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Read. Follow. Verify.Utah Legislature updates civil procedure rules for three-judge district court panels
Last action · March 6, 2026: House/ filedSponsor: Matt MacPherson
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What This Bill Proposed
This resolution amends the Utah Rules of Civil Procedure.
Litigants in Utah civil cases involving three-judge panels gain specific procedural guidelines for requesting venue transfers, disqualifying judges, and substituting judges as a matter of right.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
civil litigants in Utah
Civil litigants gain standardized procedures for requesting venue transfers, seeking judge disqualifications, and exercising changes of judge as a matter of right before three-judge panels.
Utah district court judges
Judges are subject to new guidelines regarding panel assignments, disqualification review procedures, and case reassignments.
Key Facts
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Frequently Asked Questions
Who can request a three-judge district court panel under these rules?
How many days do parties have to seek a change of judge as a matter of right on a three-judge panel?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · introduced in the House.
Procedural history
11 actions- Mar 6, 2026HouseHouse/ filed
- Mar 6, 2026HouseHouse/ strike enacting clause
- Feb 6, 2026HouseHouse/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- Feb 6, 2026ReleasedLFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HJR021
- Feb 6, 2026Version SponsorLFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HJR021
- Feb 5, 2026HouseIntroducedHouse/ 1st reading (Introduced)
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- Feb 5, 2026HouseHouse/ received bill from Legislative Research
- Feb 5, 2026Legislative Fiscal AgencyLFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HJR021
- Feb 5, 2026Legislative Fiscal AnalystLFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HJR021
- Feb 5, 2026Legislative Research and General CounselNumbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- Feb 5, 2026Legislative Research and General CounselBill Numbered but not Distributed
Version history
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Full breakdown
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 60)
- Controversy15Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz20Current news / social attention level
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