---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 55 Marriage Commission Amendments"
description: "H.B. 55 Marriage Commission Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 55"
citation: "Utah HB 55 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Colleges and Universities", "Constitutional Officers", "Counties", "County Officers", "Department of Human Services", "Education", "Family", "Government Operations (State Issues)", "Governor", "Higher Education", "Legislative Operations", "Marriage/Divorce", "Political Subdivisions (Local Issues)", "Sunset Legislation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ballard, Melissa G."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 39
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-12-21"
last_action: "2021-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/37af776a-c7ce-4be4-b598-c1738f0e19a8"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/static/HB0055.html"
source_hash: "1a03e9d8a6a2ca0009b669ac6c26edf10230ed905f043cdb9921da04e5514704"
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 55 (2021) — H.B. 55 Marriage Commission 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/HB0055S02.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/hbillamd/HB0055S02.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/hbillenr/HB0055.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd reading — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **6–5** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **68–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ballard, Melissa G. — primary (person)
- Weiler, Todd D. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-12-21** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2020-12-21** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2021-01-06** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2021-01-06** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2021-01-19** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-01-26** to House Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-02** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2021-02-03** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2021-02-03** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-04** comm rpt/substituted
- **2021-02-04** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-11** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-02-11** substituted from # 1 to # 2
- **2021-02-11** floor amendment # 1
- **2021-02-11** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-02-11** to Senate
- **2021-02-11** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2021-02-11** fiscal note publicly available
- **2021-02-11** received from House
- **2021-02-11** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-16** to Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-18** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-18** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-18** 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** signed by President/returned to House
- **2021-02-25** to House
- **2021-02-25** received from Senate
- **2021-02-25** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2021-03-01** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2021-03-01** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2021-03-11** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2021-03-11** 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/37af776a-c7ce-4be4-b598-c1738f0e19a8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).