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Thursday, November 5, 2026

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2026 floor votes

H.B. 51: Adoption Amendments

4 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 25, 2026. This bill amends provisions relating to adoption and child-placing agencies.

  • Modifies provisions related to child-placing agencies including: terms of licensing; advertising requirements; reporting requirements; and disclosure of information to birth parents and adoptive parents
  • Addresses the rights of birth parents and adoptive parents
  • Clarifies the types of payments and fees that are permissible in an adoption
  • Addresses transportation of birth mothers to Utah from other states or countries
  • Amends provisions relating to mental health therapy for a birth parent
  • Clarifies that a birth parent can revoke consent under limited circumstances

Full bill page: steps, fiscal note and sponsors · Chief sponsor Katy Hall

Utah House, February 4, 2026

3rd Reading, Final Passage · 3rd Sub. HB 51
Result as recorded: Passed, Yeas 66 Nays 1 N/V 8
Listed below: the 71 who are on today's roster. Official record

Yes (63)

52 Republican, 11 Democratic

No (1)

1 Democratic

Absent or not voting (7)

2 Democratic, 5 Republican

Utah Senate, February 25, 2026

2nd Reading, Passage on Second · 4th Sub. HB 51
Result as recorded: Passed, Ayes 23 Nays 0 Abs 6
Official record

Yes (23)

17 Republican, 1 Forward, 5 Democratic

Absent or not voting (6)

5 Republican, 1 Democratic

Utah Senate, February 26, 2026

3rd Reading, Final Passage · 4th Sub. HB 51
Result as recorded: Passed, Ayes 21 Nays 0 Abs 8
Official record

Yes (21)

15 Republican, 1 Forward, 5 Democratic

Absent or not voting (8)

7 Republican, 1 Democratic

Utah House, February 27, 2026

Concurrence, Concurred/Final Passage · 4th Sub. HB 51
Result as recorded: Yeas 66 Nays 0 N/V 9
Listed below: the 71 who are on today's roster. Official record

Yes (63)

49 Republican, 14 Democratic

Absent or not voting (8)

8 Republican

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.