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Thursday, November 5, 2026

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2026 floor votes

H.B. 303: Family Court Amendments

3 recorded floor votes in the 2026 General Session. The bill's official page has its text, sponsors, committee votes and full history.

About this bill

Signed by the governor on March 23, 2026. This bill addresses family law proceedings.

  • Defines terms
  • Addresses factors for a court to consider when deciding whether to award costs, attorney fees, and witness fees in a family law proceeding
  • Provides a process for ordering mental health treatment in a child custody proceeding
  • Provides that a court may consider evidence of coercive control when making a child custody or parent-time decision
  • Creates a new part addressing a child custody evaluation
  • Makes technical and conforming changes

Full bill page: steps, fiscal note and sponsors · Chief sponsor Paul A. Cutler

Utah House, February 19, 2026

3rd Reading, Final Passage · 1st Sub. HB 303
Result as recorded: Passed, Yeas 68 Nays 1 N/V 6
Listed below: the 71 who are on today's roster. Official record

Yes (64)

52 Republican, 12 Democratic

No (1)

1 Republican

Absent or not voting (6)

2 Democratic, 4 Republican

Utah Senate, March 5, 2026

2nd Reading, Passage on 2nd & 3rd Under suspension of the rules · 3rd Sub. HB 303
Result as recorded: Passed, Ayes 25 Nays 0 Abs 4
Official record

Yes (25)

19 Republican, 1 Forward, 5 Democratic

Absent or not voting (4)

3 Republican, 1 Democratic

Utah House, March 6, 2026

Concurrence, Concurred/Final Passage · 3rd Sub. HB 303
Result as recorded: Yeas 67 Nays 1 N/V 7
Listed below: the 71 who are on today's roster. Official record

Yes (63)

50 Republican, 13 Democratic

No (1)

1 Republican

Absent or not voting (7)

6 Republican, 1 Democratic

Votes are listed as the Utah Legislature's floor vote records show them. Names are matched to today's roster, so members who have since left the Legislature aren't in the lists; the totals are the record's own. Committee votes and voice votes aren't included.