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Committee backs change to bad-faith statute to cover frivolous motions
Utah House Judiciary Committee · February 5, 2026
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Summary
The Judiciary Committee unanimously adopted and recommended a first substitute to HB 307, which clarifies and standardizes Utah’s bad-faith statute (Utah Code §78B-5-825) to allow recovery of attorney fees for frivolous motions and to adopt a more objective definition of 'bad faith.'
Representative Lou Bey presented the first substitute to HB 307, which would amend Utah Code Section 78B-5-825 (the bad-faith statute) to make application more consistent and to extend the statute’s remedies to frivolous…
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