---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 272 Child Custody Proceedings Amendments"
description: "H.B. 272 Child Custody Proceedings Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 272"
citation: "Utah HB 272 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Child Welfare", "Crimes", "Domestic Violence", "Health and Human Services", "Judicial Operations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cutler, Paul A."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 50
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2024-01-12"
last_action: "2024-03-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/13d7dda9-7f6a-46be-b99d-14ba1a183cc5"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/static/HB0272.html"
source_hash: "fbd6abbe4c668263610bee7be6f1a1f94e49a8cffd41fe8ad126f109417d9819"
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 272 (2024) — H.B. 272 Child Custody Proceedings 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/HB0272S05.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/hbillenr/HB0272.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 2 — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **4–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- concurs with Senate amendment — **62–9** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 3 to # 4 — **4–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **59–8** (pass) · lower
- circled — **37–24** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cutler, Paul A. — primary (person)
- McKell, Michael K. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-12** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2024-01-12** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2024-01-16** received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2024-01-16** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-01-17** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2024-01-24** to House Judiciary Committee
- **2024-02-08** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 2
- **2024-02-08** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-08** comm rpt/substituted
- **2024-02-08** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-13** placed on Time Certain Calendar
- **2024-02-16** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2024-02-16** substituted from # 2 to # 3 `substitution`
- **2024-02-16** circled
- **2024-02-16** uncircled
- **2024-02-16** floor amendment # 2
- **2024-02-16** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2024-02-16** to Senate
- **2024-02-16** received from House `receipt`
- **2024-02-20** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-02-20** to Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee
- **2024-02-22** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 3 to # 4
- **2024-02-22** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-22** comm rpt/substituted
- **2024-02-22** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2024-02-26** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2024-02-27** 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules `reading-2`
- **2024-02-29** Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2024-02-29** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2024-02-29** circled
- **2024-03-01** uncircled
- **2024-03-01** substituted from # 4 to # 5 `substitution`
- **2024-03-01** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2024-03-01** to House with amendments
- **2024-03-01** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2024-03-01** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2024-03-01** concurs with Senate amendment `amendment-passage`
- **2024-03-01** to Senate
- **2024-03-01** received from House `receipt`
- **2024-03-01** signed by President/returned to House `passage`
- **2024-03-01** to House
- **2024-03-01** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2024-03-01** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2024-03-01** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2024-03-01** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2024-03-08** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2024-03-08** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2024-03-11** received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2024-03-11** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-20** 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/13d7dda9-7f6a-46be-b99d-14ba1a183cc5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).