---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 234 Marriage Amendments"
description: "H.B. 234 Marriage Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "H.B. 234"
citation: "Utah H.B. 234 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Marriage / Divorce", "Judiciary", "Minors"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Romero, Angela"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 40
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-01-31"
last_action: "2019-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3caf8121-7be6-4d49-8f8a-b31375ec30a1"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/static/HB0234.html"
source_hash: "d10e0856a31f509ed3db0953c3f4d47ae7376a18344567a98905a5849e37af28"
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 H.B. 234 (2019) — H.B. 234 Marriage Amendments

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0234S02.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillamd/HB0234S02.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillenr/HB0234.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **55–6** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **22–2** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **9–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Romero, Angela — primary (person)
- Escamilla, Luz — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-31** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2019-01-31** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2019-02-01** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2019-02-01** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-08** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2019-02-11** to House Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-20** House Comm - Not Considered
- **2019-02-22** House Comm - Not Considered
- **2019-02-25** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2019-02-25** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-26** comm rpt/substituted
- **2019-02-26** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-03-01** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2019-03-01** substituted from # 1 to # 2
- **2019-03-01** circled
- **2019-03-01** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2019-03-01** fiscal note publicly available
- **2019-03-01** uncircled
- **2019-03-01** floor amendment # 1
- **2019-03-01** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2019-03-01** to Senate
- **2019-03-04** received from House
- **2019-03-04** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-05** to Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-07** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-08** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-08** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2019-03-12** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2019-03-12** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2019-03-12** signed by President/returned to House
- **2019-03-12** to House
- **2019-03-12** received from Senate
- **2019-03-12** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2019-03-15** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2019-03-15** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2019-03-21** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2019-03-21** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2019-03-22** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2019-03-22** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-26** 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/3caf8121-7be6-4d49-8f8a-b31375ec30a1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).