---
type: "Bill"
title: "Marriage Solemnization Amendments"
description: "Marriage Solemnization Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 164"
citation: "Utah SB 164 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Family", "Judicial Operations", "Marriage/Divorce"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thatcher, Daniel W."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 35
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-02-02"
last_action: "2022-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e3df7d2b-ca83-40b9-9a95-bb92df8e9ff6"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/static/SB0164.html"
source_hash: "bc9bb251ead00e9630ab5332c8405be8b3a5a109fd55b60d24c3a638171e2a9d"
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 SB 164 (2022) — Marriage Solemnization 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/~2022/bills/sbillint/SB0164.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/sbillenr/SB0164.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **22–4** (pass) · upper
- passed 2nd reading — **18–5** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **7–1** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **41–32** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Thatcher, Daniel W. — primary (person)
- Winder, Mike — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-02** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2022-02-02** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2022-02-02** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2022-02-02** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2022-02-02** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-03** to Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-04** fiscal note publicly available
- **2022-02-04** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2022-02-08** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-09** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-09** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2022-02-14** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-14** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-15** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2022-02-15** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2022-02-15** to House
- **2022-02-16** received from Senate
- **2022-02-16** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-18** to House Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-24** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-25** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-25** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-03-03** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2022-03-03** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2022-03-03** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2022-03-03** to Senate
- **2022-03-03** received from House
- **2022-03-03** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2022-03-08** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2022-03-08** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2022-03-11** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2022-03-11** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2022-03-15** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2022-03-15** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-24** 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/e3df7d2b-ca83-40b9-9a95-bb92df8e9ff6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).