Utah legislation · 2025 General Session
Utah HB288: Health Care Malpractice Amendments
Status: Chaptered, March 24, 2026
This bill addresses statutes of limitation for health care malpractice actions.
What the bill says
From the introduced text:
Health Care Malpractice Amendments 2025 GENERAL SESSION STATE OF UTAH Chief Sponsor: Nelson T. Abbott LONG TITLE General Description: This bill addresses statutes of limitation for health care malpractice actions. Highlighted Provisions: This bill: - extends statutes of limitation for health care malpractice actions; - modifies the application of the statute of limitations, when a party files a notice of intent to allocate fault to a non-party health care provider; - expands the definition of "collateral source"; - modifies the evidentiary rules for malpractice actions; - increases the limitation on awards of damages for noneconomic losses in certain malpractice actions; and - subjects the limitation on awards of damages for noneconomic losses in certain malpractice actions to an annual adjustment for inflation. Money Appropriated in this Bill: None Other Special Clauses: None Utah Code Sections Affected: AMENDS: 78B-3-404 , as last amended by Laws of Utah 2012, Chapter 384 78B-3-405 , as last amended by Laws of Utah 2023, Chapter 330 78B-3-410 , as last amended by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 97 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah: Section 1, Section 78B-3-404 is amended to read: 78B-3-404. Statute of limitations -- Exceptions -- Application. (1) A Subject to Subsections (2) and (3), a malpractice action against a health care provider shall be commenced within …
Sponsors
- Nelson Abbott (R, 57) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Governor Signed
- : House/ to Governor
- : House/ received enrolled bill from Printing
- : House/ enrolled bill to Printing
- : Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- : Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- : Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- : House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling
- : House/ received from Senate
- : Senate/ to House
Subjects: Health Care, Health and Human Services, Judicial Operations, Statute of Limitations, Medical Malpractice
Common questions
- What is HB288?
- HB288 is a bill in the Utah Legislature (2025 General Session): Health Care Malpractice Amendments.
- What does HB288 do?
- This bill addresses statutes of limitation for health care malpractice actions.
- What is the status of HB288?
- Chaptered as of March 24, 2026. Latest action: Governor Signed (March 24, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB288?
- Nelson Abbott (R, 57).
- Where is the official record for HB288?
- On the Utah Legislature website: https://le.utah.gov/~2025/bills/static/HB0288.html
Source: official Utah record. Tracked by Delilah, AI for legislation across all 50 states and Congress.