---
type: "Bill"
title: "S.B. 89 Adoption Agency Amendments"
description: "S.B. 89 Adoption Agency Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "S.B. 89"
citation: "Utah S.B. 89 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Adoption", "Family", "Human Services"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Escamilla, Luz"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 40
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2017-01-18"
last_action: "2017-03-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5537afe9-05ac-4c06-98b2-491be1b4f27f"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/static/SB0089.html"
source_hash: "a3bf24f7649bc9a20aa1453b2e177359a43849760119fb6620c6ae9a2434270e"
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. 89 (2017) — S.B. 89 Adoption Agency 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/SB0089S01.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/sbillamd/SB0089S01.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/sbillenr/SB0089.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **2–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 2nd reading — **29–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **11–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **3–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **2–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **73–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Escamilla, Luz — primary (person)
- Snow, V. Lowry — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-18** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2017-01-18** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2017-01-19** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2017-01-23** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-01-24** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2017-01-25** to Senate Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-27** lifted from standing committee
- **2017-01-27** to Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-01** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2017-02-01** Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1
- **2017-02-01** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-02** comm rpt/substituted/amended
- **2017-02-02** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2017-02-04** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2017-02-07** fiscal note publicly available
- **2017-02-07** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2017-02-21** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-21** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-22** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2017-02-22** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2017-02-22** to House
- **2017-02-22** received from Senate
- **2017-02-22** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-23** to House Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-01** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-02** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-02** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-03-07** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2017-03-07** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2017-03-07** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2017-03-07** to Senate
- **2017-03-07** received from House
- **2017-03-07** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2017-03-07** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2017-03-07** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2017-03-15** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2017-03-15** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2017-03-15** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2017-03-15** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-03-20** 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/5537afe9-05ac-4c06-98b2-491be1b4f27f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).