---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 394 Recycling Transparency Amendments"
description: "H.B. 394 Recycling Transparency Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 394"
citation: "Utah HB 394 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Economic Development", "Environment", "Political Subdivisions (Local Issues)", "Public Utilities", "Public Utilities and Technology", "Recycling", "Waste"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Welton, Douglas R."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 30
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-02-14"
last_action: "2022-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5887bc0c-9318-4612-a651-fd78086801a7"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/static/HB0394.html"
source_hash: "079edacdd28b6dd452d9e2afb9e82877bc5aaa718f7b98dc4c6c40a7011a9c4c"
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 394 (2022) — H.B. 394 Recycling Transparency Amendments

## 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/HB0394S01.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/hbillenr/HB0394.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **10–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Welton, Douglas R. — primary (person)
- McKell, Michael K. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-14** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2022-02-14** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2022-02-15** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2022-02-15** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-18** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2022-02-22** to House Business and Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-25** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2022-02-25** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-28** comm rpt/substituted
- **2022-02-28** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-28** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2022-02-28** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2022-02-28** to Senate
- **2022-02-28** received from House
- **2022-02-28** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-28** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2022-02-28** fiscal note publicly available
- **2022-03-03** Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2022-03-04** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2022-03-04** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2022-03-04** signed by President/returned to House
- **2022-03-04** to House
- **2022-03-04** received from Senate
- **2022-03-04** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2022-03-08** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2022-03-08** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2022-03-11** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2022-03-11** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2022-03-14** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-24** 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/5887bc0c-9318-4612-a651-fd78086801a7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).