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H.B. 576: Child Welfare Timeline Compliance Amendments

2026 General Session · Originating chamber: House

Saved official records and Ledger coverage. The outcome below is from the Legislature’s own step list.

What the bill does

Did not pass both chambers; the bill was filed on March 6, 2026.

This bill addresses statutory timelines in child welfare cases.

  • Requires specific reporting regarding compliance with child welfare timelines
  • Requires reporting about appeals in child welfare cases
  • Directs the courts to consider and implement procedures to ensure that child welfare appeals are resolved in a timely manner
  • Addresses things that the juvenile court should do to ensure compliance with child welfare timelines
  • Addresses when the juvenile court should grant an extension of reunification services
  • Requires the juvenile court to consider statutory timelines when determining if reunification services should be extended
  • Defines terms
  • Makes technical and conforming changes

The description and list come from the bill's own long title as recorded by the Legislature. Read the official bill. The Ledger takes no position on it.

Subjects: Health and Human Services · Child Welfare · Judicial Administration · Courts · Judicial Operations

How it moved

  1. · House1st reading (Introduced)Rules Committee
  2. · Houseto standing committeeJudiciary Committee
  3. · HouseHouse Comm - Recommends Returned to RulesJudiciary Committee
  4. · Housefiledfile for bills not passed

Steps as the Legislature recorded them; clerical and fiscal-staff entries are left out. Numbers such as 54-14-7 are yeas, nays and absent.

Fiscal note

From the Legislative Fiscal Analyst's note on H.B. 576, dated February 18, 2026. A fiscal note estimates direct costs and revenue; it is not an appropriation.

  • State revenue: Enactment of this legislation likely will not materially impact state revenue.
  • State expenditures: Enactment of this bill could cost the Courts about $12,900 ongoing and $35,000 one-time from the General Fund beginning in FY 2027 for data collection, reporting, and scheduling provisions.
  • Local government: This could cost certain local attorneys more time in juvenile court case processing, however the amount is unknown.
  • Individuals and businesses: Enactment of this legislation likely will not result in direct expenditures from tax or fee changes for Utah residents and businesses.

Bill overview

Sponsor: Candice B. Pierucci

Legislature passed-list status: Not available in the saved metadata.

Passed-list membership is not a finding that a bill was signed or took effect. A bill absent from that list is not necessarily pending or defeated.

Latest recorded action

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The full step list is above. Find the bill in the official session list for status, hearings and committee records.

Recorded floor votes

No floor-vote records for this bill and session are available here. This does not mean no vote occurred; consult the official bill record.

Ledger coverage

No Ledger stories with an explicit source link to this bill and session are listed here.