---
type: "Bill"
title: "Speech, Language, and Hearing Occupations Licensing Amendments"
description: "Speech, Language, and Hearing Occupations Licensing Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 374"
citation: "Utah HB 374 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business", "Education", "Health Care Professionals", "Health and Human Services", "Hearing Instrument Specialists", "K-12 Education", "Labor and Employment", "Occupational and Professional Licensing", "School Personnel", "Special Education", "Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ballard, Melissa G."]
version_count: 6
action_count: 56
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-01-26T17:22:15+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-18T16:20:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a96d584b-2b56-4ac5-b628-7b8e2d03c765"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/HB0374.html"
source_hash: "45c575e9d0ec8b05c6d62914cfe98c44cd2113bb80d9d425f7e204234187c028"
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 374 (2026) — Speech, Language, and Hearing Occupations 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/2026/bills/introduced/HB0374.xml)
2. **Comparison to Original Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP HB0374 To HB0374S01.pdf)
3. **Comparison to Sub #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP HB0374S01 To HB0374S02.pdf)
4. **Substitute #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0374S01.xml)
5. **Substitute #2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0374S02.xml)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/HB0374.xml)

## Votes

- House/ concurs with Senate amendment — **69–1** (pass) · lower
- Senate/ passed 3rd reading — **23–0** (pass) · upper
- House/ passed 3rd reading — **69–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate/ passed 2nd reading — **27–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ballard, Melissa G. — primary (person)
- Vickers, Evan J. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-26T17:22:15+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2026-01-26T17:22:15+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2026-01-26T17:22:17+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0374
- **2026-01-26T17:22:17+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0374
- **2026-01-26T17:49:38+00:00** House/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-01-26T18:22:59+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-01-29T12:11:02+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0374
- **2026-01-29T17:30:39+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0374
- **2026-01-29T18:05:31+00:00** House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2026-01-30T17:55:12+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0374S01
- **2026-01-30T17:55:12+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0374S01
- **2026-02-02T21:41:45+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0374S01
- **2026-02-02T22:37:57+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0374S01
- **2026-02-06T18:24:00+00:00** Bill Substituted by Sponsor in House Rules Comm [House Rules Committee]
- **2026-02-06T19:00:45+00:00** House/ to standing committee [House Business, Labor, and Commerce Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-10T00:21:27+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Business, Labor, and Commerce Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-10T18:14:38+00:00** House/ committee report favorable [House Business, Labor, and Commerce Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-10T18:14:39+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-18T18:22:11+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-18T18:25:13+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-18T18:25:15+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-02-18T18:41:15+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-02-18T21:31:29+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-20T23:09:32+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Business and Labor Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-24T15:40:11+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Business and Labor Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-25T17:20:46+00:00** Senate/ committee report favorable [Senate Business and Labor Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-25T17:20:47+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-02-26T20:01:23+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0374S02
- **2026-02-26T20:01:23+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0374S02
- **2026-02-26T21:46:59+00:00** Senate/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-26T21:47:46+00:00** Senate/ substituted
- **2026-02-26T21:50:39+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2026-02-26T21:50:46+00:00** Senate/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-26T21:51:02+00:00** Senate/ placed on 3rd Reading Calendar table
- **2026-02-27T20:30:01+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0374S02
- **2026-02-27T21:58:11+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0374S02
- **2026-02-27T22:26:36+00:00** Senate/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-27T22:26:37+00:00** Senate/ to House with amendments
- **2026-03-02T17:30:42+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-03-02T17:30:43+00:00** House/ placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2026-03-03T16:28:03+00:00** House/ circled
- **2026-03-03T16:33:00+00:00** House/ uncircled
- **2026-03-03T16:36:32+00:00** House/ concurs with Senate amendment `amendment-passage`
- **2026-03-03T16:36:33+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-03-04T01:42:05+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-03-04T01:42:06+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House `passage`
- **2026-03-04T01:42:07+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-03-04T14:29:13+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-03-04T14:29:14+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2026-03-05T15:58:11+00:00** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2026-03-05T15:58:15+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-03-06T18:00:37+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-03-06T18:00:42+00:00** House/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2026-03-12T18:20:31+00:00** House/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2026-03-12T18:20:33+00:00** House/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-18T16:20:00+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/a96d584b-2b56-4ac5-b628-7b8e2d03c765`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).