republic-os/legislation/us/states/ut/2026/hb-248.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Family Law Modifications	Family Law Modifications	us/states/ut	Utah Legislature	2026	HB 248	Utah HB 248 (2026)	bill	Child Custody/Parent Time Child Support Driver License Family Judicial Administration Judicial Operations Legislative Operations Motor Vehicles Sunsets and Repealers Transportation	enacted	Ward, Raymond P.	7	54	4	2026-01-13T22:49:12+00:00	2026-03-17T15:49:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/63b62d1f-cdbf-4c48-a58f-801d2b569309	https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/HB0248.html	97b62af62f7520312e9eefb780ef045586b23a8412d8f45c06f70fc214f0ef25	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ut

Utah HB 248 (2026) — Family Law Modifications

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Amended 2/17/2026 13:02:698 (committee substitute) — source
3. Amended Excerpts 2/17/2026 13:02:698 (committee substitute) — source
4. Comparison to Original Bill (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP HB0248 To HB0248S01.pdf)
5. Senate Amendment 1 (committee substitute) — source
6. Substitute #1 (committee substitute) — source
7. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Senate/ passed 2nd reading — 24–0 (pass) · upper
• House/ concurs with Senate amendment — 65–1 (pass) · lower
• Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension — 24–0 (pass) · upper
• House/ passed 3rd reading — 66–3 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Ward, Raymond P. — primary (person)
• McKell, Michael K. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-13T22:49:12+00:00 Bill Numbered but not Distributed
• 2026-01-13T22:49:12+00:00 Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
• 2026-01-13T22:49:18+00:00 LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0248
• 2026-01-13T22:49:18+00:00 LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0248
• 2026-01-14T21:15:00+00:00 House/ received bill from Legislative Research receipt
• 2026-01-20T22:38:26+00:00 House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
• 2026-01-23T02:22:17+00:00 LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0248
• 2026-01-23T03:55:13+00:00 LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0248
• 2026-01-23T16:58:05+00:00 House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst receipt
• 2026-01-28T19:10:09+00:00 House/ to standing committee [House Health and Human Services Committee] referral-committee
• 2026-01-30T19:18:23+00:00 LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0248S01
• 2026-01-30T19:18:23+00:00 LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0248S01
• 2026-01-30T23:34:12+00:00 House Comm - Substitute Recommendation [House Health and Human Services Committee]
• 2026-01-30T23:34:47+00:00 House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Health and Human Services Committee] committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-02-02T18:16:02+00:00 House/ comm rpt/ substituted [House Health and Human Services Committee]
• 2026-02-02T18:16:03+00:00 House/ 2nd reading
• 2026-02-04T22:59:14+00:00 LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0248S01
• 2026-02-04T23:53:28+00:00 LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0248S01
• 2026-02-10T22:44:21+00:00 House/ 3rd reading
• 2026-02-10T22:55:30+00:00 House/ passed 3rd reading passage
• 2026-02-10T22:55:32+00:00 House/ to Senate
• 2026-02-11T14:49:51+00:00 Senate/ received from House receipt
• 2026-02-12T17:32:53+00:00 Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
• 2026-02-13T17:17:19+00:00 Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee] referral-committee
• 2026-02-17T16:53:25+00:00 Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation [Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee] amendment-introduction
• 2026-02-17T16:53:40+00:00 Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee] committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-02-17T21:33:21+00:00 Senate/ comm rpt/ amended [Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee] amendment-passage
• 2026-02-17T21:33:22+00:00 Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
• 2026-02-19T21:43:53+00:00 Senate/ 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
• 2026-02-19T21:44:10+00:00 Senate/ circled
• 2026-02-19T22:06:36+00:00 Senate/ uncircled
• 2026-02-19T22:09:29+00:00 Senate/ passed 2nd reading reading-2
• 2026-02-19T22:09:40+00:00 Senate/ 3rd reading
• 2026-02-19T22:10:00+00:00 Senate/ placed on 3rd Reading Calendar table
• 2026-03-05T00:06:06+00:00 Senate/ 3nd Reading Calendar to Rules [Senate Rules Committee]
• 2026-03-05T00:08:09+00:00 Senate/ Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
• 2026-03-05T01:38:40+00:00 Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
• 2026-03-05T01:38:41+00:00 Senate/ to House with amendments
• 2026-03-05T17:12:36+00:00 House/ received from Senate receipt
• 2026-03-05T17:12:37+00:00 House/ placed on Concurrence Calendar
• 2026-03-05T18:33:39+00:00 House/ concurs with Senate amendment amendment-passage
• 2026-03-05T18:33:40+00:00 House/ to Senate
• 2026-03-05T22:25:38+00:00 Senate/ received from House receipt
• 2026-03-05T22:25:39+00:00 Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House passage
• 2026-03-05T22:25:40+00:00 Senate/ to House
• 2026-03-06T00:00:31+00:00 House/ received from Senate receipt
• 2026-03-06T00:00:32+00:00 House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling passage
• 2026-03-06T21:07:25+00:00 Bill Received from House for Enrolling
• 2026-03-06T21:07:28+00:00 Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
• 2026-03-11T18:49:27+00:00 Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate enrolled
• 2026-03-11T18:49:33+00:00 House/ enrolled bill to Printing
• 2026-03-12T17:54:17+00:00 House/ received enrolled bill from Printing receipt
• 2026-03-12T17:54:19+00:00 House/ to Governor executive-receipt
• 2026-03-17T15:49:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/63b62d1f-cdbf-4c48-a58f-801d2b569309. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).