HB0380 • 2026

Hospital Workplace Violence Reporting Requirements

Healthcare

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor: Rep. Hall, Katy
Last action: 2026-03-18
Official status: Governor Signed
Effective date: Not listed

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Hospital Workplace Violence Reporting Requirements

This bill addresses workplace violence at hospitals.

What This Bill Does

This bill addresses workplace violence at hospitals.

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Bill History

2026-03-18 Lieutenant Governor's office for filing
Governor Signed
2026-03-17 Clerk of the House
House/ received enrolled bill from Printing
2026-03-17 Executive Branch - Governor
House/ to Governor
2026-03-05 Clerk of the House
Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
2026-03-05 Clerk of the House
House/ enrolled bill to Printing
2026-03-04 Legislative Research and General Counsel / Enrolling
Bill Received from House for Enrolling
2026-03-04 Legislative Research and General Counsel / Enrolling
Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
2026-03-03 House Speaker
House/ received from Senate
2026-03-03 Legislative Research and General Counsel / Enrolling
House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling
2026-03-02 Senate President
House/ concurs with Senate amendment
2026-03-02 Senate President
House/ to Senate
2026-03-02 Senate President
Senate/ received from House
2026-03-02 House Speaker
Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House
2026-03-02 House Speaker
Senate/ to House
2026-02-27 House Concurrence Calendar
House/ placed on Concurrence Calendar
2026-02-27 Clerk of the House
House/ received from Senate
2026-02-27 Senate 3rd Reading Calendar
Senate/ 3rd reading
2026-02-27 Clerk of the House
Senate/ passed 3rd reading
2026-02-27 Clerk of the House
Senate/ to House with amendments
2026-02-26 Senate 2nd Reading Calendar
Senate/ 2nd reading
2026-02-26 Senate 2nd Reading Calendar
Senate/ circled
2026-02-26 Senate 2nd Reading Calendar
Senate/ floor amendment
2026-02-26 Senate 3rd Reading Calendar
Senate/ passed 2nd reading
2026-02-26 Senate 2nd Reading Calendar
Senate/ uncircled
2026-02-25 Senate Business and Labor Committee
Senate/ committee report favorable
2026-02-25 Senate 2nd Reading Calendar
Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
2026-02-24 Senate Business and Labor Committee
Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation
2026-02-20 Senate Business and Labor Committee
Senate/ to standing committee
2026-02-19 Senate Rules Committee
Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
2026-02-18 House 3rd Reading Calendar for House bills
House/ 3rd reading
2026-02-18 House 3rd Reading Calendar for House bills
House/ floor amendment
2026-02-18 Senate Secretary
House/ passed 3rd reading
2026-02-18 Senate Secretary
House/ to Senate
2026-02-18 Waiting for Introduction in the Senate
Senate/ received from House
2026-02-10 House 3rd Reading Calendar for House bills
House/ 2nd reading
2026-02-10 House Health and Human Services Committee
House/ committee report favorable
2026-02-09 House Health and Human Services Committee
House Comm - Favorable Recommendation
2026-02-06 House Health and Human Services Committee
House/ to standing committee
2026-01-29 House Rules Committee
House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
2026-01-29 Released
LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0380
2026-01-29 Version Sponsor
LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0380
2026-01-27 House Rules Committee
House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
2026-01-27 Clerk of the House
House/ received bill from Legislative Research
2026-01-26 Legislative Research and General Counsel
Bill Numbered but not Distributed
2026-01-26 Legislative Fiscal Analyst
LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0380
2026-01-26 Legislative Fiscal Agency
LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0380
2026-01-26 Legislative Research and General Counsel
Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed

Official Summary Text

This bill addresses workplace violence at hospitals.

Current Bill Text

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26B-2-244
63I-2-276
26B-2-244
63I-2-276
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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 reported workplace violence incidents for at least two years;
and
(f)
report data collected to the chief medical officer and the chief nursing officer on a
quarterly basis.
(3)
A workplace violence incident reporting system shall:
(a)
collect information regarding a workplace violence incident, including:
(i)
the date and time of the incident;
(ii)
a description of the incident;
(iii)
the job category of the victim employees;
(iv)
whether the perpetrator was a patient, visitor, or employee; and
(v)
the immediate response to the incident;
(b)
be clearly communicated to all employees, including new employees at orientation;
(c)
include guidelines on when and how to report incidents of workplace violence to an
employer, security agencies, and appropriate law enforcement authorities; and
(d)
be used to make improvements in preventing workplace violence, including
improvements achieved through continuing education in targeted areas, de-escalation
training, risk identification, and violence prevention planning.
(4)
A hospital shall report the number of workplace violence incidents annually to the
department.
Section 2. Section
63I-2-276
is amended to read:
63I-2-276
. Repeal dates: Title 76.
(1)
Subsection
76-5-102.7(2)(b)
, regarding assault or threat of violence against an employee
of a health facility, is repealed January 1,
2027
2027
.
(2)
Subsection
76-11-218(10)
, regarding data collection requirements for a law enforcement
agency that issues a written warning, citation, or referral, is repealed December 31, 2031.
Section 3.
Effective Date.
This bill takes effect on
May 6, 2026
.
3-5-26 10:44 AM