---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 178 Power of Attorney Amendments"
description: "H.B. 178 Power of Attorney Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "H.B. 178"
citation: "Utah H.B. 178 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Children", "Child Custody \\\\ Parent-Time", "Judiciary"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stratton, Keven J."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 39
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-01-15"
last_action: "2018-03-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/981d78bb-217b-4dee-bf30-5448b03c3e3d"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/static/HB0178.html"
source_hash: "712f6f7afea9f3185d6aa4f6d253e3fa69719005542226ce6145813c57da6d93"
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. 178 (2018) — H.B. 178 Power of Attorney 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/~2018/bills/hbillint/HB0178S01.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/hbillenr/HB0178.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **3–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **25–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 2nd reading — **25–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **61–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Stratton, Keven J. — primary (person)
- Hemmert, Daniel — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-15** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2018-01-15** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2018-01-17** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2018-01-22** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-29** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2018-01-29** to House Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-31** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2018-01-31** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-01** comm rpt/substituted
- **2018-02-01** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-02-01** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2018-02-05** fiscal note publicly available
- **2018-02-09** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2018-02-09** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2018-02-09** held
- **2018-02-12** to Senate
- **2018-02-12** received from House
- **2018-02-13** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-14** to Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-16** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-16** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-16** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2018-03-01** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-03-01** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-03-02** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2018-03-02** circled
- **2018-03-02** uncircled
- **2018-03-02** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2018-03-02** signed by President/returned to House
- **2018-03-02** to House
- **2018-03-02** received from Senate
- **2018-03-02** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2018-03-05** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2018-03-05** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2018-03-14** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2018-03-14** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2018-03-14** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2018-03-14** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-15** 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/981d78bb-217b-4dee-bf30-5448b03c3e3d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).