---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 312 Patient Medical Record Access Amendments"
description: "H.B. 312 Patient Medical Record Access Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 312"
citation: "Utah HB 312 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dunnigan, James A."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 37
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-27"
last_action: "2023-03-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/93779f98-39c6-469e-a789-5260b63dd24c"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/static/HB0312.html"
source_hash: "7ed95857f9d77179358fb18c00987b10bf4c67f7ba1bc60959a0fe5e15cc0340"
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 312 (2023) — H.B. 312 Patient Medical Record Access 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/~2023/bills/hbillint/HB0312S01.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/hbillenr/HB0312.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **3–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **67–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **26–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dunnigan, James A. — primary (person)
- McKell, Michael K. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-27** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2023-01-27** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2023-01-30** received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2023-01-30** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-01** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2023-02-02** to House Political Subdivisions Committee
- **2023-02-21** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2023-02-21** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-21** House Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation
- **2023-02-21** comm rpt/substituted/Consent Calendar
- **2023-02-21** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-23** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-23** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-02-23** to Senate
- **2023-02-23** received from House `receipt`
- **2023-02-23** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-23** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2023-02-24** fiscal note publicly available
- **2023-02-24** to Senate Health and Human Services Committee
- **2023-02-27** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-28** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-28** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2023-02-28** 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules `reading-2`
- **2023-03-01** Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2023-03-02** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2023-03-02** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2023-03-02** signed by President/returned to House `passage`
- **2023-03-02** to House
- **2023-03-02** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-03-02** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2023-03-03** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2023-03-03** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2023-03-10** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2023-03-10** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2023-03-13** received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2023-03-13** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-15** 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/93779f98-39c6-469e-a789-5260b63dd24c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).