---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Employee Maternity and Leave Amendments"
description: "State Employee Maternity and Leave Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 329"
citation: "Utah HB 329 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Department of Government Operations", "Division of Human Resource Management", "Government Operations (State Issues)", "Local Education Agencies (LEAs)", "State Officers and Employees"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Defay, Ariel"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 51
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-22T20:34:33+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-24T20:15:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/34429390-69ec-4ea5-8e04-8be1c985e07e"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/HB0329.html"
source_hash: "dd53e6161fb9be9f6ebb2f8da2a864d9cdeea8d663596d9184c1b5c6caae720c"
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 329 (2026) — State Employee Maternity and Leave 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/HB0329.xml)
2. **Comparison to Original Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP HB0329 To HB0329S02.pdf)
3. **Comparison to Sub #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP HB0329S01 To HB0329S02.pdf)
4. **Comparison to Sub #2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP HB0329S02 To HB0329S03.pdf)
5. **Substitute #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0329S01.xml)
6. **Substitute #2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0329S02.xml)
7. **Substitute #3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0329S03.xml)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/HB0329.xml)

## Votes

- House/ passed 3rd reading — **53–18** (pass) · lower
- Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension — **25–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Defay, Ariel — primary (person)
- McKell, Michael K. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-22T20:34:33+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2026-01-22T20:34:33+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2026-01-22T20:34:36+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0329
- **2026-01-22T20:34:36+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0329
- **2026-01-23T16:37:11+00:00** House/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-01-23T18:18:05+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-01-27T00:36:09+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0329
- **2026-01-27T16:49:03+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0329
- **2026-01-27T18:08:06+00:00** House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2026-01-29T19:06:31+00:00** House/ to standing committee [House Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-04T23:35:00+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-05T18:14:09+00:00** House/ committee report favorable [House Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-05T18:14:10+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-10T18:35:19+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0329S01
- **2026-02-10T18:35:19+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0329S01
- **2026-02-11T23:06:53+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0329S01
- **2026-02-12T16:23:06+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0329S01
- **2026-02-13T04:10:09+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0329S02
- **2026-02-13T04:10:09+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0329S02
- **2026-02-16T18:26:03+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0329S03
- **2026-02-16T18:26:03+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0329S03
- **2026-02-17T17:54:42+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-17T18:02:45+00:00** House/ substituted
- **2026-02-17T18:10:55+00:00** House/ substitute adoption failed `failure`
- **2026-02-17T18:19:18+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-17T18:19:20+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-02-17T19:09:28+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-02-17T21:03:11+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0329S02
- **2026-02-17T21:03:12+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0329S02
- **2026-02-17T21:03:23+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0329S03
- **2026-02-17T21:03:24+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0329S03
- **2026-02-17T21:28:42+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-24T21:12:36+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-04T21:15:21+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-05T00:01:08+00:00** Senate/ committee report favorable [Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-05T00:01:09+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-05T00:03:14+00:00** Senate/ 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules [Senate Rules Committee] `reading-2`
- **2026-03-05T17:56:34+00:00** Senate/ Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-05T22:41:22+00:00** Senate/ 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
- **2026-03-05T22:45:54+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
- **2026-03-05T22:45:55+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House `passage`
- **2026-03-05T22:45:56+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-03-06T00:10:52+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-03-06T00:10:53+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2026-03-06T21:27:15+00:00** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2026-03-06T21:27:18+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-03-11T21:01:30+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-03-11T21:01:33+00:00** House/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2026-03-16T21:47:09+00:00** House/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2026-03-16T21:47:11+00:00** House/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-24T20:15:00+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/34429390-69ec-4ea5-8e04-8be1c985e07e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).