---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 394 Native American Remains Repatriation"
description: "H.B. 394 Native American Remains Repatriation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "H.B. 394"
citation: "Utah H.B. 394 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Indian Affairs", "Division of Indian Affairs", "Government Operations (State Issues)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Noel, Michael E."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 34
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-02-16"
last_action: "2017-03-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2a6b41ec-0fdf-4eb3-be44-701a73162ee5"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/static/HB0394.html"
source_hash: "b8b0cebf3223390e84f60b81c8e08ff0e16535116117b490e90f76f3b55e7c97"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ut"]
---

# Utah H.B. 394 (2017) — H.B. 394 Native American Remains Repatriation

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/hbillint/HB0394S01.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/hbillenr/HB0394.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **23–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **75–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Noel, Michael E. — primary (person)
- Iwamoto, Jani — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-02-16** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2017-02-16** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2017-02-17** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2017-02-17** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-21** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2017-02-21** to House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-24** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2017-02-24** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-24** comm rpt/substituted
- **2017-02-24** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-24** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2017-02-25** fiscal note publicly available
- **2017-02-28** 3rd Reading Calendar to Rules
- **2017-03-03** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2017-03-06** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2017-03-06** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2017-03-06** to Senate
- **2017-03-07** received from House
- **2017-03-07** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-03-07** Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2017-03-07** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2017-03-07** circled
- **2017-03-07** uncircled
- **2017-03-07** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2017-03-07** signed by President/returned to House
- **2017-03-07** to House
- **2017-03-07** received from Senate
- **2017-03-07** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2017-03-07** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2017-03-07** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2017-03-15** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2017-03-15** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2017-03-16** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-03-17** Governor Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2a6b41ec-0fdf-4eb3-be44-701a73162ee5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).