---
type: "Bill"
title: "Uniform Estate Planning Amendments"
description: "Uniform Estate Planning Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 181"
citation: "Utah HB 181 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Advance Health Care Directive", "Business", "Fiduciaries and Trusts", "Judicial Operations", "Legislative Operations", "Probate", "Uniform Laws", "Wills"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Abbott, Nelson T."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-07T21:47:37+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-23T15:17:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/370e175f-246b-4076-a6b8-62312800299c"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/HB0181.html"
source_hash: "414f74ebb4924c637c7c2fd1b25c3fc0072538f839e2318cc7ce60f2dbe99b7b"
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 181 (2026) — Uniform Estate Planning 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/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0181.xml)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/HB0181.xml)

## Votes

- Senate/ passed 3rd reading — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- House/ passed 3rd reading — **70–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Abbott, Nelson T. — primary (person)
- McKell, Michael K. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-07T21:47:37+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2026-01-07T21:47:37+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2026-01-07T21:47:38+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0181
- **2026-01-07T21:47:38+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0181
- **2026-01-14T21:01:01+00:00** House/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-01-16T18:16:45+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0181
- **2026-01-20T22:38:26+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-01-20T22:50:03+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0181
- **2026-01-20T23:17:47+00:00** House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2026-01-26T19:15:42+00:00** House/ to standing committee [House Judiciary Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-28T22:39:07+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Judiciary Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-29T18:13:03+00:00** House/ committee report favorable [House Judiciary Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-29T18:13:04+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-06T18:53:27+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-06T18:56:37+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-06T18:56:39+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-02-06T19:29:06+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-02-06T21:17:22+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-10T21:28:01+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-12T22:22:10+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-12T22:23:05+00:00** Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation [Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee]
- **2026-02-13T17:19:26+00:00** Senate/ comm rpt/ placed on Consent Calendar [Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee]
- **2026-02-13T17:19:27+00:00** Senate/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-19T17:29:56+00:00** Senate/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-19T17:31:52+00:00** Senate/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-19T17:31:53+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House `passage`
- **2026-02-19T17:31:54+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-02-19T19:23:39+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-02-19T19:23:40+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2026-02-23T21:45:37+00:00** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2026-02-23T21:45:42+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-02-25T17:13:37+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-02-25T17:13:42+00:00** House/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2026-03-03T20:49:47+00:00** House/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2026-03-03T20:49:49+00:00** House/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-23T15:17:00+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/370e175f-246b-4076-a6b8-62312800299c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).