---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 157 Child Custody Factor Amendments"
description: "H.B. 157 Child Custody Factor Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 157"
citation: "Utah HB 157 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Child Custody/Parent Time", "Department of Health and Human Services", "Division of Child and Family Services", "Family", "Judicial Operations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gricius, Stephanie"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 42
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2024-01-04"
last_action: "2024-03-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/993baca2-644c-4bf2-9493-d792dc037d9f"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/static/HB0157.html"
source_hash: "d90b1a3f34534e7e5018f695cc156e1db0041e8cf534cf136214adbc4a7898b6"
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 157 (2024) — H.B. 157 Child Custody Factor 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/~2024/bills/hbillint/HB0157S02.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/hbillenr/HB0157.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 2nd reading — **21–6** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **3–0** (pass) · lower
- concurs with Senate amendment — **63–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 1 to # 2 — **3–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **16–7** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **11–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gricius, Stephanie — primary (person)
- Kennedy, Michael S. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-04** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2024-01-04** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2024-01-10** received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2024-01-16** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2024-01-16** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-01-18** to House Judiciary Committee
- **2024-01-25** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2024-01-25** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-26** comm rpt/substituted
- **2024-01-26** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-05** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2024-02-05** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2024-02-05** to Senate
- **2024-02-05** received from House `receipt`
- **2024-02-06** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-02-06** to Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee
- **2024-02-08** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2024-02-12** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 1 to # 2
- **2024-02-12** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-12** comm rpt/substituted
- **2024-02-12** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2024-02-21** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-21** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-22** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2024-02-22** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2024-02-22** to House with amendments
- **2024-02-22** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2024-02-22** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2024-02-23** concurs with Senate amendment `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-23** to Senate
- **2024-02-23** received from House `receipt`
- **2024-02-23** signed by President/returned to House `passage`
- **2024-02-23** to House
- **2024-02-23** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2024-02-23** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2024-02-26** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2024-02-26** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2024-03-07** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2024-03-07** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2024-03-08** received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2024-03-08** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-14** 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/993baca2-644c-4bf2-9493-d792dc037d9f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).