Utah legislation · 2026 General Session
Utah SB224: Vital Records Access Amendments
Status: Failed, March 6, 2026
This bill addresses who may obtain a vital record.
What the bill says
From the introduced text, January 30, 2026:
0 Vital Records Access Amendments 2026 GENERAL SESSION STATE OF UTAH Chief Sponsor: Jen Plumb House Sponsor: Tracy J. Miller LONG TITLE General Description: This bill addresses who may obtain a vital record. Highlighted Provisions: This bill: - allows a liaison for a homeless youth or child to obtain the minor's vital records on behalf of the homeless youth or child. Money Appropriated in this Bill: None Other Special Clauses: None Utah Code Sections Affected: AMENDS: 26B-8-125 , as last amended by Laws of Utah 2025, Chapter 133 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah: Section 1. Section 26B-8-125 is amended to read: 26B-8-125 . Inspection of vital records. (1) As used in this section: (a) "Designated legal representative" means an attorney, physician, funeral service director, genealogist, or other agent of the subject, or an immediate family member of the subject, who has been delegated the authority to access vital records. (b) "Drug use intervention or suicide prevention effort" means a program that studies or promotes the prevention of drug overdose deaths or suicides in the state. (c) "Immediate family member" means a spouse, child, parent, sibling, grandparent, or grandchild. (d) "Pre-existing parent" means the same as that term is defined in Section 81-13-101 . (2) (a) The vital records shall be open to inspection, but …
Sponsors
- Plumb, Jen (D, 9) · primary sponsor
- Miller, Tracy (R, 45)
Latest actions
- : Senate/ filed
- : Senate/ received from House
- : House/ to Senate
- : House/ strike enacting clause
- : House/ 3rd Reading Calendar to Rules
- : House/ Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- : House/ 3rd Reading Calendar to Rules
- : House/ 2nd reading
- : House/ committee report favorable
- : House Comm - Favorable Recommendation
Votes
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation (March 3, 2026): 9 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Senate/ passed 3rd reading (February 23, 2026): 16 yea, 11 nay, passed
- Senate/ passed 2nd reading (February 20, 2026): 25 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation (February 5, 2026): 4 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: Government Operations (State Issues), Government Records, Health and Human Services, Education, K-12 Education, Department of Health and Human Services, School Personnel
Common questions
- What is SB224?
- SB224 is a bill in the Utah Legislature (2026 General Session): Vital Records Access Amendments.
- What does SB224 do?
- This bill addresses who may obtain a vital record.
- What is the status of SB224?
- Failed as of March 6, 2026. Latest action: Senate/ filed (March 6, 2026).
- Who sponsored SB224?
- Plumb, Jen (D, 9), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for SB224?
- On the Utah Legislature website: https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/SB0224.html
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