---
type: "Bill"
title: "S.B. 54 Marriage and Premarital Counseling and Education Amendments"
description: "S.B. 54 Marriage and Premarital Counseling and Education Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "S.B. 54"
citation: "Utah S.B. 54 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Marriage / Divorce", "Judiciary", "Local Governments"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Christensen, Allen M."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 45
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-12-15"
last_action: "2018-03-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/acf4d6f2-cf8c-411b-8eb6-2ed209021017"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/static/SB0054.html"
source_hash: "22380201a9c29d270da5e48e6c71177abd3c77e4b994411fb74d62c25dabd454"
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. 54 (2018) — S.B. 54 Marriage and Premarital Counseling and Education 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/sbillint/SB0054S01.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/sbillenr/SB0054.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **23–4** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **3–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **6–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 2nd reading — **24–3** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **44–24** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Christensen, Allen M. — primary (person)
- Edwards, Rebecca P. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-12-15** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2017-12-18** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2018-01-16** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2018-01-22** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2018-01-22** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-22** to Senate Business and Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-23** Senate Comm - Not Considered
- **2018-02-01** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2018-02-01** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-02** comm rpt/substituted
- **2018-02-02** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2018-02-02** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2018-02-05** fiscal note publicly available
- **2018-02-16** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-02-16** circled
- **2018-02-20** uncircled
- **2018-02-20** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-02-21** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2018-02-21** circled
- **2018-02-21** uncircled
- **2018-02-21** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2018-02-21** to House
- **2018-02-21** received from Senate
- **2018-02-21** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-22** to House Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-26** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-26** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-26** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-02-28** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2018-02-28** circled
- **2018-03-07** 3rd Reading Calendar to Rules
- **2018-03-07** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2018-03-07** 2nd suspended
- **2018-03-07** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2018-03-07** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2018-03-07** to Senate
- **2018-03-07** received from House
- **2018-03-07** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2018-03-14** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2018-03-14** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2018-03-15** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2018-03-15** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2018-03-16** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2018-03-16** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-20** 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/acf4d6f2-cf8c-411b-8eb6-2ed209021017`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).