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Utah's court system for organizing district and juvenile courts would be reorganized starting July 1, 2026, consolidating the current eight judicial districts into four larger ones—named Northern, Western, Southern, and Eastern—each covering multiple counties. The old eight-district boundaries would remain in place as administrative subdistricts within the new structure, and judges currently serving would not lose their positions due to this reorganization. The bill also adjusts the total number of district and juvenile court judges assigned to each new district, with the new totals reflecting a combination of judges from the former districts being merged (for example, the new Northern district would have 51 district court judges and 17 juvenile court judges, combining what were previously the First, Second, and Third Judicial Districts) and slightly increasing the overall number of district judges in some areas.