All Roll Calls
Yes: 167 • No: 39
UtahH.B. 5402026 General SessionHouseWALLET
Judicial Transparency and Information Access Amendments
Sponsored By: Logan Monson (Republican)
Signed by Governor
Electronic DatabasesGovernment RecordsJudicial AdministrationCourtsJudicial OperationsGovernment Operations (State Issues)Judges
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
5 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 1 costs, 2 mixed.
Courts must record public hearings
Starting January 1, 2027, most court sessions are public unless the law says otherwise. Courts must give notice when a proceeding is electronically recorded. Courts of record must make an audio recording of each public hearing from start to finish; justice courts are excluded. You can request the audio from the Administrative Office of the Courts, and parties get expedited access. Courts may exclude other witnesses during testimony and may limit attendance by people with no direct interest in sensitive cases like divorce or rape. The Judicial Council reports by November 30, 2026 on making recordings freely available.
Judges’ annual finances posted online
Beginning May 6, 2026, judicial officers must file a yearly financial disclosure like a conflict-of-interest form. The Judicial Council posts these disclosures on a public website. The Council must report its actions by November 1, 2026.
Higher court filing and copy fees
Starting January 1, 2027, civil filing fees in courts of record are tiered: $90 for claims up to $2,000; $200 for claims over $2,000 and under $10,000; and $375 for claims $10,000 or more (general filing is $375). Other fees include dissolution $325, temporary separation $35, removal from offender registry $125, guardianship $35, writs $50 in addition to complaint fees, minor marriage authorization $5, emancipation $50, and opening a sealed record $35. In justice courts, small-claims fees are $60/$100/$185 by claim tier, with counter-affidavits at $50/$70/$120; expungement $135; opening a sealed record $35; appeal $10; and certified or exemplified copies $4 or $6 plus $0.50 per page. The state and its agencies do not pay filing fees, and courts cannot charge fees not listed.
One statewide site for court records
Starting January 1, 2027, the courts run one website for all public court records. You register with your name, an address, and citizenship. The site lets you search by court, party, judge or attorney, case number, type, status, filing date, and more. You pay nothing for up to 50 searches and 50 downloads each month. Fees can apply past those limits and for audio searches, but parties and government do not pay audio fees.
Stronger privacy, narrow medical exception
Starting January 1, 2027, more state records are private. Examples include records on unemployment or social service eligibility, medical history, library use, some ethics records, voter details, some tax and county payments, and offender registration data. But medical records from the University of Utah Hospital and its affiliates can be disclosed in a legal or administrative case when the patient’s condition is part of a claim or defense, including after death. This exception applies only to records used in those proceedings.
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Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Logan Monson
Republican • House
Cosponsors
Brady Brammer
Republican • Senate
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 3/5/2026
House/ concurs with Senate amendment
Yes: 57 • No: 8
Senate vote • 3/4/2026
Senate/ floor amendment
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Senate vote • 3/4/2026
Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
Yes: 20 • No: 6
House vote • 3/2/2026
Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation
Yes: 7 • No: 0
House vote • 3/2/2026
Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation
Yes: 6 • No: 1
House vote • 2/23/2026
House/ circled
Yes: 0 • No: 0
House vote • 2/23/2026
House/ uncircled
Yes: 0 • No: 0
House vote • 2/23/2026
House/ passed 3rd reading
Yes: 57 • No: 11
House vote • 2/23/2026
House/ substituted
Yes: 0 • No: 0
House vote • 2/13/2026
House Comm - Reconsider actions
Yes: 8 • No: 3
House vote • 2/13/2026
House Comm - Favorable Recommendation
Yes: 6 • No: 5
House vote • 2/13/2026
House Comm - Held
Yes: 6 • No: 5
Actions Timeline
Governor Signed
3/25/2026House/ to Governor
3/12/2026HouseHouse/ received enrolled bill from Printing
3/12/2026HouseHouse/ enrolled bill to Printing
3/11/2026HouseEnrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
3/11/2026Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
3/6/2026Bill Received from House for Enrolling
3/6/2026House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling
3/5/2026HouseHouse/ received from Senate
3/5/2026HouseSenate/ to House
3/5/2026SenateSenate/ signed by President/ returned to House
3/5/2026SenateSenate/ received from House
3/5/2026SenateHouse/ to Senate
3/5/2026HouseHouse/ concurs with Senate amendment
3/5/2026HouseHouse/ placed on Concurrence Calendar
3/5/2026HouseHouse/ received from Senate
3/5/2026HouseSenate/ to House with amendments
3/4/2026SenateSenate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
3/4/2026SenateSenate/ floor amendment
3/4/2026SenateSenate/ 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
3/4/2026SenateSenate/ Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
3/4/2026SenateSenate/ 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules
3/4/2026SenateSenate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
3/2/2026SenateSenate/ comm rpt/ substituted
3/2/2026SenateSenate Comm - Favorable Recommendation
3/2/2026
Bill Text
Enrolled
3/11/2026
Amended 3/4/2026 19:03:105
3/4/2026
Substitute #2
2/28/2026
Substitute #1
2/23/2026
Introduced
2/11/2026
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