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Utah Senate concurs with House changes to Uniform Parentage Act after heated surrogacy debate
Summary
Senate concurs with House amendments to SB14 (Uniform Parentage Act) including restrictions on gestational agreements — counseling, age limits, prohibition on gestational mother using her eggs or spouse’s sperm, a two-year limitations period with a fraud exception — after floor debate over surrogacy provisions; motion to concur passed 26–1.
The Utah Senate on Feb. 17 voted to concur with House amendments to Senate Bill 14, the Uniform Parentage Act, adopting tighter limits on gestational agreements including counseling requirements, a minimum age of 21 for parties, a ban on the gestational mother contributing her own eggs or her husband’s sperm, and a clarified two-year statute of limitations that preserves an exception for fraud.
Senator Hilliard, the floor sponsor, summarized the House changes and said he supported the…
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