---
type: "Bill"
title: "Female Genital Mutilation Amendments"
description: "Female Genital Mutilation Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 139"
citation: "Utah HB 139 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes", "Department of Health and Human Services", "Health and Human Services", "Judicial Operations", "Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice", "Legislative Operations", "Statute of Limitations", "Sunsets and Repealers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ballard, Melissa G."]
version_count: 4
action_count: 44
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-05T19:21:36+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-26T19:11:53+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b487ebd1-bba9-432d-b712-a590dad285db"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/HB0139.html"
source_hash: "e1fb017b5288eb5803959c68eec9b1a129c54f44d648d5b89dcbb8e65ded2d4a"
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 139 (2026) — Female Genital Mutilation 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/HB0139.xml)
2. **Comparison to Original Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP HB0139 To HB0139S01.pdf)
3. **Substitute #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0139S01.xml)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/HB0139.xml)

## Votes

- Senate/ passed 3rd reading — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate/ passed 2nd reading — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- House/ passed 3rd reading — **69–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ballard, Melissa G. — primary (person)
- Balderree, Heidi — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-05T19:21:36+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2026-01-05T19:21:36+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2026-01-05T19:21:40+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0139
- **2026-01-05T19:21:40+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0139
- **2026-01-14T20:54:54+00:00** House/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-01-17T21:58:57+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0139
- **2026-01-19T21:53:28+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0139
- **2026-01-20T16:23:39+00:00** House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2026-01-20T22:38:23+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-01-27T19:03:25+00:00** House/ to standing committee [House Judiciary Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-27T23:24:30+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0139S01
- **2026-01-27T23:24:30+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0139S01
- **2026-01-28T23:00:47+00:00** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation [House Judiciary Committee]
- **2026-01-28T23:01:32+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Judiciary Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-29T18:13:03+00:00** House/ comm rpt/ substituted [House Judiciary Committee]
- **2026-01-29T18:13:04+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-01-29T19:33:12+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0139S01
- **2026-01-29T20:04:18+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0139S01
- **2026-02-06T18:49:54+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-06T18:53:23+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-06T18:53:25+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-02-06T19:29:06+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-02-06T21:17:22+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-10T21:28:01+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Health and Human Services Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-12T16:31:29+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Health and Human Services Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-17T17:38:25+00:00** Senate/ committee report favorable [Senate Health and Human Services Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-17T17:38:26+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-02-18T21:59:20+00:00** Senate/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-18T22:01:45+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2026-02-18T22:02:14+00:00** Senate/ placed on 3rd Reading Calendar table
- **2026-02-20T18:19:04+00:00** Senate/ placed back on 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2026-02-20T18:35:54+00:00** Senate/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-20T18:36:50+00:00** Senate/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-20T18:36:51+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House `passage`
- **2026-02-20T18:36:52+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-02-20T19:20:42+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-02-20T19:20:43+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2026-02-24T21:34:08+00:00** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2026-02-24T21:34:10+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-02-25T04:07:51+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-02-25T04:07:53+00:00** House/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2026-03-03T20:49:47+00:00** House/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2026-03-03T20:49:49+00:00** House/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-26T19:11:53+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/b487ebd1-bba9-432d-b712-a590dad285db`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).