---
type: "Bill"
title: "Adoption Amendments"
description: "Adoption Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 51"
citation: "Utah HB 51 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Adoption", "Child Welfare", "Department of Health and Human Services", "Family", "Health Care", "Health Care Facilities", "Health and Human Services", "Judicial Operations", "Mental Health", "Office of Licensing and Background Checks", "Parentage"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hall, Katy"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 62
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-12-19T22:17:39+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-25T15:42:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cc918b91-f3f0-4fbc-8f20-9741e2965b01"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/HB0051.html"
source_hash: "ab1c817c5f206d0b9e76a9e5f630e9b6e7e56a6ee915a3a5ffd56130566c1e1d"
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 51 (2026) — Adoption 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/HB0051.xml)
2. **Comparison to Original Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP HB0051 To HB0051S01.pdf)
3. **Comparison to Sub #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP HB0051S01 To HB0051S02.pdf)
4. **Comparison to Sub #2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP HB0051S02 To HB0051S03.pdf)
5. **Comparison to Sub #3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP HB0051S03 To HB0051S04.pdf)
6. **Substitute #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0051S01.xml)
7. **Substitute #2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0051S02.xml)
8. **Substitute #3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0051S03.xml)
9. **Substitute #4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0051S04.xml)
10. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/HB0051.xml)

## Votes

- Senate/ passed 3rd reading — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate/ passed 2nd reading — **23–0** (pass) · upper
- House/ passed 3rd reading — **66–1** (pass) · lower
- House/ concurs with Senate amendment — **66–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hall, Katy — primary (person)
- Wilson, Chris H. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-12-19T22:17:39+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2025-12-19T22:17:39+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2025-12-19T22:17:42+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0051
- **2025-12-19T22:17:42+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0051
- **2026-01-14T20:40:59+00:00** House/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-01-16T11:30:08+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0051
- **2026-01-20T17:43:19+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-01-20T18:30:45+00:00** House/ to standing committee [House Judiciary Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-20T19:23:50+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0051
- **2026-01-20T21:36:20+00:00** House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2026-01-23T01:51:33+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0051S01
- **2026-01-23T01:51:33+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0051S01
- **2026-01-23T20:21:02+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0051S02
- **2026-01-23T20:21:02+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0051S02
- **2026-01-23T21:28:34+00:00** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation [House Judiciary Committee]
- **2026-01-23T21:30:12+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Judiciary Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-26T18:14:34+00:00** House/ comm rpt/ substituted [House Judiciary Committee]
- **2026-01-26T18:14:35+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-01-28T16:16:36+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0051S02
- **2026-01-28T16:55:37+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0051S02
- **2026-02-03T21:06:08+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-03T21:06:30+00:00** House/ circled
- **2026-02-03T22:13:59+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0051S03
- **2026-02-03T22:13:59+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0051S03
- **2026-02-04T21:45:11+00:00** House/ uncircled
- **2026-02-04T21:46:11+00:00** House/ substituted
- **2026-02-04T21:53:11+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-04T21:53:13+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-02-04T22:38:13+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-02-05T18:12:30+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-05T19:12:37+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0051S03
- **2026-02-06T17:27:21+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0051S03
- **2026-02-13T22:32:01+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0051S04
- **2026-02-13T22:32:01+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0051S04
- **2026-02-17T21:25:08+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Health and Human Services Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-17T23:51:11+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0051S04
- **2026-02-18T01:26:15+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0051S04
- **2026-02-19T23:53:16+00:00** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation [Senate Health and Human Services Committee]
- **2026-02-20T00:16:20+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Health and Human Services Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-20T17:19:12+00:00** Senate/ comm rpt/ substituted [Senate Health and Human Services Committee]
- **2026-02-20T17:19:13+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-02-25T22:13:35+00:00** Senate/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-25T22:19:18+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2026-02-26T17:49:40+00:00** Senate/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-26T17:51:50+00:00** Senate/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-26T17:51:51+00:00** Senate/ to House with amendments
- **2026-02-26T21:31:32+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-02-26T21:31:33+00:00** House/ placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2026-02-27T17:23:13+00:00** House/ concurs with Senate amendment `amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-27T17:23:14+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-02-27T21:19:42+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-02-27T21:19:43+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House `passage`
- **2026-02-27T21:19:44+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-03-02T16:27:53+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-03-02T16:27:54+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2026-03-03T16:15:19+00:00** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2026-03-03T16:15:21+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-03-05T16:45:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-03-05T16:45:04+00:00** House/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2026-03-12T16:59:21+00:00** House/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2026-03-12T16:59:23+00:00** House/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-25T15:42:00+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/cc918b91-f3f0-4fbc-8f20-9741e2965b01`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).