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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "S.B. 163 Child Welfare Modifications"
+description: "S.B. 163 Child Welfare Modifications"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
+legislature: "Utah Legislature"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "SB 163"
+citation: "Utah SB 163 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Abuse", "Neglect", "or Dependency", "Child Custody/Parent Time", "Child Welfare", "Courts", "Department of Health and Human Services", "Division of Child and Family Services", "Family", "Foster Care", "Human Services", "Judicial Administration", "Judicial Operations", "Juveniles", "Parental Defense"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Harper, Wayne A."]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 49
+vote_count: 7
+first_action: "2023-01-31"
+last_action: "2023-03-15"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2875a750-214b-4120-a377-29a79882712a"
+source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/static/SB0163.html"
+source_hash: "8ca9cddf4f4615c1d4fb52871fcdb3845c7d746cde35bb6f4c7535d01393de4c"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ut"]
+---
+
+# Utah SB 163 (2023) — S.B. 163 Child Welfare Modifications
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/sbillint/SB0163S01.pdf)
+2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/sbillenr/SB0163.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passed 3rd reading — **25–0** (pass) · upper
+- failed — **26–48** (fail) · lower
+- passed 2nd reading — **24–0** (pass) · upper
+- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **8–0** (pass) · upper
+- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **3–0** (pass) · upper
+- concurs with House amendment — **24–0** (pass) · upper
+- passed 3rd reading — **72–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Harper, Wayne A. — primary (person)
+- Lisonbee, Karianne — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-31** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
+- **2023-01-31** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
+- **2023-02-01** received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
+- **2023-02-01** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-02-01** to Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee
+- **2023-02-06** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-02-07** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-02-07** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
+- **2023-02-13** 2nd reading `reading-2`
+- **2023-02-13** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
+- **2023-02-13** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
+- **2023-02-14** 3rd reading `reading-3`
+- **2023-02-14** passed 3rd reading `passage`
+- **2023-02-14** to House
+- **2023-02-14** received from Senate `receipt`
+- **2023-02-14** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-02-15** to House Judiciary Committee
+- **2023-02-21** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-02-21** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-02-21** return to Rules due to fiscal impact
+- **2023-02-28** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
+- **2023-02-28** 2nd reading `reading-2`
+- **2023-02-28** 3rd reading `reading-3`
+- **2023-02-28** failed `failure`
+- **2023-02-28** to Senate
+- **2023-02-28** motion to reconsider
+- **2023-02-28** circled
+- **2023-03-01** uncircled
+- **2023-03-01** substituted from # 0 to # 1 `substitution`
+- **2023-03-01** passed 3rd reading `passage`
+- **2023-03-01** to Senate
+- **2023-03-01** received from House `receipt`
+- **2023-03-01** placed on Concurrence Calendar
+- **2023-03-01** fiscal note sent to sponsor
+- **2023-03-02** fiscal note publicly available
+- **2023-03-02** concurs with House amendment `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-03-02** to House
+- **2023-03-02** received from Senate `receipt`
+- **2023-03-02** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate `passage`
+- **2023-03-02** to Senate
+- **2023-03-02** received from House `receipt`
+- **2023-03-02** signed by President/sent for enrolling `passage`
+- **2023-03-03** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
+- **2023-03-03** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
+- **2023-03-09** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
+- **2023-03-09** enrolled bill to Printing
+- **2023-03-13** received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
+- **2023-03-13** to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-15** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2875a750-214b-4120-a377-29a79882712a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).
+