---
type: "Bill"
title: "Domestic Relations Amendments"
description: "Domestic Relations Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 257"
citation: "Utah SB 257 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Child Custody/Parent Time", "Child Support", "Courts", "Disabilities", "Family", "Judges", "Judicial Administration", "Judicial Operations", "Marriage/Divorce", "Parentage"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Weiler, Todd"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 64
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-02-05T16:24:58+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-18T16:27:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/84e8da49-b7f9-4802-80a0-bc1232d9b14f"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/SB0257.html"
source_hash: "28b64a7e9c47276ee5ef84a82826d15ceab33ad3416f26bd9c625eb5c41ec53a"
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 257 (2026) — Domestic Relations 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/SB0257.xml)
2. **Comparison to Original Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP SB0257 To SB0257S01.pdf)
3. **Comparison to Sub #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP SB0257S01 To SB0257S02.pdf)
4. **Comparison to Sub #2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP SB0257S02 To SB0257S03.pdf)
5. **Comparison to Sub #3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP SB0257S03 To SB0257S04.pdf)
6. **Substitute #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/SB0257S01.xml)
7. **Substitute #2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/SB0257S02.xml)
8. **Substitute #3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/SB0257S03.xml)
9. **Substitute #4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/SB0257S04.xml)
10. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/SB0257.xml)

## Votes

- Senate/ concurs with House amendment — **22–0** (pass) · upper
- House/ passed 3rd reading — **61–1** (pass) · lower
- Senate/ passed 2nd reading — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate/ passed 3rd reading — **23–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Weiler, Todd — primary (person)
- Gricius, Stephanie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-05T16:24:58+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2026-02-05T16:24:58+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2026-02-05T16:24:59+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0257
- **2026-02-05T16:24:59+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0257
- **2026-02-05T17:11:47+00:00** Senate/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-02-05T18:13:27+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-09T16:41:42+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0257
- **2026-02-09T17:38:59+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0257
- **2026-02-09T18:39:02+00:00** Senate/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2026-02-10T21:28:01+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-11T16:38:22+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0257S01
- **2026-02-11T16:38:22+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0257S01
- **2026-02-12T19:26:39+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0257S02
- **2026-02-12T19:26:39+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0257S02
- **2026-02-12T20:40:19+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0257S01
- **2026-02-12T20:40:20+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0257S01
- **2026-02-12T21:22:24+00:00** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation [Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee]
- **2026-02-12T21:45:54+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-13T15:27:09+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0257S02
- **2026-02-13T15:27:10+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0257S02
- **2026-02-17T17:38:26+00:00** Senate/ comm rpt/ substituted [Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee]
- **2026-02-17T17:38:27+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-02-24T21:26:26+00:00** Senate/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-24T21:29:12+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2026-02-25T17:55:15+00:00** Senate/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-25T17:57:08+00:00** Senate/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-25T17:57:09+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-02-25T23:42:40+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-02-26T17:13:34+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-27T18:53:29+00:00** House/ to standing committee [House Judiciary Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-02T23:59:36+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0257S03
- **2026-03-02T23:59:36+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0257S03
- **2026-03-03T14:08:14+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0257S03
- **2026-03-03T14:08:15+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0257S03
- **2026-03-03T23:36:02+00:00** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation [House Judiciary Committee]
- **2026-03-03T23:37:05+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Judiciary Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-04T02:32:55+00:00** House/ comm rpt/ substituted [House Judiciary Committee]
- **2026-03-04T02:32:56+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-03-04T02:57:36+00:00** House/ 3rd Reading Calendar to Rules [House Rules Committee]
- **2026-03-05T19:31:56+00:00** House/ Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-06T02:52:33+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0257S04
- **2026-03-06T02:52:33+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0257S04
- **2026-03-06T03:02:54+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0257S04
- **2026-03-06T03:02:55+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0257S04
- **2026-03-06T22:17:21+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-03-06T22:20:21+00:00** House/ substituted
- **2026-03-06T22:21:29+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-03-06T22:21:31+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-03-07T00:14:35+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-03-07T00:14:36+00:00** Senate/ placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2026-03-07T00:31:37+00:00** Senate/ concurs with House amendment `amendment-passage`
- **2026-03-07T00:31:38+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-03-07T03:42:13+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-03-07T03:42:14+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ returned to Senate `passage`
- **2026-03-07T03:42:15+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-03-10T15:17:26+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-03-10T15:17:27+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2026-03-10T19:49:36+00:00** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2026-03-10T19:49:39+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-03-12T20:08:17+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-03-12T20:08:26+00:00** Senate/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2026-03-13T16:54:14+00:00** Senate/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2026-03-13T16:54:16+00:00** Senate/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-18T16:27:00+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/84e8da49-b7f9-4802-80a0-bc1232d9b14f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).