# Utah H.B. 307: Attorney Fees Amendments Utah H.B. 307, Attorney Fees Amendments, is a 2026 General Session House bill sponsored by Anthony E. Loubet (Republican); status signed, last action 2026-03-23 (Governor Signed); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-14). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB307-2026GS - As of: 2026-10-14 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Utah H.B. 307 - State: Utah - Session: 2026 General Session - Title: Attorney Fees Amendments - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2026-01-21 - Last action: 2026-03-23, Governor Signed - Sponsor: Anthony E. Loubet (Republican) - Cosponsors: 1 - Subjects: Attorneys, Judicial Administration, Judicial Operations, Civil Litigation - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 6 (126 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 3 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Abusive new-trial requests risk paying legal fees: mixed, low. After arbitration, a court may make someone who requests a new trial pay the other party’s reasonable attorney fees. The other party must ask for fees. The court must find the request aimed to harass, cause unreasonable delay, needlessly increase costs, or abuse the court process. This covers dog-a… - Baseless civil filings can trigger legal fees: mixed, low. Beginning May 6, 2026, Utah courts must award reasonable attorney fees for qualifying abusive civil cases, defenses, and motions. The case, defense, or motion must be frivolous or lack a reasonable basis in law or fact. It must also aim to harass, cause unreasonable delay, needlessly increase costs… - Abusive home-lien trial requests risk legal fees: mixed, low. Beginning May 6, 2026, courts may award reasonable attorney fees after an abusive new-trial request in an excessive residential lien dispute. The claim must involve a preconstruction or construction lien notice for $50,000 or less. The party that did not request the new trial must ask for fees. The… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Anthony E. Loubet (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Brady Brammer (Republican), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-03-02 | Senate | Senate/ passed 3rd reading | pass | 27 | 0 | | | 2026-02-24 | Senate | Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation | pass | 6 | 0 | | | 2026-02-24 | Senate | Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation | pass | 6 | 0 | | | 2026-02-17 | House | House/ passed 3rd reading | pass | 71 | 0 | | | 2026-02-05 | House | House Comm - Favorable Recommendation | pass | 8 | 0 | | | 2026-02-05 | House | House Comm - Substitute Recommendation | pass | 8 | 0 | | ## Actions (32) - 2026-03-23: Governor Signed - 2026-03-12: House/ to Governor (House) - 2026-03-12: House/ received enrolled bill from Printing (House) - 2026-03-11: House/ enrolled bill to Printing (House) - 2026-03-11: Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate - 2026-03-04: Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared - 2026-03-04: Bill Received from House for Enrolling - 2026-03-02: House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling (House) - 2026-03-02: House/ received from Senate (House) - 2026-03-02: Senate/ to House (Senate) - 2026-03-02: Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House (Senate) - 2026-03-02: Senate/ passed 3rd reading (Senate) - 2026-03-02: Senate/ 3rd reading (Senate) - 2026-02-25: Senate/ 2nd reading (Senate) - 2026-02-25: Senate/ comm rpt/ placed on Consent Calendar (Senate) - 2026-02-24: Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation - 2026-02-24: Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation - 2026-02-19: Senate/ to standing committee (Senate) - 2026-02-18: Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced) (Senate) - 2026-02-17: Senate/ received from House (Senate) - 2026-02-17: House/ to Senate (House) - 2026-02-17: House/ passed 3rd reading (House) - 2026-02-17: House/ 3rd reading (House) - 2026-02-06: House/ 2nd reading (House) - 2026-02-06: House/ comm rpt/ substituted (House) - 2026-02-05: House Comm - Favorable Recommendation - 2026-02-05: House Comm - Substitute Recommendation - 2026-02-03: House/ to standing committee (House) - 2026-01-27: House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst (House) - 2026-01-22: House/ 1st reading (Introduced) (House) - 2026-01-22: House/ received bill from Legislative Research (House) - 2026-01-21: Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed ## Bill text - Enrolled, 2026-03-11: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/HB0307.pdf) - Substitute #1, 2026-02-05: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0307S01.pdf) - Introduced, 2026-01-21: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0307.pdf) ## Related bills - H.B. 94: Criminal Accounts Receivable Amendments (signed) - H.B. 101: Firearm Background Check Amendments (signed) - H.B. 178: School Zone Speeding Amendments (signed) - H.B. 134: Offender Transfer Amendments (signed) - H.B. 136: Unlicensed Driver Amendments (signed) - H.B. 220: Public Safety Data Amendments (signed) ## Sources - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/HB0307.pdf) - [Substitute #1 (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0307S01.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0307.pdf) ## Related - [H.B. 94: Criminal Accounts Receivable Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB94-2026GS) - [H.B. 101: Firearm Background Check Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB101-2026GS) - [H.B. 178: School Zone Speeding Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB178-2026GS) - [H.B. 134: Offender Transfer Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB134-2026GS) - [H.B. 136: Unlicensed Driver Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB136-2026GS) - [H.B. 220: Public Safety Data Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB220-2026GS) - [Utah bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/utah/bills) - [Utah state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/utah) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB307-2026GS (as of 2026-10-14).