Utah 2026 General Session Status: Enacted 2 R cosponsors

HB 181 — Uniform Estate Planning Amendments

Last action — Governor Signed

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed House
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 07, 2026. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Spencer Cox (Republican) on March 23, 2026.

Odds of enactment

High chance

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Prognosis

Advancing 54% · moderate confidence

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 2 sponsors

    1 primary, 1 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (2 R).

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Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

14 added · 14 removed

Plain-language change summary

The latest version of Bill HB 181 clarifies the process for certifying a paper copy of an electronic estate planning document. It emphasizes the rules around signatures on these documents, ensuring that they remain valid and enforceable. These changes are significant because they help streamline estate planning processes, making it easier for individuals to manage their affairs in a digital age.

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H ▸ provides the manner in which an individual may certify a paper copy of an electroniB non-testamentary estate planning document;
▸ provides the manner in which an individual may certify a paper copy of an electronic non-testamentary estate planning document;
▸ provides that an electronic non-testamentary estate planning document or an electronic signature on an electronic non-testamentary estate planning document may not be 1 excluded from a proceeding solely because the electronic non-testamentary estate planning document or an electronic signature is in electronic form;
▸ provides that an electronic non-testamentary estate planning document or an electronic signature on an electronic non-testamentary estate planning document may not be H.B.
181 Enrolled Copy excluded from a proceeding solely because the electronic non-testamentary estate planning document or an electronic signature is in electronic form;
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Money Appropriated in this Bill:
181 02-06 12:06 Money Appropriated in this Bill:
(2) "Electronic record" means a record created, generated, sent, communicated, received, or stored by electronic means.
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(3) "Electronic signature" means an electronic symbol or process attached to or logically - 2 - 02-06 12:06 H.B.
181 (2) "Electronic record" means a record created, generated, sent, communicated, received, or stored by electronic means.
181 associated with a record and executed or adopted by a person with the intent to sign the record.
(3) "Electronic signature" means an electronic symbol or process attached to or logically associated with a record and executed or adopted by a person with the intent to sign the record.
(6) "Person" means an individual, estate, business or nonprofit entity, government or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, or other legal entity.
(6) "Person" means an individual, estate, business or nonprofit entity, government or - 3 - H.B.
181 Enrolled Copy governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, or other legal entity.
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(8) "Record" means information:
181 02-06 12:06 (8) "Record" means information:
(15) "Will" includes a codicil and a testamentary instrument that merely appoints an executor, revokes or revises another will, nominates a guardian, or expressly excludes or limits the right of an individual or class to succeed to property of the decedent passing by intestate succession.
(15) "Will" includes a codicil and a testamentary instrument that merely appoints an executor, revokes or revises another will, nominates a guardian, or expressly excludes or limits the right of an individual or class to succeed to property of the decedent passing - 4 - Enrolled Copy H.B.
181 by intestate succession.
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This chapter shall be construed and applied to:
181 This chapter shall be construed and applied to:
(3) A person may not waive the provisions of this section.
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181 Enrolled Copy (3) A person may not waive the provisions of this section.
Recognition of electronic non-testamentary estate planning document - 5 - H.B.
Recognition of electronic non-testamentary estate planning document and electronic signature.
181 02-06 12:06 and electronic signature.
75-13-207 .
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181 75-13-207 .
(1) If other law of this states bases the validity of a non-testamentary estate planning document on whether the non-testamentary estate planning document is signed, - 6 - 02-06 12:06 H.B.
(1) If other law of this states bases the validity of a non-testamentary estate planning document on whether the non-testamentary estate planning document is signed, witnessed, or attested by another individual, the signature, witnessing, or attestation of that individual may be electronic.
181 witnessed, or attested by another individual, the signature, witnessing, or attestation of that individual may be electronic.
(6) This section does not preclude a governmental agency from specifying requirements for the retention of a record subject to the agency's jurisdiction in addition to those in this section.
181 02-06 12:06 Section 11.
181 Enrolled Copy (6) This section does not preclude a governmental agency from specifying requirements for the retention of a record subject to the agency's jurisdiction in addition to those in this section.
Section 11.
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Action History

  1. Governor Signed

  2. House/ to Governor

  3. House/ received enrolled bill from Printing

  4. House/ enrolled bill to Printing

  5. Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate

  6. Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared

  7. Bill Received from House for Enrolling

  8. House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling

  9. House/ received from Senate

  10. Senate/ to House

  11. Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House

  12. Senate/ passed 3rd reading

  13. Senate/ 3rd reading

  14. Senate/ 2nd reading

  15. Senate/ comm rpt/ placed on Consent Calendar [Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee]

  16. Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation [Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee]

  17. Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee]

  18. Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee]

  19. Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)

  20. Senate/ received from House

  21. House/ to Senate

  22. House/ passed 3rd reading

  23. House/ 3rd reading

  24. House/ 2nd reading

  25. House/ committee report favorable [House Judiciary Committee]

  26. House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Judiciary Committee]

  27. House/ to standing committee [House Judiciary Committee]

  28. House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst

  29. LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0181

  30. House/ 1st reading (Introduced)

  31. LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0181

  32. House/ received bill from Legislative Research

  33. LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0181

  34. LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0181

  35. Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed

  36. Bill Numbered but not Distributed

Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 102 not signed on

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Not signed on (102)

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Who sponsors HB 181?
HB 181 is sponsored by Michael K. McKell (Republican) and Nelson T. Abbott (Republican).
What is the current status of HB 181?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 07, 2026. Enacted.
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