Utah legislation · 2026 General Session
Utah HB380: Hospital Workplace Violence Reporting Requirements
Status: Signed into law, March 18, 2026
This bill addresses workplace violence at hospitals.
What the bill says
From the enrolled text, March 5, 2026:
0 Hospital Workplace Violence Reporting Requirements 2026 GENERAL SESSION STATE OF UTAH Chief Sponsor: Katy Hall Senate Sponsor: Jen Plumb LONG TITLE General Description: This bill addresses workplace violence at hospitals. Highlighted Provisions: This bill: - requires hospitals to track and report instances of workplace violence. Money Appropriated in this Bill: None Other Special Clauses: None Utah Code Sections Affected: AMENDS: 63I-2-276 , as last amended by Laws of Utah 2025, Chapters 173, 208 ENACTS: 26B-2-244 , Utah Code Annotated 1953 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah: Section 1. Section 26B-2-244 is enacted to read: 26B-2-244 . Workplace violence incident reporting in hospitals. (1) As used in this section: (a) "Hospital" means: (i) a general acute hospital, as that term is defined in Section 26B-2-201 ; or (ii) a specialty hospital, as that term is defined in Section 26B-2-201 . (b) "Workplace violence" means the same as that term is defined in Section 78B-7-1101 . (2) On or before November 1, 2026, a hospital shall: (a) establish a workplace violence incident reporting system; (b) record all reported incidents of workplace violence as voluntarily reported by an employee; (c) adopt a policy that prohibits discrimination or retaliation against an employee for reporting or participating in an investigation; (d) analyze collected data; (e) maintain the record of …
Sponsors
- Hall, Katy (R, 11) · primary sponsor
- Plumb, Jen (D, 9)
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
Votes
- House/ concurs with Senate amendment (March 2, 2026): 67 yea, 1 nay, passed
- Senate/ passed 3rd reading (February 27, 2026): 23 yea, 1 nay, passed
- Senate/ passed 2nd reading (February 26, 2026): 26 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation (February 24, 2026): 5 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House/ passed 3rd reading (February 18, 2026): 68 yea, 1 nay, passed
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation (February 9, 2026): 8 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: Health Care Facilities, Hospitals, Health and Human Services
Common questions
- What is HB380?
- HB380 is a bill in the Utah Legislature (2026 General Session): Hospital Workplace Violence Reporting Requirements.
- What does HB380 do?
- This bill addresses workplace violence at hospitals.
- What is the status of HB380?
- Signed into law as of March 18, 2026. Latest action: Governor Signed (March 18, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB380?
- Hall, Katy (R, 11), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for HB380?
- On the Utah Legislature website: https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/HB0380.html
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