---
type: "Bill"
title: "Physical Therapist Practice Act Amendments"
description: "Physical Therapist Practice Act Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "H.B. 44"
citation: "Utah H.B. 44 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health", "Health Care", "Health Care Providers", "Occupations and Professions", "Occupational and Professional Licensing"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dunnigan, James A."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 33
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-12-27"
last_action: "2019-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e85c7420-7d46-4896-80da-9b92a7d4d08b"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/static/HB0044.html"
source_hash: "5573d3aeadb85e5852067ecca8bf887597c21ad619cd43cf08dae918fb9a1187"
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. 44 (2019) — Physical Therapist Practice Act Amendments

## 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/HB0044.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillenr/HB0044.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd reading — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **72–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-27** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2018-12-28** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2018-12-28** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2019-01-07** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2019-01-12** 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`
- **2019-01-30** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2019-01-30** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2019-01-30** to Senate
- **2019-01-31** received from House
- **2019-01-31** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-01** 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
- **2019-03-20** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2019-03-20** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2019-03-21** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2019-03-21** 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/e85c7420-7d46-4896-80da-9b92a7d4d08b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).