---
type: "Bill"
title: "Governmental Immunity Amendments"
description: "Governmental Immunity Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 79"
citation: "Utah HB 79 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Emergency Medical Services", "Government Operations (State Issues)", "Governmental Immunity"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gwynn, Matthew H."]
version_count: 4
action_count: 44
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-12-23T21:20:49+00:00"
last_action: "2026-02-27T21:56:31+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4f5ee3a3-8216-4c55-8a09-89753fa076e8"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/HB0079.html"
source_hash: "c850e1e13c2febd5fc5b76344a27b2b0f003318ae06ddf6363aa5c1af4c6189c"
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 79 (2026) — Governmental Immunity 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/HB0079.xml)
2. **Comparison to Original Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP HB0079 To HB0079S01.pdf)
3. **Substitute #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0079S01.xml)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/HB0079.xml)

## Votes

- Senate/ passed 3rd reading — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate/ passed 2nd reading — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- House/ passed 3rd reading — **71–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gwynn, Matthew H. — primary (person)
- Brammer, Brady — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-12-23T21:20:49+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2025-12-23T21:20:49+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2025-12-23T21:20:51+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0079
- **2025-12-23T21:20:51+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0079
- **2026-01-05T21:01:11+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0079
- **2026-01-05T21:01:13+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0079
- **2026-01-14T20:45:14+00:00** House/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-01-14T21:21:49+00:00** House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2026-01-20T22:38:23+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-01-22T18:44:14+00:00** House/ to standing committee [House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-23T22:53:42+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0079S01
- **2026-01-23T22:53:42+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0079S01
- **2026-01-23T23:07:48+00:00** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation [House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee]
- **2026-01-23T23:08:34+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-26T18:12:45+00:00** House/ comm rpt/ substituted [House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee]
- **2026-01-26T18:12:46+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-01-28T16:36:18+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0079S01
- **2026-01-28T16:36:19+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0079S01
- **2026-02-02T18:35:45+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-02T18:54:33+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-02T18:54:35+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-02-02T19:16:40+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-02-03T18:23:07+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-04T21:14:21+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-05T23:26:51+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-06T18:27:14+00:00** Senate/ committee report favorable [Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-06T18:27:15+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-02-11T18:47:13+00:00** Senate/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-11T18:47:32+00:00** Senate/ circled
- **2026-02-11T18:52:05+00:00** Senate/ uncircled
- **2026-02-11T18:54:24+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2026-02-12T18:12:39+00:00** Senate/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-12T18:14:27+00:00** Senate/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-12T18:14:28+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House `passage`
- **2026-02-12T18:14:29+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-02-17T16:57:55+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-02-17T16:57:56+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2026-02-17T18:57:42+00:00** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2026-02-17T18:57:47+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-02-17T19:49:05+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-02-17T19:49:10+00:00** House/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2026-02-18T20:13:25+00:00** House/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2026-02-18T20:13:27+00:00** House/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-02-27T21:56:31+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/4f5ee3a3-8216-4c55-8a09-89753fa076e8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).