# Utah H.B. 298: Volunteer Emergency Medical Service Personnel Insurance Program Amendments Utah H.B. 298, Volunteer Emergency Medical Service Personnel Insurance Program Amendments, is a 2025 General Session House bill sponsored by Doug Welton (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-03-25 (Governor Signed); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB298-2025GS - As of: 2026-10-17 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Utah H.B. 298 - State: Utah - Session: 2025 General Session - Title: Volunteer Emergency Medical Service Personnel Insurance Program Amendments - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-01-22 - Last action: 2025-03-25, Governor Signed - Sponsor: Doug Welton (Republican) - Cosponsors: 1 - Subjects: Health and Human Services, Health Care Professionals, Independent Entities, Public Employees' Health Program, Utah Retirement Systems (URS), Emergency Medical Services - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 13 (122 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 1 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - More insurance access for volunteer medical responders: benefit, medium. Beginning May 7, 2025, Utah expands access to its volunteer emergency medical worker insurance program. Local governments designated as quick response providers can qualify without a ground ambulance license, provided they offer volunteers no health insurance. The law also removes the 3,000-person… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Doug Welton (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Michael K. McKell (Republican), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-03-05 | Senate | Senate/ circled | fail | 0 | 0 | | | 2025-03-05 | Senate | Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension | pass | 25 | 0 | | | 2025-03-05 | Senate | Senate/ uncircled | fail | 0 | 0 | | | 2025-03-03 | Senate | Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation | pass | 5 | 0 | | | 2025-02-26 | House | House/ uncircled | fail | 0 | 0 | | | 2025-02-26 | House | House/ passed 3rd reading | pass | 72 | 0 | | | 2025-02-25 | House | House/ circled | fail | 0 | 0 | | | 2025-02-20 | House | House Comm - Favorable Recommendation | pass | 10 | 0 | | | 2025-02-20 | House | House Comm - Amendment Recommendation | pass | 10 | 0 | | | | House | House/ circled | fail | 0 | 0 | | | | Senate | Senate/ uncircled | fail | 0 | 0 | | | | Senate | Senate/ circled | fail | 0 | 0 | | | | House | House/ uncircled | fail | 0 | 0 | | ## Actions (37) - 2025-03-25: Governor Signed - 2025-03-12: House/ to Governor (House) - 2025-03-12: House/ received enrolled bill from Printing (House) - 2025-03-07: House/ enrolled bill to Printing (House) - 2025-03-07: Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate - 2025-03-06: Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared - 2025-03-06: Bill Received from House for Enrolling - 2025-03-05: House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling (House) - 2025-03-05: House/ received from Senate (House) - 2025-03-05: Senate/ to House (Senate) - 2025-03-05: Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House (Senate) - 2025-03-05: Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension (Senate) - 2025-03-05: Senate/ uncircled (Senate) - 2025-03-05: Senate/ circled (Senate) - 2025-03-05: Senate/ 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension (Senate) - 2025-03-05: Senate/ Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar (Senate) - 2025-03-05: Senate/ 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules (Senate) - 2025-03-04: Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar (Senate) - 2025-03-04: Senate/ committee report favorable (Senate) - 2025-03-03: Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation (Senate) - 2025-02-28: Senate/ to standing committee (Senate) - 2025-02-27: Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced) (Senate) - 2025-02-26: Senate/ received from House (Senate) - 2025-02-26: House/ to Senate (House) - 2025-02-26: House/ passed 3rd reading (House) - 2025-02-26: House/ uncircled (House) - 2025-02-25: House/ circled (House) - 2025-02-25: House/ 3rd reading (House) - 2025-02-21: House/ 2nd reading (House) - 2025-02-21: House/ comm rpt/ amended (House) - 2025-02-20: House Comm - Favorable Recommendation (House) - 2025-02-20: House Comm - Amendment Recommendation (House) - 2025-02-12: House/ to standing committee (House) - 2025-02-11: House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst (House) - 2025-01-23: House/ 1st reading (Introduced) (House) - 2025-01-23: House/ received bill from Legislative Research (House) - 2025-01-22: Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed ## Bill text - Enrolled, 2025-03-07: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/enrolled/HB0298.pdf) - Amended 2/21/2025 10:02:26, 2025-02-21: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/amended/AV_HB0298_2025-02-21_10-01-58.pdf) - Introduced, 2025-01-22: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0298.pdf) ## Related bills - S.B. 199: Guardianship Amendments (signed) - H.B. 562: Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Amendments (signed) - H.B. 493: Medical Examiner Amendments (signed) - H.B. 482: Health and Human Services Reporting Requirements (signed) - S.B. 197: Property Tax Amendments (vetoed) - S.B. 3: Appropriations Adjustments (signed) ## Sources - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/enrolled/HB0298.pdf) - [Amended 2/21/2025 10:02:26 (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/amended/AV_HB0298_2025-02-21_10-01-58.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0298.pdf) ## Related - [S.B. 199: Guardianship Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-SB199-2025GS) - [H.B. 562: Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB562-2025GS) - [H.B. 493: Medical Examiner Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB493-2025GS) - [H.B. 482: Health and Human Services Reporting Requirements](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB482-2025GS) - [S.B. 197: Property Tax Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-SB197-2025GS) - [S.B. 3: Appropriations Adjustments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-SB3-2025GS) - [Utah bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/utah/bills) - [Utah state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/utah) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB298-2025GS (as of 2026-10-17).