HB0103S01 | Underage Marriage Amendments

Description
General Description: 

This bill addresses provisions related to underage marriage.

Highlighted Provisions: 

This bill makes unlawfully marrying a minor a criminal offence. It also makes a criminal offence to transport a minor out of state to marry them unlawfully or to travel out of state to marry a minor.

Bill Details
Bill Number: 
HB0103S01
Year: 
2026
Status: 
House/ to Governor
Last Action: 
Mar 16, 2026
Sponsor
Representative
Melissa G. Ballard
Republican - District 20
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note Amount: 
$0
None
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Utah PTA Response
Utah PTA Position
Support
Utah PTA Resolution: 
SAF 2016-2 | Sexual Exploitation of a Minor
Impact on Children: 

This will help protect children that are being forced into marriages to adults. This will make those charged with marrying a child illegally a criminal rather then a civil offence.

Commission: 
Family Life
Utah PTA Public Policy Program
National PTA and Utah PTA Resolutions: 

That Utah PTA and its constituent associations promote and support the adoption and enforcement of laws at all levels of government, to end the recruitment, force or involvement of a minor in conduct or violence of a sexually nature and all forms of sexual exploitation; and be it further