---
type: "Bill"
title: "Domestic Relations Debt"
description: "Domestic Relations Debt"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "H.B. 196"
citation: "Utah H.B. 196 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Child Support", "Marriage/Divorce", "Attorneys", "Judicial Operations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brammer, Brady"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 39
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-01-27"
last_action: "2020-03-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f2b58aa6-6e58-4f8b-bfb6-9ab86b3ed0e4"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/static/HB0196.html"
source_hash: "a17a54eeb5639e0e66eb9c15d54db4aa44762f10bd945d2b0aa6f41fbab474db"
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. 196 (2020) — Domestic Relations Debt

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/hbillint/HB0196.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/hbillamd/HB0196.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/hbillenr/HB0196.pdf)

## Votes

- House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **68–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd reading — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **22–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brammer, Brady — primary (person)
- Hemmert, Daniel — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-27** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2020-01-27** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2020-01-27** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2020-01-27** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2020-01-27** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-01-29** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2020-01-30** fiscal note publicly available
- **2020-01-30** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2020-01-31** to House Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-04** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1
- **2020-02-04** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-05** comm rpt/amended
- **2020-02-05** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2020-02-11** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2020-02-11** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2020-02-11** to Senate
- **2020-02-12** received from House
- **2020-02-12** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-02-14** to Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-18** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-19** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-19** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2020-02-20** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2020-02-20** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2020-02-20** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2020-02-20** placed on 3rd Reading Calendar table
- **2020-02-21** placed back on 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2020-02-24** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2020-02-24** signed by President/returned to House
- **2020-02-24** to House
- **2020-02-24** received from Senate
- **2020-02-24** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2020-02-25** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2020-02-25** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2020-03-20** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2020-03-20** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2020-03-23** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2020-03-23** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-28** 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/f2b58aa6-6e58-4f8b-bfb6-9ab86b3ed0e4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).