---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 251 Court Amendments"
description: "H.B. 251 Court Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 251"
citation: "Utah HB 251 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brammer, Brady"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 37
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-19"
last_action: "2023-03-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9f45188a-90f4-4c42-a3a2-f6e71dbd023d"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/static/HB0251.html"
source_hash: "cec94645ba42d278115e84cd0baa85e56ae1f14598200b2506872172f6a7b5a3"
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 251 (2023) — H.B. 251 Court 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/~2023/bills/hbillint/HB0251S01.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/hbillenr/HB0251.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **70–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **3–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation — **3–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **24–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brammer, Brady — primary (person)
- Cullimore, Kirk A. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-19** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2023-01-19** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2023-01-20** received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2023-01-20** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-01-25** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2023-01-26** to House Judiciary Committee
- **2023-01-31** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2023-01-31** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-01** comm rpt/substituted
- **2023-02-01** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-01** fiscal note publicly available
- **2023-02-03** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-03** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-02-03** to Senate
- **2023-02-06** received from House `receipt`
- **2023-02-06** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-06** to Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee
- **2023-02-09** Senate Comm - Not Considered
- **2023-02-13** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-13** Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation
- **2023-02-13** comm rpt/placed on Consent Calendar
- **2023-02-13** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-16** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-16** circled
- **2023-02-27** uncircled
- **2023-02-27** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-02-27** signed by President/returned to House `passage`
- **2023-02-27** to House
- **2023-02-27** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-02-27** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2023-02-28** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2023-02-28** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2023-03-09** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2023-03-09** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2023-03-13** received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2023-03-13** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-20** 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/9f45188a-90f4-4c42-a3a2-f6e71dbd023d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).