# Utah H.B. 65: Firefighter Cancer Amendments Utah H.B. 65, Firefighter Cancer Amendments, is a 2025 General Session House bill sponsored by Casey Snider (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-HB65-2025GS - 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. 65 - State: Utah - Session: 2025 General Session - Title: Firefighter Cancer Amendments - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2024-12-23 - Last action: 2025-03-25, Governor Signed - Sponsor: Casey Snider (Republican) - Cosponsors: 42 - Subjects: Workers' Compensation, Labor and Employment, Workplace Safety and Health, Occupational Disease - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 7 (187 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 2 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Firefighters get screenings and cost reimbursement: benefit, medium. Utah creates a cancer screening program for public firefighters, effective July 1, 2025. The Rocky Mountain Center for Occupational and Environmental Health must offer screenings through Utah Valley University's program by January 1, 2026. The first screening comes after seven but before eight year… - Broader firefighter cancer coverage with conditions: mixed, high. Beginning July 1, 2025, Utah expands the cancers presumed work-related for qualifying public firefighters seeking workers' compensation. The list covers bladder, brain, colorectal, esophageal, kidney, lung, oropharynx, ovarian, prostate, testicular, and thyroid cancers. It also covers leukemias, ly… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Casey Snider (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Carl R. Albrecht (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Stewart E. Barlow (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Bridger Bolinder (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Burton, J. - Cosponsor: Kay J. Christofferson (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Paul A. Cutler (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Jennifer Dailey-Provost (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Ariel Defay (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Rosalba Dominguez (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Joseph Elison (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Doug Fiefia (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Stephanie Gricius (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Katy Hall (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Ken Ivory (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Jason B. Kyle (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Lee, T. - Cosponsor: Karianne Lisonbee (Republican), House - Cosponsor: A. Cory Maloy (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Ashlee Matthews (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Verona Mauga (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Michael K. McKell (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Tracy Miller (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Carol S. Moss (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Moss, J. - Cosponsor: Clinton Okerlund (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Doug Owens (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Nicholeen P. Peck (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Michael J. Petersen (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Angela Romero (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Jake Sawyer (Republican), House - Cosponsor: David Shallenberger (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Troy Shelley (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Lisa Shepherd (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Rex P. Shipp (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Andrew Stoddard (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Jordan D. Teuscher (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Jason E. Thompson (Republican), House - Cosponsor: R. Neil Walter (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Christine F. Watkins (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Doug Welton (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Stephen L. Whyte (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Ryan D. Wilcox (Republican), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-03-05 | Senate | Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension | pass | 25 | 0 | | | 2025-03-05 | House | House/ concurs with Senate amendment | pass | 74 | 0 | | | 2025-02-25 | Senate | Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation | pass | 4 | 0 | | | 2025-02-25 | Senate | Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation | pass | 3 | 0 | | | 2025-02-18 | House | House/ passed 3rd reading | pass | 66 | 0 | | | 2025-02-06 | House | House Comm - Favorable Recommendation | pass | 8 | 0 | | | 2025-02-06 | House | House Comm - Substitute Recommendation | pass | 7 | 0 | | ## Actions (40) - 2025-03-25: Governor Signed - 2025-03-12: House/ to Governor (House) - 2025-03-12: House/ received enrolled bill from Printing (House) - 2025-03-12: House/ enrolled bill to Printing (House) - 2025-03-12: Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate - 2025-03-06: Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared - 2025-03-06: Bill Received from House for Enrolling - 2025-03-06: House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling (House) - 2025-03-06: 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/ received from House (Senate) - 2025-03-05: House/ to Senate (House) - 2025-03-05: House/ concurs with Senate amendment (House) - 2025-03-05: House/ placed on Concurrence Calendar (House) - 2025-03-05: House/ received from Senate (House) - 2025-03-05: Senate/ to House with amendments (Senate) - 2025-03-05: Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension (Senate) - 2025-03-05: Senate/ 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension (Senate) - 2025-03-04: Senate/ placed on Time Certain Calendar (Senate) - 2025-02-25: Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar (Senate) - 2025-02-25: Senate/ comm rpt/ substituted (Senate) - 2025-02-25: Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation (Senate) - 2025-02-25: Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation (Senate) - 2025-02-21: Senate/ to standing committee (Senate) - 2025-02-19: Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced) (Senate) - 2025-02-19: Senate/ received from House (Senate) - 2025-02-19: House/ to Senate (House) - 2025-02-18: House/ held (House) - 2025-02-18: House/ passed 3rd reading (House) - 2025-02-18: House/ 3rd reading (House) - 2025-02-07: House/ 2nd reading (House) - 2025-02-07: House/ comm rpt/ substituted (House) - 2025-02-06: House Comm - Favorable Recommendation (House) - 2025-02-06: House Comm - Substitute Recommendation (House) - 2025-02-04: House/ to standing committee (House) - 2025-01-27: House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst (House) - 2025-01-21: House/ 1st reading (Introduced) (House) - 2025-01-15: House/ received bill from Legislative Research (House) - 2024-12-23: Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed ## Bill text - Enrolled, 2025-03-12: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/enrolled/HB0065.pdf) - Substitute #3, 2025-02-25: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0065S03.pdf) - Substitute #2, 2025-02-18: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0065S02.pdf) - Substitute #1, 2025-02-05: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0065S01.pdf) - Introduced, 2024-12-23: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0065.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/HB0065.pdf) - [Substitute #3 (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0065S03.pdf) - [Substitute #2 (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0065S02.pdf) - [Substitute #1 (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0065S01.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0065.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-HB65-2025GS (as of 2026-10-17).