---
type: "Bill"
title: "Adoption Records Access Amendments"
description: "Adoption Records Access Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 333"
citation: "Utah HB 333 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Adoption", "Child Welfare", "Health and Human Services"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ward, Raymond P."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 38
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-22T21:10:34+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-18T16:15:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/266850a3-2d58-45c8-9987-f6cef3a2d698"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/HB0333.html"
source_hash: "b16d92dbdad126f31fe4c1d2d9848f1c2308f9714dbf483acfb6b721f1eeae41"
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 333 (2026) — Adoption Records Access 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/HB0333.xml)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/HB0333.xml)

## Votes

- House/ passed 3rd reading — **72–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate/ passed 3rd reading — **27–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ward, Raymond P. — primary (person)
- Balderree, Heidi — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-22T21:10:34+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2026-01-22T21:10:34+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2026-01-22T21:10:39+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0333
- **2026-01-22T21:10:39+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0333
- **2026-01-23T16:37:11+00:00** House/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-01-23T18:18:05+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-01-25T21:10:05+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0333
- **2026-01-25T21:10:05+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0333
- **2026-01-26T16:47:39+00:00** House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2026-02-09T19:35:07+00:00** House/ to standing committee [House Judiciary Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-13T15:00:00+00:00** House Comm - Not Considered [House Judiciary Committee]
- **2026-02-17T23:32:09+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Judiciary Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-17T23:33:20+00:00** House Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation [House Judiciary Committee]
- **2026-02-18T17:12:52+00:00** House/ comm rpt/ placed on Consent Calendar [House Judiciary Committee]
- **2026-02-18T17:12:53+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-20T17:23:52+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-20T17:26:24+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-20T17:26:26+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-02-20T18:55:54+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-02-20T20:49:27+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-24T21:12:35+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Health and Human Services Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-25T23:24:46+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Health and Human Services Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-25T23:25:22+00:00** Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation [Senate Health and Human Services Committee]
- **2026-02-26T23:00:41+00:00** Senate/ comm rpt/ placed on Consent Calendar [Senate Health and Human Services Committee]
- **2026-02-26T23:00:42+00:00** Senate/ 2nd reading
- **2026-03-03T16:52:58+00:00** Senate/ 3rd reading
- **2026-03-03T16:54:55+00:00** Senate/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-03-03T16:54:56+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House `passage`
- **2026-03-03T16:54:57+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-03-03T18:18:38+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-03-03T18:18:39+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2026-03-05T15:44:00+00:00** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2026-03-05T15:44:05+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-03-06T00:37:02+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-03-06T00:37:03+00:00** House/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2026-03-11T16:25:34+00:00** House/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2026-03-11T16:25:36+00:00** House/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-18T16:15:00+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/266850a3-2d58-45c8-9987-f6cef3a2d698`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).