---
type: "Bill"
title: "Utah Marriage Commission Fee Amendments"
description: "Utah Marriage Commission Fee Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 324"
citation: "Utah HB 324 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties", "Family", "Local Taxation and Fees", "Marriage/Divorce", "Political Subdivisions (Local Issues)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ballard, Melissa G."]
version_count: 6
action_count: 46
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-22T20:06:42+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-18T16:14:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5e4c9d0b-5535-4062-b309-5b3eb08e3d59"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/HB0324.html"
source_hash: "1e8b0501a6cdadcdf65137bbb9c60aae68e294457c58e89958bbf48768c512cd"
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 324 (2026) — Utah Marriage Commission Fee 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/HB0324.xml)
2. **Amended 2/4/2026 09:02:191** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AV_HB0324_2026-02-04_09-41-02.pdf)
3. **Amended Excerpts 2/4/2026 09:02:191** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AP_HB0324_2026-02-04_09-41-02.pdf)
4. **House Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/HB0324.Hamd.1.pdf)
5. **House Amendment 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/HB0324.Hamd.2.pdf)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/HB0324.xml)

## Votes

- Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension — **21–2** (pass) · upper
- Senate/ passed 2nd reading — **22–0** (pass) · upper
- House/ passed 3rd reading — **63–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ballard, Melissa G. — primary (person)
- Weiler, Todd — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-22T20:06:42+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2026-01-22T20:06:42+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2026-01-22T20:06:45+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0324
- **2026-01-22T20:06:45+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0324
- **2026-01-23T16:37:11+00:00** House/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-01-23T18:18:04+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-01-25T21:07:19+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0324
- **2026-01-26T03:46:31+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0324
- **2026-01-26T16:47:39+00:00** House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2026-02-02T19:14:07+00:00** House/ to standing committee [House Political Subdivisions Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-03T23:57:45+00:00** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation [House Political Subdivisions Committee] `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-02-03T23:59:27+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Political Subdivisions Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-04T18:12:10+00:00** House/ comm rpt/ amended [House Political Subdivisions Committee] `amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-04T18:12:11+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-12T18:43:23+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-12T18:51:45+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-12T18:51:47+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-02-12T20:08:39+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-02-17T17:26:53+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-17T21:25:08+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-19T15:33:17+00:00** Senate Comm - Motion to Recommend Failed [Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee] `failure`
- **2026-02-23T15:28:55+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-23T21:36:33+00:00** Senate/ committee report favorable [Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-23T21:36:34+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-02-26T18:28:03+00:00** Senate/ 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
- **2026-02-26T18:28:24+00:00** Senate/ circled
- **2026-02-26T18:43:40+00:00** Senate/ uncircled
- **2026-02-26T18:46:29+00:00** Senate/ circled
- **2026-02-26T21:31:56+00:00** Senate/ uncircled
- **2026-02-26T21:33:53+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2026-02-26T21:33:59+00:00** Senate/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-26T21:34:12+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
- **2026-03-05T02:02:56+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
- **2026-03-05T02:02:57+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House `passage`
- **2026-03-05T02:02:58+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-03-05T15:44:13+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-03-05T15:44:14+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2026-03-06T17:13:05+00:00** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2026-03-06T17:13:09+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-03-11T16:03:11+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-03-11T16:03:14+00:00** House/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2026-03-12T18:32:31+00:00** House/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2026-03-12T18:32:33+00:00** House/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-18T16:14:00+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/5e4c9d0b-5535-4062-b309-5b3eb08e3d59`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).