---
type: "Bill"
title: "Native American Child Welfare Amendments"
description: "Native American Child Welfare Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "S.B. 91"
citation: "Utah S.B. 91 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Adoption", "Children", "Indian Affairs", "Human Services"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Van Tassell, Kevin T."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-01-18"
last_action: "2017-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/970a462e-bf33-4852-aadb-3e24cd4c42e5"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/static/SB0091.html"
source_hash: "57debf9fe02d7abd3f24dbff44d24734c77327f4b65a380def44887118448202"
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. 91 (2017) — Native American Child Welfare 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/SB0091.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/sbillamd/SB0091.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/sbillenr/SB0091.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **73–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **28–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **6–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 2nd reading — **23–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Van Tassell, Kevin T. — primary (person)
- Westwood, John R. — 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
- **2017-01-18** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2017-01-19** received bill from Legislative Research
- **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`
- **2017-01-25** to Senate Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-27** Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1
- **2017-01-27** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-01-30** comm rpt/amended
- **2017-01-30** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2017-02-13** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-13** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-14** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2017-02-14** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2017-02-14** to House
- **2017-02-14** received from Senate
- **2017-02-15** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-16** to House Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-21** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-22** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-22** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-23** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **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
- **2017-03-14** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2017-03-15** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-03-21** 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/970a462e-bf33-4852-aadb-3e24cd4c42e5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).