---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amendments to Child Welfare"
description: "Amendments to Child Welfare"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "S.B. 85"
citation: "Utah S.B. 85 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Children", "Child Welfare", "Human Services"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harper, Wayne A."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 37
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-01-16"
last_action: "2017-03-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8b1a76ce-5d86-40be-b221-9b8b8ceb73ff"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/static/SB0085.html"
source_hash: "d04e439d96e52a40650c4aad8db284307aa05174403bddbb6068a97432b80cd8"
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. 85 (2017) — Amendments to Child Welfare

## 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/SB0085.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/sbillenr/SB0085.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **26–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **73–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 2nd reading — **27–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Harper, Wayne A. — primary (person)
- Barlow, Stewart E. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-16** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2017-01-16** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2017-01-16** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2017-01-17** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2017-01-21** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2017-01-21** fiscal note publicly available
- **2017-01-23** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2017-01-23** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-01-23** to Senate Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-24** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-01-25** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-01-25** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2017-01-25** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-01-25** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-01-26** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2017-01-26** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2017-01-26** to House
- **2017-01-26** received from Senate
- **2017-01-27** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-01-30** to House Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-02** House Comm - Held
- **2017-02-06** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-07** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-07** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-08** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2017-02-08** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2017-02-08** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2017-02-08** to Senate
- **2017-02-09** received from House
- **2017-02-09** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2017-02-10** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2017-02-10** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2017-03-14** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2017-03-14** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2017-03-14** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2017-03-15** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-03-15** 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/8b1a76ce-5d86-40be-b221-9b8b8ceb73ff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).