---
type: "Bill"
title: "Common Law Marriage Amendments"
description: "Common Law Marriage Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 316"
citation: "Utah HB 316 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Attorneys", "Courts", "Family", "Judicial Operations", "Marriage/Divorce"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Teuscher, Jordan D."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 35
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-02-05"
last_action: "2021-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ce5aa0da-3385-4d6a-b9d8-69bd58bbf056"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/static/HB0316.html"
source_hash: "f0914db4f4bd7febbadf76dd5b2a919ad4570af9300a93b1c83f33b76f0a7f5b"
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 316 (2021) — Common Law Marriage 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/HB0316.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/hbillenr/HB0316.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **4–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **68–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **27–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Teuscher, Jordan D. — primary (person)
- Weiler, Todd D. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-05** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2021-02-05** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2021-02-05** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2021-02-05** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2021-02-05** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-09** fiscal note publicly available
- **2021-02-09** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2021-02-10** to House Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-16** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-17** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-17** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-19** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-02-19** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-02-19** to Senate
- **2021-02-22** received from House
- **2021-02-22** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-22** to Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-25** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-25** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-25** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2021-03-03** 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules
- **2021-03-05** Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2021-03-05** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2021-03-05** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2021-03-05** signed by President/returned to House
- **2021-03-05** to House
- **2021-03-05** received from Senate
- **2021-03-05** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2021-03-09** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2021-03-09** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2021-03-12** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2021-03-12** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2021-03-15** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2021-03-15** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-16** 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/ce5aa0da-3385-4d6a-b9d8-69bd58bbf056`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).