---
type: "Bill"
title: "Uniform Family Law Arbitration Act"
description: "Uniform Family Law Arbitration Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 117"
citation: "Utah SB 117 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil Litigation", "Civil Procedure", "Family", "Judicial Operations", "Uniform Laws"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McKell, Michael K."]
version_count: 6
action_count: 34
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-14T22:24:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-26T01:36:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/76be24bf-9074-43b2-8207-8b5d0a3f0f2f"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2025/bills/static/SB0117.html"
source_hash: "81d203eb4e234764533b7cc5204691fb2dd57b223081080972c9207e0adc0653"
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 117 (2025) — Uniform Family Law Arbitration Act

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/SB0117.xml)
2. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/comreport/SB117H10.pdf)
3. **House Transmittal Letter 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/transmit/SB117H10.pdf)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/comreport/SB117S10.pdf)
5. **Senate Transmittal Letter 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/transmit/SB117S10.pdf)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/enrolled/SB0117.xml)

## Sponsors

- McKell, Michael K. — primary (person)
- Teuscher, Jordan D. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-14T22:24:00+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2025-01-14T22:24:00+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2025-01-16T17:35:00+00:00** Senate/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2025-01-20T21:04:00+00:00** Senate/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2025-01-21T18:20:00+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2025-01-23T18:19:00+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-24T21:47:00+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-27T18:16:00+00:00** Senate/ committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-27T18:16:00+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2025-02-04T21:21:00+00:00** Senate/ 2nd reading
- **2025-02-04T21:23:00+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2025-02-05T18:44:00+00:00** Senate/ 3rd reading
- **2025-02-05T18:46:00+00:00** Senate/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2025-02-05T18:46:00+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2025-02-05T19:43:00+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2025-02-05T21:12:00+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2025-02-11T19:32:00+00:00** House/ to standing committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-19T00:45:00+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-19T00:46:00+00:00** House Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation
- **2025-02-19T17:47:00+00:00** House/ comm rpt/ placed on Consent Calendar
- **2025-02-19T17:47:00+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2025-02-21T17:42:00+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2025-02-21T17:45:00+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2025-02-21T17:45:00+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ returned to Senate `passage`
- **2025-02-21T17:45:00+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2025-02-21T21:10:00+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2025-02-21T21:10:00+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2025-02-25T15:07:00+00:00** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2025-02-25T15:07:00+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2025-03-06T22:42:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2025-03-06T22:42:00+00:00** Senate/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2025-03-13T14:31:00+00:00** Senate/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2025-03-13T14:31:00+00:00** Senate/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-26T01:36:00+00:00** 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/76be24bf-9074-43b2-8207-8b5d0a3f0f2f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).