---
type: "Bill"
title: "Dental Provider Malpractice Amendments"
description: "Dental Provider Malpractice Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 318"
citation: "Utah HB 318 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Dentists and Dental Hygienists", "Health", "Health Care", "Health Care Professionals", "Medical Malpractice"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Teuscher, Jordan D."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 34
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-02-03"
last_action: "2022-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8bd2cdd0-f00d-4ae3-bf13-7d229ffb9412"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/static/HB0318.html"
source_hash: "ce1321bc35afbf4dc9a1199a87be9be2e3c20d7ec2a7a38a58c334b360172aa5"
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 318 (2022) — Dental Provider Malpractice 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/~2022/bills/hbillint/HB0318.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/hbillenr/HB0318.pdf)

## Votes

- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **24–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Teuscher, Jordan D. — primary (person)
- Kennedy, Michael S. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-03** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2022-02-03** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2022-02-03** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2022-02-04** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2022-02-04** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-08** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2022-02-08** fiscal note publicly available
- **2022-02-09** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2022-02-09** to House Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-14** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-15** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-15** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-17** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2022-02-17** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2022-02-17** to Senate
- **2022-02-18** received from House
- **2022-02-18** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-22** to Senate Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-23** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-23** Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation
- **2022-02-24** comm rpt/placed on Consent Calendar
- **2022-02-24** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-03-01** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2022-03-01** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2022-03-01** signed by President/returned to House
- **2022-03-01** to House
- **2022-03-01** received from Senate
- **2022-03-01** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2022-03-03** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2022-03-03** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2022-03-10** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2022-03-10** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2022-03-10** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-24** 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/8bd2cdd0-f00d-4ae3-bf13-7d229ffb9412`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).