---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alimony Amendments"
description: "Alimony Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "H.B. 15"
citation: "Utah H.B. 15 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Marriage / Divorce", "Courts", "Judiciary"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stratton, Keven J."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 33
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2016-12-09"
last_action: "2017-03-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9fce949c-6d6e-4f77-a180-72c6fbdcc81c"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/static/HB0015.html"
source_hash: "786f6b23f91992a77d8e9be549c0a2600cfb1c0a443619c509b32fbdb8242c4d"
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. 15 (2017) — Alimony Amendments

## 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/HB0015.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/hbillenr/HB0015.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **67–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **4–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation — **4–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **25–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **9–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Stratton, Keven J. — primary (person)
- Hillyard, Lyle W. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-12-09** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2016-12-09** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2016-12-09** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2017-01-03** fiscal note publicly available
- **2017-01-05** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2017-01-05** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2017-01-23** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-01-25** to House Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-10** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-13** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-13** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-24** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2017-02-24** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2017-02-24** to Senate
- **2017-02-24** received from House
- **2017-02-24** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-27** to Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-01** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-01** Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation
- **2017-03-01** comm rpt/placed on Consent Calendar
- **2017-03-01** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-03-06** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2017-03-06** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2017-03-06** signed by President/returned to House
- **2017-03-06** to House
- **2017-03-06** received from Senate
- **2017-03-06** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2017-03-06** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2017-03-06** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2017-03-14** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2017-03-14** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2017-03-15** 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/9fce949c-6d6e-4f77-a180-72c6fbdcc81c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).