---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 122 Family Terminology Amendments"
description: "H.B. 122 Family Terminology Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 122"
citation: "Utah HB 122 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Family", "Judicial Operations", "Marriage/Divorce"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Weight, Elizabeth"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 38
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-01-10"
last_action: "2022-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3d12c7c0-654c-4f72-b12f-000add284b8b"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/static/HB0122.html"
source_hash: "db02e73badf6a86383410ac738041e835fa419af3de32e75d5bdd87dc24be2c0"
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 HB 122 (2022) — H.B. 122 Family Terminology 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/~2022/bills/hbillint/HB0122S01.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/hbillamd/HB0122S01.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/hbillenr/HB0122.pdf)

## Votes

- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **3–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd reading — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **69–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Weight, Elizabeth — primary (person)
- Harper, Wayne A. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-10** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2022-01-10** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2022-01-12** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2022-01-18** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2022-01-18** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-19** to House Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-24** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2022-01-26** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2022-01-26** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-27** comm rpt/substituted
- **2022-01-27** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-01-31** placed on Time Certain Calendar
- **2022-02-11** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2022-02-11** floor amendment # 1
- **2022-02-11** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2022-02-11** to Senate
- **2022-02-14** received from House
- **2022-02-14** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-15** to Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-17** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-17** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-17** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2022-02-23** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-23** circled
- **2022-02-23** uncircled
- **2022-02-23** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-24** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2022-02-24** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2022-02-24** signed by President/returned to House
- **2022-02-24** to House
- **2022-02-24** received from Senate
- **2022-02-24** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2022-02-28** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2022-02-28** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2022-03-11** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2022-03-11** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2022-03-14** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-23** 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/3d12c7c0-654c-4f72-b12f-000add284b8b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).