Utah legislation · 2026 General Session
Utah HB338: First Responder Health Amendments
Status: Failed, March 6, 2026
This bill amends requirements for providing health coverage and resources to first responders.
What the bill says
From the substitute text, February 26, 2026:
0 First Responder Health Amendments 2026 GENERAL SESSION STATE OF UTAH Chief Sponsor: Ryan D. Wilcox Senate Sponsor: Don L. Ipson LONG TITLE General Description: This bill amends requirements for providing health coverage and resources to first responders. Highlighted Provisions: This bill: - amends eligibility requirements for the Volunteer Emergency Medical Service Personnel Insurance Program; - requires the Department of Public Safety (department) to annually submit a report on first responder agencies' compliance with requirements to provide mental health resources to first responders and first responders' spouses to the: - Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Interim Committee; and - State Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice's public safety portal; - amends eligibility for receiving mental health resources for separated first responders and separated first responders' spouses; - creates the Mental Health Resources for First Responders Restricted Account (account) to provide funding for the department to provide certain mental health resources to eligible small first responder agencies; - provides a sunset date for grants to first responder agencies; - defines terms; and - makes technical and conforming changes. Money Appropriated in this Bill: This bill appropriates ($669,700) in operating and capital budgets for fiscal year 2027, including: ($800,000) from General Fund; and $130,300 from various sources as detailed in this bill. This bill appropriates $800,000 in restricted fund and account transfers …
Sponsors
- Ryan Wilcox (R, 7) · primary sponsor
- Don Ipson (R, 29)
- Burton, Jefferson S. (R, 64)
- Gwynn, Matthew H. (R, 6)
- Snider, Casey (R, 5)
- Jordan Teuscher (R, 44)
Latest actions
- : House/ filed
- : House/ received from Senate
- : Senate/ to House
- : Senate/ strike enacting clause
- : LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0338S02
- : LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0338S02
- : Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- : LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0338S03
- : Senate/ received from House
- : LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0338S03
Votes
- House/ passed 3rd reading (February 26, 2026): 67 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation (February 23, 2026): 7 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: Health Care, Administrative Rulemaking and Procedures, Health and Human Services, Health Care Professionals, Department of Public Safety, Appropriations, New Rulemaking Authority, Public Safety
Common questions
- What is HB338?
- HB338 is a bill in the Utah Legislature (2026 General Session): First Responder Health Amendments.
- What does HB338 do?
- This bill amends requirements for providing health coverage and resources to first responders.
- What is the status of HB338?
- Failed as of March 6, 2026. Latest action: House/ filed (March 6, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB338?
- Ryan Wilcox (R, 7), with 5 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB338?
- On the Utah Legislature website: https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/HB0338.html
Source: official Utah record. Tracked by Delilah, AI for legislation across all 50 states and Congress.