- Harper, Wayne A. — primary (person)
- Acton, Cheryl K. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-12-18T22:58:00+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2024-12-18T22:58:00+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2025-01-02T16:57:00+00:00** Senate/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2025-01-21T18:14:00+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2025-01-21T18:40:00+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-22T17:49:00+00:00** Senate/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2025-01-22T21:16:00+00:00** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation
- **2025-01-22T21:20:00+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-23T18:23:00+00:00** Senate/ comm rpt/ substituted
- **2025-01-23T18:23:00+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2025-01-23T18:37:00+00:00** Senate/ 2nd reading
- **2025-01-23T18:40:00+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2025-01-24T18:35:00+00:00** Senate/ 3rd reading
- **2025-01-24T18:37:00+00:00** Senate/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2025-01-24T18:37:00+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2025-01-27T17:00:00+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2025-01-27T18:09:00+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2025-02-04T18:54:00+00:00** House/ to standing committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-13T15:45:00+00:00** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-02-13T15:45:00+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-13T18:14:00+00:00** House/ comm rpt/ amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-13T18:14:00+00:00** House/ return to Rules due to fiscal impact
- **2025-03-05T22:35:00+00:00** House/ Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2025-03-05T22:35:00+00:00** House/ comm rpt/ amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-05T22:35:00+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2025-03-06T03:20:00+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2025-03-06T03:23:00+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2025-03-06T03:23:00+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2025-03-06T17:05:00+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2025-03-06T17:05:00+00:00** Senate/ placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2025-03-06T21:17:00+00:00** Senate/ concurs with House amendment `amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-06T21:17:00+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2025-03-06T22:49:00+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2025-03-06T22:49:00+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ returned to Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-06T22:49:00+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2025-03-07T15:30:00+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2025-03-07T15:30:00+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2025-03-07T20:55:00+00:00** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2025-03-07T20:55:00+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2025-03-11T19:16:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2025-03-11T19:16:00+00:00** Senate/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2025-03-12T20:19:00+00:00** Senate/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2025-03-12T20:19:00+00:00** Senate/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-19T14:26:00+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/38e3ebca-607e-48dc-9c8c-7c8de793c5b5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).