---
type: "Bill"
title: "Adoption Amendments"
description: "Adoption Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "H.B. 71"
citation: "Utah H.B. 71 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Adoption", "Judiciary", "Human Services"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hawkes, Timothy D."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 38
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2017-12-15"
last_action: "2018-03-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9642640d-9e8c-47d9-89ec-deb94c7b7cb0"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/static/HB0071.html"
source_hash: "96a5e6ddb5a9100265cc0bf6ab10247713610156a2f59aa073fa8dec7fded29b"
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. 71 (2018) — Adoption 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/~2018/bills/hbillint/HB0071.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/hbillamd/HB0071.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/hbillenr/HB0071.pdf)

## Votes

- House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **69–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **26–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 2nd reading — **24–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **2–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **8–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Hawkes, Timothy D. — primary (person)
- Weiler, Todd — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-12-15** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2017-12-18** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2017-12-18** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2018-01-11** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2018-01-15** fiscal note publicly available
- **2018-01-17** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2018-01-22** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-22** to House Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-30** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1
- **2018-01-30** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-30** House Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation
- **2018-01-31** comm rpt/amended/placed on Consent Cal
- **2018-01-31** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-02-02** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2018-02-02** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2018-02-02** to Senate
- **2018-02-02** received from House
- **2018-02-05** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-07** to Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-08** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-09** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-09** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2018-02-14** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-02-14** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-02-16** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2018-02-16** circled
- **2018-02-16** uncircled
- **2018-02-16** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2018-02-16** signed by President/returned to House
- **2018-02-16** to House
- **2018-02-16** received from Senate
- **2018-02-16** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2018-02-19** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2018-02-19** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2018-03-14** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2018-03-14** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2018-03-14** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-15** 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/9642640d-9e8c-47d9-89ec-deb94c7b7cb0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).