---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 278 Expenses of Minor Children Amendments"
description: "H.B. 278 Expenses of Minor Children Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "H.B. 278"
citation: "Utah H.B. 278 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business", "Consumer Credit", "Credit", "Children", "Family", "Contracts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chavez-Houck, Rebecca"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2017-02-03"
last_action: "2017-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/87e233ea-d410-4488-9fa5-958838c23ae0"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/static/HB0278.html"
source_hash: "c2b95ea6543f9953dbb15b65ab695082ba17cef379c614201fdf3a50b70da9a3"
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. 278 (2017) — H.B. 278 Expenses of Minor Children 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/HB0278S01.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/hbillamd/HB0278S01.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/hbillenr/HB0278.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation — **2–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **2–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **73–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **23–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Chavez-Houck, Rebecca — primary (person)
- Weiler, Todd — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-03** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2017-02-03** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2017-02-06** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2017-02-06** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-07** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2017-02-08** to House Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-28** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2017-02-28** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1
- **2017-02-28** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-28** comm rpt/substituted/amended
- **2017-02-28** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-28** 3rd Reading Calendar to Rules
- **2017-02-28** fiscal note publicly available
- **2017-02-28** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2017-03-02** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2017-03-02** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2017-03-02** to Senate
- **2017-03-02** received from House
- **2017-03-02** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-03-03** to Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-06** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-06** Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation
- **2017-03-06** comm rpt/placed on Consent Calendar
- **2017-03-06** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-03-09** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2017-03-09** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2017-03-09** signed by President/returned to House
- **2017-03-09** to House
- **2017-03-09** received from Senate
- **2017-03-09** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2017-03-14** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2017-03-14** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2017-03-16** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2017-03-16** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2017-03-17** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-03-24** 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/87e233ea-d410-4488-9fa5-958838c23ae0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).