---
type: "Bill"
title: "Gestational Agreement Amendments"
description: "Gestational Agreement Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "H.B. 234"
citation: "Utah H.B. 234 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts", "Judicial Operations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Arent, Patrice M."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 37
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-01-31"
last_action: "2020-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7f4cf48d-84e7-4bb6-9b80-b48e22ad8a12"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/static/HB0234.html"
source_hash: "40f223d4fd7f0fa71d65d8634e1c24c8a8c4eff125bb4cf4e004b6e9d390fe19"
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. 234 (2020) — Gestational Agreement Amendments

## 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/HB0234.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/hbillenr/HB0234.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 2nd reading — **26–1** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **24–1** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–1** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **70–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Arent, Patrice M. — primary (person)
- Weiler, Todd — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-31** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2020-01-31** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2020-01-31** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2020-02-03** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2020-02-03** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-02-04** fiscal note publicly available
- **2020-02-05** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2020-02-06** to House Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-07** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-07** House Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation
- **2020-02-10** comm rpt/placed on Consent Calendar
- **2020-02-10** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2020-02-12** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2020-02-12** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2020-02-12** to Senate
- **2020-02-12** received from House
- **2020-02-12** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-02-19** to Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-20** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-20** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-20** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2020-02-26** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2020-02-26** substitute adoption failed from # 0 to # 1
- **2020-02-26** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2020-02-27** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2020-02-27** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2020-02-27** signed by President/returned to House
- **2020-02-27** to House
- **2020-02-27** received from Senate
- **2020-02-27** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2020-02-27** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2020-02-27** 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`
- **2020-03-24** 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/7f4cf48d-84e7-4bb6-9b80-b48e22ad8a12`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).