---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 22 Open and Public Meetings Act Modifications"
description: "H.B. 22 Open and Public Meetings Act Modifications"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 22"
citation: "Utah HB 22 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Government Operations (State Issues)", "Open and Public Meetings"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Welton, Douglas R."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 41
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-12-14"
last_action: "2022-03-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/171c621e-75cf-4da6-aa44-e8ff2559d7db"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/static/HB0022.html"
source_hash: "889d6fd5c47ef82e2252a70d603fa118d1b97b0c039ed4f33904e382e2e5b864"
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 HB 22 (2022) — H.B. 22 Open and Public Meetings Act Modifications

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/hbillint/HB0022S02.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/hbillenr/HB0022.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- concurs with Senate amendment — **70–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 1 to # 2 — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd reading — **24–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Welton, Douglas R. — primary (person)
- Thatcher, Daniel W. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-12-14** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2021-12-14** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2022-01-12** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2022-01-12** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2022-01-18** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-24** to House Government Operations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-27** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-28** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-28** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-04** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2022-02-04** substituted from # 0 to # 1
- **2022-02-04** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2022-02-04** to Senate
- **2022-02-04** received from House
- **2022-02-04** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-09** to Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-11** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 1 to # 2
- **2022-02-11** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-11** comm rpt/substituted
- **2022-02-11** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2022-02-11** fiscal note publicly available
- **2022-02-16** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-16** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-17** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2022-02-17** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2022-02-17** to House with amendments
- **2022-02-17** received from Senate
- **2022-02-17** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2022-02-18** concurs with Senate amendment
- **2022-02-18** to Senate
- **2022-02-22** received from House
- **2022-02-22** signed by President/returned to House
- **2022-02-22** to House
- **2022-02-22** received from Senate
- **2022-02-22** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2022-02-22** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2022-02-22** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2022-03-10** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2022-03-10** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2022-03-10** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-15** 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/171c621e-75cf-4da6-aa44-e8ff2559d7db`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).