---
type: "Bill"
title: "Protective Order Amendments"
description: "Protective Order Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 304"
citation: "Utah SB 304 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Child Custody/Parent Time", "Family", "Judicial Operations", "Marriage/Divorce", "Protective Orders/Stalking Injuctions"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stratton, Keven J."]
version_count: 10
action_count: 64
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-02-17T18:19:51+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-23T14:03:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2b82b79b-1131-4af3-b058-01066be2ebe7"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/SB0304.html"
source_hash: "a45e51eed2f16af89d9e017e1e7dbcaa49dc57ac52ae7b9a4ac2733f28c042ac"
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 304 (2026) — Protective Order 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/SB0304.xml)
2. **Amended 3/6/2026 23:03:207** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AV_SB0304S02_2026-03-06_23-08-04.pdf)
3. **Amended Excerpts 3/6/2026 23:03:207** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AP_SB0304S02_2026-03-06_23-08-04.pdf)
4. **Comparison to Original Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP SB0304 To SB0304S01.pdf)
5. **Comparison to Sub #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP SB0304S01 To SB0304S02.pdf)
6. **House Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/SB0304S02.Hamd.1.pdf)
7. **Senate Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/SB0304S01.Samd.1.pdf)
8. **Substitute #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/SB0304S01.xml)
9. **Substitute #2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/SB0304S02.xml)
10. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/SB0304.xml)

## Votes

- Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension — **21–8** (pass) · upper
- Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension — **21–6** (pass) · upper
- House/ passed 3rd reading — **44–15** (pass) · lower
- Senate/ concurs with House amendment — **21–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Stratton, Keven J. — primary (person)
- MacPherson, Matt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-17T18:19:51+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2026-02-17T18:19:51+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2026-02-17T18:19:53+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0304
- **2026-02-17T18:19:53+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0304
- **2026-02-17T18:32:28+00:00** Senate/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-02-17T21:33:47+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-18T21:28:14+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-20T12:42:59+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0304
- **2026-02-20T15:00:00+00:00** Senate Comm - Not Considered [Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee]
- **2026-02-23T19:06:30+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0304
- **2026-02-23T21:00:15+00:00** Senate/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2026-02-24T21:52:24+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0304S01
- **2026-02-24T21:52:24+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0304S01
- **2026-02-25T00:10:51+00:00** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation [Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee]
- **2026-02-25T00:30:40+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-25T17:20:48+00:00** Senate/ comm rpt/ substituted [Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee]
- **2026-02-25T17:20:49+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-02-28T00:09:00+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0304S01
- **2026-02-28T20:24:45+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0304S01
- **2026-03-02T18:24:48+00:00** Senate/ 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
- **2026-03-02T18:25:05+00:00** Senate/ circled
- **2026-03-04T02:15:45+00:00** Senate/ uncircled
- **2026-03-04T02:17:19+00:00** Senate/ floor amendment
- **2026-03-04T02:21:59+00:00** Senate/ floor amendment
- **2026-03-04T02:24:22+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
- **2026-03-04T02:24:23+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-03-04T02:33:44+00:00** Senate/ motion to reconsider
- **2026-03-04T02:33:57+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-04T02:34:01+00:00** Senate/ 2nd reading
- **2026-03-04T02:34:04+00:00** Senate/ circled
- **2026-03-04T02:38:12+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0304S02
- **2026-03-04T02:38:12+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0304S02
- **2026-03-04T02:59:16+00:00** Senate/ uncircled
- **2026-03-04T03:00:07+00:00** Senate/ substituted
- **2026-03-04T03:01:49+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
- **2026-03-04T03:01:50+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-03-04T15:26:20+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-03-04T15:50:25+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-03-04T19:11:49+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0304S02
- **2026-03-05T15:31:01+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0304S02
- **2026-03-06T19:25:55+00:00** House/ Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-06T19:25:57+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-03-07T04:25:44+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-03-07T04:26:14+00:00** House/ circled
- **2026-03-07T05:59:54+00:00** House/ uncircled
- **2026-03-07T06:00:18+00:00** House/ floor amendment
- **2026-03-07T06:02:31+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-03-07T06:02:33+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-03-07T06:33:33+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-03-07T06:33:34+00:00** Senate/ placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2026-03-07T06:53:53+00:00** Senate/ concurs with House amendment `amendment-passage`
- **2026-03-07T06:53:54+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-03-07T07:26:32+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-03-07T07:26:33+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ returned to Senate `passage`
- **2026-03-07T07:26:34+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-03-11T19:13:11+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-03-11T19:13:12+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2026-03-11T19:48:42+00:00** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2026-03-11T19:48:44+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-03-12T18:28:17+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-03-12T18:28:20+00:00** Senate/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2026-03-13T17:11:51+00:00** Senate/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2026-03-13T17:11:53+00:00** Senate/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-23T14:03:00+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/2b82b79b-1131-4af3-b058-01066be2ebe7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).