2025 bills / H.B. 334
H.B. 334 Guardianships and Supported Decision-Making Agreements Amendments (2025)
- Introduced
- House committee
- House vote
- Senate committee
- Senate vote
- Signed into law
What this bill does
This bill changes Utah's guardianship rules for adults judged incapacitated, including procedures for deciding incapacity and appointing a guardian, and it repeals a scheduled expiration of a rule about when a lawyer is not required. It also creates a supported decision-making agreement, which lets certain people under guardianship or conservatorship get help from a chosen supporter in making decisions, with their guardian's or other qualified person's permission, and sets out how that agreement can be ended and protects people who rely on it in good faith.
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Official description
- defines terms
- repeals a provision that provides for the future repeal of statutory language concerning when counsel is not required for an allegedly incapacitated person
- amends provisions concerning the rights of certain individuals who are under a court-ordered guardianship
- amends provisions concerning the procedure for determining incapacity and appointing a guardian for an incapacitated person
- prescribes the principles by which provisions related to supported decision-making agreements should be interpreted
- describes the requirements for a supported decision-making agreement
- authorizes the use of a supported decision-making agreement by certain individuals, subject to the permission of the individual's guardian, conservator, or other qualified person, as applicable
- describes the duties of an individual who is a supporter under a supported decision-making agreement
- provides that a supported decision-making agreement may be revoked or terminated, with certain conditions
- describes how a supported decision-making agreement interacts with and affects other laws and principles
- provides protections for a person who relies, in good faith, on the provisions of a supported decision-making agreement
- makes technical and conforming changes
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Every vote
- 9 yes, 2 noHouse Judiciary Committee: vote to approve it · Feb 12, 2025Who voted how
- 70 yes, 1 no, 4 absentFinal House vote · Feb 20, 2025Who voted how
- 4 yes, 0 no, 3 absentSenate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee: vote to approve it · Mar 4, 2025Who voted how
- 27 yes, 0 no, 2 absentFinal Senate vote · Mar 7, 2025Who voted how