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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Family Court Amendments"
description: "Family Court Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 303"
citation: "Utah HB 303 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Attorneys", "Child Custody/Parent Time", "Family", "Judicial Administration", "Judicial Operations", "Mental Health"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cutler, Paul A."]
version_count: 8
action_count: 58
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-21T17:24:39+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-23T16:47:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0f60a86d-08aa-4c90-8a87-edead47cdaa1"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/HB0303.html"
source_hash: "d95bb1ef0888f1d3d535cf6c3bfb2d95bd271a51d85b33b300ce4c2f5cced5ad"
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 303 (2026) — Family Court 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/HB0303.xml)
2. **Comparison to Original Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP HB0303 To HB0303S01.pdf)
3. **Comparison to Sub #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP HB0303S01 To HB0303S02.pdf)
4. **Comparison to Sub #2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP HB0303S02 To HB0303S03.pdf)
5. **Substitute #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0303S01.xml)
6. **Substitute #2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0303S02.xml)
7. **Substitute #3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0303S03.xml)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/HB0303.xml)
## Votes
- House/ concurs with Senate amendment — **671** (pass) · lower
- Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension — **250** (pass) · upper
- House/ passed 3rd reading — **681** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Cutler, Paul A. — primary (person)
- McKell, Michael K. — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-01-21T17:24:39+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2026-01-21T17:24:39+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2026-01-21T17:24:43+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0303
- **2026-01-21T17:24:43+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0303
- **2026-01-21T17:46:38+00:00** House/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-01-21T18:14:32+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-01-26T11:54:25+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0303
- **2026-01-27T00:05:16+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0303
- **2026-01-27T14:42:30+00:00** House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2026-02-09T19:35:07+00:00** House/ to standing committee [House Judiciary Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-11T14:30:45+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0303S01
- **2026-02-11T14:30:45+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0303S01
- **2026-02-11T22:47:29+00:00** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation [House Judiciary Committee]
- **2026-02-11T22:47:49+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Judiciary Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-12T17:16:27+00:00** House/ comm rpt/ substituted [House Judiciary Committee]
- **2026-02-12T17:16:28+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-13T03:20:55+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0303S01
- **2026-02-13T04:10:57+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0303S01
- **2026-02-19T18:51:54+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-19T19:05:51+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-19T19:05:53+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-02-19T22:49:53+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-02-20T17:15:41+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-23T21:31:06+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-26T00:50:51+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0303S02
- **2026-02-26T00:50:51+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0303S02
- **2026-02-26T16:57:26+00:00** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation [Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee]
- **2026-02-26T16:57:37+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-26T22:59:40+00:00** Senate/ comm rpt/ substituted [Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee]
- **2026-02-26T22:59:41+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-02-27T00:54:20+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0303S02
- **2026-02-27T01:25:30+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0303S02
- **2026-03-04T16:57:20+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0303S03
- **2026-03-04T16:57:20+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0303S03
- **2026-03-04T22:21:36+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0303S03
- **2026-03-05T00:03:05+00:00** Senate/ 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules [Senate Rules Committee] `reading-2`
- **2026-03-05T20:21:16+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0303S03
- **2026-03-05T22:29:59+00:00** Senate/ Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-06T02:30:49+00:00** Senate/ 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
- **2026-03-06T02:31:55+00:00** Senate/ substituted
- **2026-03-06T02:34:35+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
- **2026-03-06T02:34:36+00:00** Senate/ to House with amendments
- **2026-03-06T03:28:49+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-03-06T03:28:50+00:00** House/ placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2026-03-06T16:51:43+00:00** House/ concurs with Senate amendment `amendment-passage`
- **2026-03-06T16:51:44+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-03-06T20:56:59+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-03-06T20:57:00+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House `passage`
- **2026-03-06T20:57:01+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-03-06T22:35:33+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-03-06T22:35:34+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2026-03-07T06:39:42+00:00** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2026-03-07T06:39:44+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-03-11T23:06:37+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-03-11T23:06:40+00:00** House/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2026-03-12T18:04:01+00:00** House/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2026-03-12T18:04:03+00:00** House/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-23T16:47:00+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/0f60a86d-08aa-4c90-8a87-edead47cdaa1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).