---
type: "Bill"
title: "Adoption Act Amendments"
description: "Adoption Act Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "S.B. 121"
citation: "Utah S.B. 121 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Adoption", "Human Services"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hillyard, Lyle W."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 38
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2017-01-26"
last_action: "2017-03-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/620d45d6-30da-4eb4-827c-5b990ffc986e"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/static/SB0121.html"
source_hash: "f5f9774ec49c4b8c2e9b160d879ab46db479a334754e6f17991b32530eaa0fb9"
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 S.B. 121 (2017) — Adoption Act 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/sbillint/SB0121.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/sbillamd/SB0121.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/sbillenr/SB0121.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **24–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 2 — **3–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **3–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation — **3–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **10–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation — **11–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **71–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Hillyard, Lyle W. — primary (person)
- Potter, Val K. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-26** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2017-01-26** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2017-01-26** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2017-01-27** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2017-01-27** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-01-30** fiscal note publicly available
- **2017-01-31** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2017-01-31** to Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-01** Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 2
- **2017-02-01** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-01** Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation
- **2017-02-02** comm rpt/amended/placed on Consent Cal
- **2017-02-02** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-07** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2017-02-07** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2017-02-07** to House
- **2017-02-07** received from Senate
- **2017-02-07** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-08** to House Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-17** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-17** House Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation
- **2017-02-21** comm rpt/placed on Consent Calendar
- **2017-02-21** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-23** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2017-02-23** circled
- **2017-02-23** uncircled
- **2017-02-23** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2017-02-23** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2017-02-23** to Senate
- **2017-02-23** received from House
- **2017-02-23** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2017-02-23** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2017-02-23** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2017-03-14** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2017-03-14** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2017-03-16** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2017-03-16** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-03-17** 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/620d45d6-30da-4eb4-827c-5b990ffc986e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).