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State Government / Utah / Legislation / HB 578

HB 578Session 2026HouseIntroduced

Guardianship and Conservatorship Resources Amendments

Official source overview

This bill addresses guardianship and conservatorship resources.

Published by Utah State Legislature for H.B. 578. Civixly has formatted, but not rewritten, the official text.

Latest development · Mar 7, 2026

House/ filed

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Official Utah record ↗
Session
2026
Introduced
Feb 17, 2026
Latest passage
Date unavailable
Key provisionsTopicsSponsorsActionsRelated billsDiscussion

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What the bill would do

These points come from the Utah Legislature’s published bill overview.

  • requires local mental health authorities, the state protection and advocacy agency, and certain offices and divisions within the Department of Health and Human Services to provide information and referrals to resources related to guardianship and conservatorship to individuals that contact those entities;
  • permits the Office of Public Guardian to provide training and assistance related to guardianship and conservatorship;
  • amends provisions related to an advance mental health care directive to include an individual's preferences regarding a person to serve as guardian for the individual;
  • defines terms; and
  • makes technical and conforming changes.
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Topics and classification

Civixly topics

Health

Source subjects

CountiesDepartment of Health and Human ServicesGuardianship/ConservatorshipHealth CareHealth and Human ServicesJudicial OperationsLocal Mental Health AuthoritiesMental HealthPolitical Subdivisions (Local Issues)

Document type

Bill

Sponsors

Primary sponsors are listed before cosponsors and other sponsoring entities.

Primary sponsorDailey-Provost, Jennifer

Action timeline

Newest action first. Action language is supplied by the state source.

View full action timeline9 actions⌄
  1. Mar 7, 2026

    House/ filed

    FilingHouse
  2. Mar 7, 2026

    House/ strike enacting clause

    House
  3. Feb 20, 2026

    LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0578

    Utah State Legislature
  4. Feb 17, 2026

    House/ 1st reading (Introduced)

    House
  5. Feb 17, 2026

    House/ received bill from Legislative Research

    ReceiptHouse
  6. Feb 17, 2026

    LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0578

    Utah State Legislature
  7. Feb 17, 2026

    LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0578

    Utah State Legislature
  8. Feb 17, 2026

    Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed

    Utah State Legislature
  9. Feb 17, 2026

    Bill Numbered but not Distributed

    Utah State Legislature

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Bill overview text and highlighted provisions are published by the Utah State Legislature and are not rewritten by Civixly.

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Source data last updated Mar 18, 2026.