---
type: "Bill"
title: "Evaluations in Guardianship Amendments"
description: "Evaluations in Guardianship Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 161"
citation: "Utah SB 161 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts", "Guardianship/Conservatorship", "Health Care", "Health Care Professionals", "Health and Human Services", "Judicial Operations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Weiler, Todd"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 52
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-01-19T21:06:22+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-23T13:44:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e546d6b3-3cc1-4ad6-85be-95c3b68a6945"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/SB0161.html"
source_hash: "754513ffcf44061a18af64b00bf2b7910103d3f259de027296408082e8039d53"
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 SB 161 (2026) — Evaluations in Guardianship 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/SB0161.xml)
2. **Comparison to Original Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP SB0161 To SB0161S01.pdf)
3. **Substitute #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/SB0161S01.xml)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/SB0161.xml)

## Votes

- House/ passed 3rd reading — **52–17** (pass) · lower
- Senate/ concurs with House amendment — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate/ passed 2nd reading — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate/ passed 3rd reading — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- House/ passed 3rd reading — **73–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-19T21:06:22+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2026-01-19T21:06:22+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2026-01-19T21:06:23+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0161
- **2026-01-19T21:06:23+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0161
- **2026-01-20T15:51:35+00:00** Senate/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-01-20T23:45:35+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-01-21T19:08:38+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-22T00:16:39+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0161
- **2026-01-22T00:16:41+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0161
- **2026-01-22T16:48:46+00:00** Senate/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2026-01-22T21:39:14+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-23T18:17:12+00:00** Senate/ committee report favorable [Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-23T18:17:13+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-02-02T18:20:51+00:00** Senate/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-02T18:23:41+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2026-02-03T18:44:19+00:00** Senate/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-03T18:44:33+00:00** Senate/ circled
- **2026-02-05T22:03:22+00:00** Senate/ uncircled
- **2026-02-05T22:05:20+00:00** Senate/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-05T22:05:21+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-02-05T23:12:50+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-02-06T18:18:06+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-13T18:57:48+00:00** House/ to standing committee [House Judiciary Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-25T16:12:34+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Judiciary Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-25T21:07:48+00:00** House/ committee report favorable [House Judiciary Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-25T21:07:49+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-26T20:10:19+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0161S01
- **2026-02-26T20:10:19+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0161S01
- **2026-02-26T22:12:43+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-26T22:18:00+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-26T22:19:57+00:00** House/ motion to reconsider
- **2026-02-26T22:20:48+00:00** House/ substituted
- **2026-02-26T22:24:38+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-26T22:24:40+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-03-02T15:35:24+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0161S01
- **2026-03-02T15:35:25+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0161S01
- **2026-03-02T17:28:39+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-03-02T17:29:07+00:00** Senate/ placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2026-03-03T16:48:14+00:00** Senate/ concurs with House amendment `amendment-passage`
- **2026-03-03T16:48:15+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-03-03T18:30:12+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-03-03T18:30:13+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ returned to Senate `passage`
- **2026-03-03T18:30:14+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-03-04T16:32:01+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-03-04T16:32:02+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2026-03-05T16:07:31+00:00** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2026-03-05T16:07:38+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-03-05T20:49:31+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-03-05T20:49:33+00:00** Senate/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2026-03-16T15:04:36+00:00** Senate/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2026-03-16T15:04:38+00:00** Senate/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-23T13:44:00+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/e546d6b3-3cc1-4ad6-85be-95c3b68a6945`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).