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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Third Party Litigation Funding Amendments"
description: "Third Party Litigation Funding Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 280"
citation: "Utah HB 280 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Attorneys", "Business", "Financial Institutions", "Judicial Administration", "Judicial Operations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dunnigan, James A."]
version_count: 8
action_count: 53
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-19T19:22:19+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-18T16:06:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7e405a50-2aa3-4bc2-b4c8-e7ff86656ac6"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/HB0280.html"
source_hash: "6ea16d2944669b6a303d47981a6f68c784e69b2a47aa903f745b776518936958"
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 280 (2026) — Third Party Litigation Funding 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/HB0280.xml)
2. **Comparison to Original Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP HB0280 To HB0280S01.pdf)
3. **Comparison to Sub #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP HB0280S01 To HB0280S02.pdf)
4. **Comparison to Sub #2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP HB0280S02 To HB0280S03.pdf)
5. **Substitute #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0280S01.xml)
6. **Substitute #2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0280S02.xml)
7. **Substitute #3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0280S03.xml)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/HB0280.xml)
## Votes
- Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension — **250** (pass) · upper
- House/ passed 3rd reading — **671** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Dunnigan, James A. — primary (person)
- Brammer, Brady — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-01-19T19:22:19+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2026-01-19T19:22:19+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2026-01-19T19:22:22+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0280
- **2026-01-19T19:22:22+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0280
- **2026-01-20T15:51:38+00:00** House/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-01-20T22:44:32+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-01-22T00:43:52+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0280
- **2026-01-22T01:30:34+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0280
- **2026-01-22T17:21:10+00:00** House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2026-01-27T19:03:25+00:00** House/ to standing committee [House Judiciary Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-28T18:57:57+00:00** House/ lifted from standing committee [House Business, Labor, and Commerce Committee]
- **2026-02-14T04:30:45+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0280S01
- **2026-02-14T04:30:45+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0280S01
- **2026-02-17T21:12:46+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0280S01
- **2026-02-17T21:21:31+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0280S01
- **2026-02-18T19:33:28+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0280S02
- **2026-02-18T19:33:28+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0280S02
- **2026-02-19T00:45:58+00:00** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation [House Business, Labor, and Commerce Committee]
- **2026-02-19T00:46:43+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Business, Labor, and Commerce Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-19T17:24:16+00:00** House/ comm rpt/ substituted [House Business, Labor, and Commerce Committee]
- **2026-02-19T17:24:17+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-19T18:14:28+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0280S02
- **2026-02-23T16:50:23+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0280S03
- **2026-02-23T16:50:23+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0280S03
- **2026-02-24T18:18:11+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-24T18:19:23+00:00** House/ circled
- **2026-02-24T22:43:55+00:00** House/ uncircled
- **2026-02-24T22:44:36+00:00** House/ substituted
- **2026-02-24T22:49:13+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-24T22:49:15+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-02-24T23:13:00+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-02-25T17:13:30+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-26T00:25:33+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0280S03
- **2026-02-26T01:20:42+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0280S03
- **2026-02-26T21:30:34+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-28T00:16:42+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-02T17:36:23+00:00** Senate/ committee report favorable [Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-02T17:36:24+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-05T00:03:06+00:00** Senate/ 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules [Senate Rules Committee] `reading-2`
- **2026-03-05T00:08:09+00:00** Senate/ Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-05T01:38:45+00:00** Senate/ 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
- **2026-03-05T01:41:28+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
- **2026-03-05T01:41:29+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House `passage`
- **2026-03-05T01:41:30+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-03-05T15:44:13+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-03-05T15:44:14+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2026-03-06T16:59:52+00:00** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2026-03-06T16:59:55+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-03-12T15:24:13+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-03-12T15:24:17+00:00** House/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2026-03-16T21:12:21+00:00** House/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2026-03-16T21:12:23+00:00** House/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-18T16:06:00+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/7e405a50-2aa3-4bc2-b4c8-e7ff86656ac6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).