---
type: "Bill"
title: "Servicemembers Custody and Visitation Amendments"
description: "Servicemembers Custody and Visitation Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "S.B. 237"
citation: "Utah S.B. 237 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Child Custody \\\\ Parent-Time", "Military Services"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hillyard, Lyle W."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 36
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-02-15"
last_action: "2017-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f87f2b90-c476-48f7-b720-bb61334b60c8"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/static/SB0237.html"
source_hash: "c865e76501f692972f8231d953a713e6e43d36af93d95a6f58cc7a9f6059034b"
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 S.B. 237 (2017) — Servicemembers Custody and Visitation 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/sbillint/SB0237.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/sbillenr/SB0237.pdf)

## Votes

- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **10–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **68–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation — **10–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **4–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 2nd reading — **24–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **27–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Hillyard, Lyle W. — primary (person)
- Snow, V. Lowry — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-15** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2017-02-15** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2017-02-15** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2017-02-16** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2017-02-16** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-17** to Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-20** fiscal note publicly available
- **2017-02-21** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2017-02-21** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-22** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-22** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2017-02-28** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-28** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-03-01** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2017-03-01** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2017-03-01** to House
- **2017-03-01** received from Senate
- **2017-03-01** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-03-01** to House Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-06** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-06** House Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation
- **2017-03-07** comm rpt/placed on Consent Calendar
- **2017-03-07** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-03-09** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2017-03-09** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2017-03-09** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2017-03-09** to Senate
- **2017-03-09** received from House
- **2017-03-09** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2017-03-10** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2017-03-10** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2017-03-15** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2017-03-15** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2017-03-16** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2017-03-16** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-03-21** 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/f87f2b90-c476-48f7-b720-bb61334b60c8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).