---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 344 Utah Medical Candor Act"
description: "H.B. 344 Utah Medical Candor Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 344"
citation: "Utah HB 344 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health", "Health Care", "Liability", "Medical Records"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nelson, Merrill F."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 45
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-02-07"
last_action: "2022-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/181ec13b-214b-4d45-be3f-31329a3ec632"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/static/HB0344.html"
source_hash: "4ee1175ffa65df01a04e553647c9e4f2de8143751d991acbd96fb3a9b373a533"
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 344 (2022) — H.B. 344 Utah Medical Candor Act

## 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/HB0344S03.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/hbillenr/HB0344.pdf)

## Votes

- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- concurs with Senate amendment — **70–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 1 to # 2 — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **20–4** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **69–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Nelson, Merrill F. — primary (person)
- Kennedy, Michael S. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-07** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2022-02-07** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2022-02-08** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2022-02-08** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-10** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2022-02-11** to House Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-15** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2022-02-15** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-16** comm rpt/substituted
- **2022-02-16** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-17** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2022-02-17** circled
- **2022-02-18** uncircled
- **2022-02-18** floor amendment # 1
- **2022-02-18** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2022-02-18** to Senate
- **2022-02-22** received from House
- **2022-02-22** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-22** to Senate Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-23** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 1 to # 2
- **2022-02-23** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-24** comm rpt/substituted
- **2022-02-24** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2022-03-01** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2022-03-03** 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules
- **2022-03-03** Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2022-03-03** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2022-03-03** substituted from # 2 to # 3
- **2022-03-03** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2022-03-03** to House with amendments
- **2022-03-03** received from Senate
- **2022-03-03** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2022-03-03** concurs with Senate amendment
- **2022-03-03** to Senate
- **2022-03-04** received from House
- **2022-03-04** signed by President/returned to House
- **2022-03-04** to House
- **2022-03-04** received from Senate
- **2022-03-04** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2022-03-08** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2022-03-08** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2022-03-11** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2022-03-11** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2022-03-14** 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/181ec13b-214b-4d45-be3f-31329a3ec632`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).