Utah legislation · 2026 General Session
Utah HB51: Adoption Amendments
Status: Signed into law, March 25, 2026
This bill amends provisions relating to adoption and child-placing agencies.
What the bill says
From the enrolled text, March 5, 2026:
2 Adoption Amendments 2026 GENERAL SESSION STATE OF UTAH Chief Sponsor: Katy Hall Senate Sponsor: Chris H. Wilson LONG TITLE General Description: This bill amends provisions relating to adoption and child-placing agencies. Highlighted Provisions: This bill: - 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; - addresses adoption services in health care facilities; - makes technical and conforming changes; and - defines terms. Money Appropriated in this Bill: None Other Special Clauses: None Utah Code Sections Affected: AMENDS: 26B-2-105 , as last amended by Laws of Utah 2024, Chapters 261, and 307 26B-2-127 , as last amended by Laws of Utah 2025, Chapter 426 63G-20-203.5 , as enacted by Laws of Utah 2023, Chapter 466 80-2-802 , as last amended by Laws of Utah 2025, Chapter 426 81-13-211 , as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 2025, Chapter …
Sponsors
- Hall, Katy (R, 11) · primary sponsor
- Wilson, Chris H. (R, 2)
Latest actions
- : Governor Signed
- : House/ to Governor
- : House/ received enrolled bill from Printing
- : House/ enrolled bill to Printing
- : Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- : Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- : Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- : House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling
- : House/ received from Senate
- : Senate/ to House
Votes
- House/ concurs with Senate amendment (February 27, 2026): 66 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Senate/ passed 3rd reading (February 26, 2026): 21 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Senate/ passed 2nd reading (February 25, 2026): 23 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation (February 19, 2026): 3 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation (February 19, 2026): 3 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House/ passed 3rd reading (February 4, 2026): 66 yea, 1 nay, passed
Subjects: Health Care Facilities, Health Care, Health and Human Services, Judicial Operations, Adoption, Parentage, Family, Child Welfare
Common questions
- What is HB51?
- HB51 is a bill in the Utah Legislature (2026 General Session): Adoption Amendments.
- What does HB51 do?
- This bill amends provisions relating to adoption and child-placing agencies.
- What is the status of HB51?
- Signed into law as of March 25, 2026. Latest action: Governor Signed (March 25, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB51?
- Hall, Katy (R, 11), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for HB51?
- On the Utah Legislature website: https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/HB0051.html
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