---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Employee Retaliatory Action Amendments"
description: "Public Employee Retaliatory Action Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 73"
citation: "Utah HB 73 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administrative Rulemaking and Procedures", "Government Operations (State Issues)", "State Officers and Employees"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Walter, R. Neil"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 39
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-12-23T17:29:02+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-17T15:33:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/495b7c12-3aa9-4d19-96ad-ab6fb81d3792"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/HB0073.html"
source_hash: "75b4daa9a9d6b6c56b68659348c6d5a35644065e2cbd29b462e26135a1198bee"
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 73 (2026) — Public Employee Retaliatory Action 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/HB0073.xml)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/HB0073.xml)

## Votes

- Senate/ passed 2nd reading — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- House/ passed 3rd reading — **71–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension — **24–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Walter, R. Neil — primary (person)
- McCay, Daniel — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-12-23T17:29:02+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2025-12-23T17:29:02+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2025-12-23T17:29:03+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0073
- **2025-12-23T17:29:03+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0073
- **2026-01-05T21:15:12+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0073
- **2026-01-14T20:44:01+00:00** House/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-01-20T04:30:09+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0073
- **2026-01-20T15:35:39+00:00** House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2026-01-20T17:43:19+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-01-20T18:20:03+00:00** House/ Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2026-01-20T18:21:00+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-01-23T18:19:36+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-01-23T18:22:32+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-01-23T18:22:34+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-01-23T19:33:13+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-01-26T18:17:30+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-01-28T18:21:57+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-28T23:05:28+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-29T18:44:01+00:00** Senate/ committee report favorable [Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-29T18:44:02+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-02-04T22:09:34+00:00** Senate/ 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
- **2026-02-04T22:12:25+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2026-02-04T22:12:30+00:00** Senate/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-04T22:12:48+00:00** Senate/ placed on 3rd Reading Calendar table
- **2026-03-04T18:03:56+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-04T18:41:03+00:00** Senate/ circled
- **2026-03-05T23:13:47+00:00** Senate/ uncircled
- **2026-03-05T23:17:05+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
- **2026-03-05T23:17:06+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House `passage`
- **2026-03-05T23:17:07+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-03-06T00:34:46+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-03-06T00:34:47+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2026-03-06T21:09:36+00:00** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2026-03-06T21:09:37+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-03-11T17:05:24+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-03-11T17:05:25+00:00** House/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2026-03-12T16:47:07+00:00** House/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2026-03-12T16:47:09+00:00** House/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-17T15:33:00+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/495b7c12-3aa9-4d19-96ad-ab6fb81d3792`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).