---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alimony Amendments"
description: "Alimony Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 59"
citation: "Utah SB 59 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Family", "Judicial Operations", "Marriage/Divorce", "Revenue and Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fillmore, Lincoln"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 55
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-12-30T16:54:50+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-23T13:28:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f0828e2b-fbc9-4b2e-9e39-17ff8475cc48"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/SB0059.html"
source_hash: "71100c7e5cadff09164d517e030e1e3d203787fc3ed8529a092beb63f4c492c4"
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 59 (2026) — Alimony 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/SB0059.xml)
2. **Comparison to Original Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP SB0059 To SB0059S01.pdf)
3. **Comparison to Sub #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP SB0059S01 To SB0059S02.pdf)
4. **Substitute #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/SB0059S01.xml)
5. **Substitute #2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/SB0059S02.xml)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/SB0059.xml)

## Votes

- Senate/ passed 2nd reading — **24–1** (pass) · upper
- House/ passed 3rd reading — **55–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate/ passed 3rd reading — **22–2** (pass) · upper
- Senate/ concurs with House amendment — **24–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Fillmore, Lincoln — primary (person)
- Cutler, Paul A. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-12-30T16:54:50+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2025-12-30T16:54:50+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2025-12-30T16:54:51+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0059
- **2025-12-30T16:54:51+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0059
- **2026-01-07T17:08:32+00:00** Senate/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-01-13T22:46:59+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0059
- **2026-01-13T22:47:01+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0059
- **2026-01-13T23:05:24+00:00** Senate/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2026-01-20T18:07:24+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-01-20T22:08:34+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-27T21:31:41+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-29T18:43:57+00:00** Senate/ committee report favorable [Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-29T18:43:58+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-02-13T17:56:24+00:00** Senate/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-13T17:59:21+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2026-02-17T17:44:40+00:00** Senate/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-17T17:46:30+00:00** Senate/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-17T17:46:31+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-02-17T20:01:50+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-02-17T21:13:49+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-18T18:58:03+00:00** House/ to standing committee [House Judiciary Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-19T16:15:15+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0059S01
- **2026-02-19T16:15:15+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0059S01
- **2026-02-20T15:06:43+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0059S01
- **2026-02-20T15:06:44+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0059S01
- **2026-02-23T16:50:44+00:00** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation [House Judiciary Committee]
- **2026-02-23T16:51:39+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Judiciary Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-23T21:10:42+00:00** House/ comm rpt/ substituted [House Judiciary Committee]
- **2026-02-23T21:10:43+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-25T18:10:48+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0059S02
- **2026-02-25T18:10:48+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0059S02
- **2026-02-26T15:44:00+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0059S02
- **2026-02-26T15:44:01+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0059S02
- **2026-02-26T17:56:05+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-26T18:00:46+00:00** House/ substituted
- **2026-02-26T18:02:39+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-26T18:02:41+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-02-26T21:22:30+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-02-26T21:22:31+00:00** Senate/ placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2026-02-27T17:30:08+00:00** Senate/ circled
- **2026-02-27T17:34:26+00:00** Senate/ uncircled
- **2026-02-27T17:36:13+00:00** Senate/ concurs with House amendment `amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-27T17:36:14+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-02-27T18:39:45+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-02-27T18:39:46+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ returned to Senate `passage`
- **2026-02-27T18:39:47+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-02-27T21:20:37+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-02-27T21:20:38+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2026-03-02T14:39:48+00:00** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2026-03-02T14:39:49+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-03-02T19:17:10+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-03-02T19:17:16+00:00** Senate/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2026-03-03T22:36:12+00:00** Senate/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2026-03-03T22:36:14+00:00** Senate/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-23T13:28:00+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/f0828e2b-fbc9-4b2e-9e39-17ff8475cc48`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).