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Read. Follow. Verify.Utah Bill HB 208 restricts past support liabilities to one year and sets new age limits for parentage proceedings
Last action · March 6, 2026: House/ filedSponsor: Christine Watkins
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What This Bill Proposed
Utah HB 208 limits an 's liability for past support to one year prior to filing a parentage action, down from four years. The bill establishes new age limits for bringing parentage proceedings, allowing individuals born on or after May 6, 2026, to bring an action until they turn 26.
- Christine F. Watkins serves as a member of the Utah House of Representatives. context
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.
parents
Past support liability periods and legal rules for establishing or rebutting parentage are modified.
children
The time period and age limits for bringing a proceeding to adjudicate parentage are altered based on birth date.
child support services agencies
Rules governing when agencies can raise parentage or seek to rebut presumptions are established.
Key Facts
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Frequently Asked Questions
How far back can past support liabilities be claimed under this bill?
Until what age can a child born after May 6, 2026 bring a parentage proceeding?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
15 actions- Mar 6, 2026HouseHouse/ filed
- Mar 6, 2026HouseHouse/ strike enacting clause
- Mar 5, 2026HouseHouse/ comm rpt/ sent to Rules
- Mar 3, 2026HouseHouse Comm - Recommends Returned to Rules
- Feb 19, 2026HouseHouse Comm - Motion to Recommend Failed
- Feb 17, 2026HouseCommitteeHouse/ to standing committee
Show 9 earlier actions
- Jan 20, 2026HouseIntroducedHouse/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- Jan 20, 2026HouseHouse/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- Jan 17, 2026ReleasedLFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0208
- Jan 17, 2026Version SponsorLFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0208
- Jan 14, 2026HouseHouse/ received bill from Legislative Research
- Jan 9, 2026Legislative Fiscal AgencyLFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0208
- Jan 9, 2026Legislative Fiscal AnalystLFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0208
- Jan 9, 2026Legislative Research and General CounselNumbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- Jan 9, 2026Legislative Research and General CounselBill Numbered but not Distributed
Version history
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 55)
- Controversy20Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz15Current news / social attention level
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