---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 396 Paid Professional Hours for Educators"
description: "H.B. 396 Paid Professional Hours for Educators"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 396"
citation: "Utah HB 396 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "School Personnel"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Moss, Jefferson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 44
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-02-14"
last_action: "2022-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/157f0fe7-c69d-4f7f-9a84-244a1463fc12"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/static/HB0396.html"
source_hash: "0a83de507c5a84fe18dc1388b10129940c1be0ef197edf43289af381510225fb"
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 396 (2022) — H.B. 396 Paid Professional Hours for Educators

## 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/HB0396S01.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/hbillenr/HB0396.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **4–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- concurs with Senate amendment — **70–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **68–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **4–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 2 — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **12–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Moss, Jefferson — primary (person)
- Millner, Ann — 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 Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-24** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1
- **2022-02-24** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 2
- **2022-02-24** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-24** comm rpt/amended
- **2022-02-24** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-25** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2022-02-25** floor amendment # 3
- **2022-02-25** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2022-02-25** to Senate
- **2022-02-25** received from House
- **2022-02-25** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-25** to Senate Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-28** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2022-02-28** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-01** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2022-03-01** fiscal note publicly available
- **2022-03-01** comm rpt/substituted
- **2022-03-01** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2022-03-02** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2022-03-02** circled
- **2022-03-02** uncircled
- **2022-03-02** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2022-03-02** to House with amendments
- **2022-03-02** received from Senate
- **2022-03-02** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2022-03-03** concurs with Senate amendment
- **2022-03-03** to Senate
- **2022-03-03** received from House
- **2022-03-03** signed by President/returned to House
- **2022-03-03** to House
- **2022-03-03** received from Senate
- **2022-03-03** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2022-03-08** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2022-03-08** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2022-03-10** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2022-03-10** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2022-03-10** 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/157f0fe7-c69d-4f7f-9a84-244a1463fc12`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).