---
type: "Bill"
title: "Administrative Appeal Rights"
description: "Administrative Appeal Rights"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "H.B. 38"
citation: "Utah H.B. 38 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Housing", "Antidiscrimination", "Labor", "Labor Commission"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dunnigan, James A."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 33
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-12-20"
last_action: "2019-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/64acb9e7-3b1a-4a2d-bbe0-f46a3b3f0a6a"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/static/HB0038.html"
source_hash: "aeb194298a31f310f9ba0cbbb4eff46763c5e62ef475fd45b9ca15d92840a8ad"
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 H.B. 38 (2019) — Administrative Appeal Rights

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0038.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillenr/HB0038.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd reading — **27–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dunnigan, James A. — primary (person)
- Bramble, Curtis S. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-20** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2018-12-20** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2018-12-20** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2019-01-07** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2019-01-11** fiscal note publicly available
- **2019-01-22** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2019-01-28** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-01-28** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2019-01-28** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-01-28** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2019-01-28** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2019-01-28** to Senate
- **2019-01-28** received from House
- **2019-01-28** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-01-30** to Senate Business and Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-01** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-04** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-04** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2019-02-06** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-02-06** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-02-07** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2019-02-07** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2019-02-07** signed by President/returned to House
- **2019-02-07** to House
- **2019-02-07** received from Senate
- **2019-02-07** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2019-02-08** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2019-02-08** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2019-03-21** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2019-03-21** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2019-03-22** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2019-03-22** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-22** 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/64acb9e7-3b1a-4a2d-bbe0-f46a3b3f0a6a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).