---
type: "Bill"
title: "Judicial Conduct Commission Amendments"
description: "Judicial Conduct Commission Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 186"
citation: "Utah HB 186 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Ethics", "Government Operations (State Issues)", "Government Records", "Judges", "Judicial Administration", "Judicial Operations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Teuscher, Jordan D."]
version_count: 4
action_count: 42
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-07T23:01:17+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-23T15:19:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a5b736b5-c4bb-4a1f-b39c-da830512f9e1"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/HB0186.html"
source_hash: "f549ab557631aac1b464bab887ac00fbaf07aa74b7f831ded0a1c71c6c4799ef"
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 186 (2026) — Judicial Conduct Commission 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/HB0186.xml)
2. **Comparison to Original Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP HB0186 To HB0186S01.pdf)
3. **Substitute #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0186S01.xml)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/HB0186.xml)

## Votes

- House/ passed 3rd reading — **70–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate/ passed 3rd reading — **25–1** (pass) · upper
- Senate/ passed 2nd reading — **23–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Teuscher, Jordan D. — primary (person)
- Brammer, Brady — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-07T23:01:17+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2026-01-07T23:01:17+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2026-01-07T23:01:19+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0186
- **2026-01-07T23:01:19+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0186
- **2026-01-14T21:01:54+00:00** House/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-01-16T18:45:27+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0186
- **2026-01-16T18:45:29+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0186
- **2026-01-20T16:23:39+00:00** House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2026-01-20T22:38:26+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-01-22T18:43:58+00:00** House/ to standing committee [House Judiciary Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-23T18:03:00+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0186S01
- **2026-01-23T18:03:00+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0186S01
- **2026-01-23T22:03:19+00:00** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation [House Judiciary Committee]
- **2026-01-23T22:09:18+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Judiciary Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-26T18:14:35+00:00** House/ comm rpt/ substituted [House Judiciary Committee]
- **2026-01-26T18:14:36+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-01-27T18:34:35+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0186S01
- **2026-01-27T18:34:36+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0186S01
- **2026-02-03T21:09:08+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-03T21:15:50+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-03T21:15:52+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-02-03T22:42:03+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-02-04T18:14:03+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-06T21:16:15+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-10T01:05:56+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-10T21:34:28+00:00** Senate/ committee report favorable [Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-10T21:34:29+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-02-12T18:20:35+00:00** Senate/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-12T18:23:16+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2026-02-13T17:29:01+00:00** Senate/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-13T17:31:30+00:00** Senate/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-13T17:31:31+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House `passage`
- **2026-02-13T17:31:32+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-02-17T16:57:55+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-02-17T16:57:56+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2026-02-18T15:25:42+00:00** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2026-02-18T15:25:45+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-03-10T21:21:25+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-03-10T21:21:30+00:00** House/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2026-03-12T17:15:06+00:00** House/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2026-03-12T17:15:08+00:00** House/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-23T15:19:00+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/a5b736b5-c4bb-4a1f-b39c-da830512f9e1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).