---
type: "Bill"
title: "Uniform Unregulated Child Custody Transfer Act"
description: "Uniform Unregulated Child Custody Transfer Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 219"
citation: "Utah HB 219 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Adoption", "Child Custody/Parent Time", "Child Welfare", "Department of Human Services", "Division of Child and Family Services", "Family", "Guardians", "Human Services", "Judicial Operations", "Parentage", "Uniform Laws"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nelson, Merrill F."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 35
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-01-24"
last_action: "2022-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3990bd6d-1d03-48da-a3ea-ada7dd3be339"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/static/HB0219.html"
source_hash: "afee54263aa7d9250162713e8c2705c50cbb503a5cb7d5c76d20a2cc0f6fba48"
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 219 (2022) — Uniform Unregulated Child Custody Transfer Act

## 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/HB0219.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/hbillamd/HB0219.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/hbillenr/HB0219.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 2nd reading — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **44–27** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **22–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Nelson, Merrill F. — primary (person)
- McKell, Michael K. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-24** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2022-01-24** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2022-01-24** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2022-01-25** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2022-01-25** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-26** fiscal note publicly available
- **2022-01-27** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2022-01-27** to House Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-28** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-31** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-31** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-04** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2022-02-04** floor amendment # 1
- **2022-02-04** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2022-02-04** to Senate
- **2022-02-07** received from House
- **2022-02-07** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-16** to Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-22** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-23** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-23** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2022-02-24** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-24** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-25** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2022-02-25** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2022-02-25** signed by President/returned to House
- **2022-02-25** to House
- **2022-02-25** received from Senate
- **2022-02-25** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2022-03-01** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2022-03-01** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2022-03-14** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2022-03-14** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2022-03-14** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-24** 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/3990bd6d-1d03-48da-a3ea-ada7dd3be339`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).