---
type: "Bill"
title: "Child Custody Amendments"
description: "Child Custody Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 390"
citation: "Utah HB 390 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Child Care", "Child Custody/Parent Time", "Family", "Marriage/Divorce"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Birkeland, Kera"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 35
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-02-03"
last_action: "2023-03-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f1a1d80e-e080-4933-bbc0-a2f6ac7d8d6b"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/static/HB0390.html"
source_hash: "81d823aaf4206d2281ed3343f60196ff6d324d3ae5d828627ac18710bf777f04"
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 390 (2023) — Child Custody 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/HB0390.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/hbillenr/HB0390.pdf)

## Votes

- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **71–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 2nd reading — **19–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Birkeland, Kera — primary (person)
- Kennedy, Michael S. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-03** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2023-02-03** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2023-02-03** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2023-02-06** received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2023-02-06** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-07** fiscal note publicly available
- **2023-02-08** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2023-02-08** to House Judiciary Committee
- **2023-02-10** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-13** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-13** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-14** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-14** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-02-14** to Senate
- **2023-02-15** received from House `receipt`
- **2023-02-15** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-16** to Senate Health and Human Services Committee
- **2023-02-21** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-21** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-21** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2023-02-23** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-23** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-24** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-24** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-02-24** signed by President/returned to House `passage`
- **2023-02-24** to House
- **2023-02-24** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-02-24** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2023-02-26** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2023-02-26** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2023-03-03** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2023-03-03** 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/f1a1d80e-e080-4933-bbc0-a2f6ac7d8d6b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).