---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 439 Elected Public Body Transparency Amendments"
description: "H.B. 439 Elected Public Body Transparency Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 439"
citation: "Utah HB 439 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Government Operations (State Issues)", "Open and Public Meetings", "State Officers and Employees"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Acton, Cheryl K."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 42
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-02-18"
last_action: "2022-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/080e19a5-ae76-483d-b73d-dbc3d563f807"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/static/HB0439.html"
source_hash: "9b65ff9e34d88dc2b28b0902116800640c81a3233e43fe4e51cf2accd353666e"
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 439 (2022) — H.B. 439 Elected Public Body 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/HB0439S01.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/hbillenr/HB0439.pdf)

## Votes

- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **68–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **4–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **4–0** (pass) · lower
- concurs with Senate amendment — **74–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Acton, Cheryl K. — primary (person)
- Cullimore, Kirk A. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-18** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2022-02-18** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2022-02-18** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2022-02-22** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-23** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2022-02-24** to House Political Subdivisions Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-25** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-25** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-25** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-25** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2022-02-25** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2022-02-25** to Senate
- **2022-02-28** received from House
- **2022-02-28** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-28** to Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-01** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2022-03-01** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2022-03-01** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-02** comm rpt/substituted
- **2022-03-02** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2022-03-03** 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules
- **2022-03-03** Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2022-03-03** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2022-03-03** circled
- **2022-03-03** uncircled
- **2022-03-03** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2022-03-03** to House with amendments
- **2022-03-04** received from Senate
- **2022-03-04** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2022-03-04** concurs with Senate amendment
- **2022-03-04** to Senate
- **2022-03-04** received from House
- **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
- **2022-03-10** 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/080e19a5-ae76-483d-b73d-dbc3d563f807`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).