---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 191 Adoption Amendments"
description: "H.B. 191 Adoption Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 191"
citation: "Utah HB 191 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Adoption", "Family", "Judicial Operations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nelson, Merrill F."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 42
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2021-01-19"
last_action: "2021-03-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f4ccaabc-6e20-4b73-aee8-b4cfd601b8a4"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/static/HB0191.html"
source_hash: "7efbe3a692a245fc600e25d436846e76c964282b816e2ae5a994044c55d7838e"
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 HB 191 (2021) — H.B. 191 Adoption 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/~2021/bills/hbillint/HB0191S02.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/hbillamd/HB0191S02.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/hbillenr/HB0191.pdf)

## Votes

- concurs with Senate amendment — **70–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 2 — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **72–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd reading — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **27–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Nelson, Merrill F. — primary (person)
- Weiler, Todd D. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-19** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2021-01-19** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2021-01-19** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2021-01-19** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-01-21** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2021-01-25** to House Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-03** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2021-02-04** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 2
- **2021-02-04** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-05** comm rpt/substituted
- **2021-02-05** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-11** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-02-11** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-02-11** to Senate
- **2021-02-12** received from House
- **2021-02-12** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-16** to Senate Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-18** Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1
- **2021-02-18** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-19** comm rpt/amended
- **2021-02-19** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2021-02-24** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-24** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-25** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-02-25** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-02-25** to House with amendments
- **2021-02-25** received from Senate
- **2021-02-25** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2021-02-26** concurs with Senate amendment
- **2021-02-26** to Senate
- **2021-02-26** received from House
- **2021-02-26** signed by President/returned to House
- **2021-02-26** to House
- **2021-02-26** received from Senate
- **2021-02-26** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2021-03-03** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2021-03-03** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2021-03-11** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2021-03-11** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2021-03-11** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2021-03-11** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-11** 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/f4ccaabc-6e20-4b73-aee8-b4cfd601b8a4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).