---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 145 Foster Children Visitation Amendments"
description: "H.B. 145 Foster Children Visitation Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "H.B. 145"
citation: "Utah H.B. 145 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Child Welfare", "Human Services"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ivory, Ken"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 44
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2017-01-17"
last_action: "2017-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eea572cf-3c79-4a71-9cee-0fd6f8052af3"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/static/HB0145.html"
source_hash: "42eda592039311e444a2b958506d1e141305ffce66581a40ed89459c2cf9b9b9"
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 H.B. 145 (2017) — H.B. 145 Foster Children Visitation Amendments

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/hbillint/HB0145S01.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/hbillamd/HB0145S01.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/hbillenr/HB0145.pdf)

## Votes

- House Comm - Motion to Recommend Failed — **2–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation — **3–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 2 — **3–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **68–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **3–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **26–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- concurs with Senate amendment — **74–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Ivory, Ken — primary (person)
- Harper, Wayne A. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-17** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2017-01-17** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2017-01-18** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2017-01-23** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2017-01-23** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-01-24** to House Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-31** House Comm - Motion to Recommend Failed
- **2017-02-06** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2017-02-10** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2017-02-10** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1
- **2017-02-10** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-13** comm rpt/substituted/amended
- **2017-02-13** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-24** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2017-02-24** circled
- **2017-02-24** uncircled
- **2017-02-24** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2017-02-24** to Senate
- **2017-02-27** received from House
- **2017-02-27** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-28** to Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-02** Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 2
- **2017-03-02** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-02** Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation
- **2017-03-03** comm rpt/amended/placed on Consent Cal
- **2017-03-03** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-03-08** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2017-03-08** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2017-03-08** to House with amendments
- **2017-03-08** received from Senate
- **2017-03-08** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2017-03-08** concurs with Senate amendment
- **2017-03-08** to Senate
- **2017-03-08** received from House
- **2017-03-08** signed by President/returned to House
- **2017-03-08** to House
- **2017-03-09** received from Senate
- **2017-03-09** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2017-03-14** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2017-03-14** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2017-03-16** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2017-03-16** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2017-03-17** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-03-24** 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/eea572cf-3c79-4a71-9cee-0fd6f8052af3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).