---
type: "Bill"
title: "Family Law Modifications"
description: "Family Law Modifications"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 248"
citation: "Utah HB 248 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Child Custody/Parent Time", "Child Support", "Driver License", "Family", "Judicial Administration", "Judicial Operations", "Legislative Operations", "Motor Vehicles", "Sunsets and Repealers", "Transportation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ward, Raymond P."]
version_count: 7
action_count: 54
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-01-13T22:49:12+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-17T15:49:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/63b62d1f-cdbf-4c48-a58f-801d2b569309"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/HB0248.html"
source_hash: "97b62af62f7520312e9eefb780ef045586b23a8412d8f45c06f70fc214f0ef25"
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 248 (2026) — Family Law Modifications

## 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/HB0248.xml)
2. **Amended 2/17/2026 13:02:698** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AV_HB0248S01_2026-02-17_13-21-31.pdf)
3. **Amended Excerpts 2/17/2026 13:02:698** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AP_HB0248S01_2026-02-17_13-21-31.pdf)
4. **Comparison to Original Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP HB0248 To HB0248S01.pdf)
5. **Senate Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/HB0248S01.Samd.1.pdf)
6. **Substitute #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0248S01.xml)
7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/HB0248.xml)

## Votes

- Senate/ passed 2nd reading — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- House/ concurs with Senate amendment — **65–1** (pass) · lower
- Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- House/ passed 3rd reading — **66–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ward, Raymond P. — primary (person)
- McKell, Michael K. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-13T22:49:12+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2026-01-13T22:49:12+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2026-01-13T22:49:18+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0248
- **2026-01-13T22:49:18+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0248
- **2026-01-14T21:15:00+00:00** House/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-01-20T22:38:26+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-01-23T02:22:17+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0248
- **2026-01-23T03:55:13+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0248
- **2026-01-23T16:58:05+00:00** House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2026-01-28T19:10:09+00:00** House/ to standing committee [House Health and Human Services Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-30T19:18:23+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0248S01
- **2026-01-30T19:18:23+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0248S01
- **2026-01-30T23:34:12+00:00** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation [House Health and Human Services Committee]
- **2026-01-30T23:34:47+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Health and Human Services Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-02T18:16:02+00:00** House/ comm rpt/ substituted [House Health and Human Services Committee]
- **2026-02-02T18:16:03+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-04T22:59:14+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0248S01
- **2026-02-04T23:53:28+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0248S01
- **2026-02-10T22:44:21+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-10T22:55:30+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-10T22:55:32+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-02-11T14:49:51+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-02-12T17:32:53+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-13T17:17:19+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-17T16:53:25+00:00** Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation [Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee] `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-02-17T16:53:40+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-17T21:33:21+00:00** Senate/ comm rpt/ amended [Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee] `amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-17T21:33:22+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-02-19T21:43:53+00:00** Senate/ 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
- **2026-02-19T21:44:10+00:00** Senate/ circled
- **2026-02-19T22:06:36+00:00** Senate/ uncircled
- **2026-02-19T22:09:29+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2026-02-19T22:09:40+00:00** Senate/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-19T22:10:00+00:00** Senate/ placed on 3rd Reading Calendar table
- **2026-03-05T00:06:06+00:00** Senate/ 3nd Reading Calendar to Rules [Senate Rules Committee]
- **2026-03-05T00:08:09+00:00** Senate/ Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-05T01:38:40+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
- **2026-03-05T01:38:41+00:00** Senate/ to House with amendments
- **2026-03-05T17:12:36+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-03-05T17:12:37+00:00** House/ placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2026-03-05T18:33:39+00:00** House/ concurs with Senate amendment `amendment-passage`
- **2026-03-05T18:33:40+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-03-05T22:25:38+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-03-05T22:25:39+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House `passage`
- **2026-03-05T22:25:40+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-03-06T00:00:31+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-03-06T00:00:32+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2026-03-06T21:07:25+00:00** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2026-03-06T21:07:28+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-03-11T18:49:27+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-03-11T18:49:33+00:00** House/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2026-03-12T17:54:17+00:00** House/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2026-03-12T17:54:19+00:00** House/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-17T15:49:00+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/63b62d1f-cdbf-4c48-a58f-801d2b569309`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).