---
type: "Bill"
title: "Child Placement Amendments"
description: "Child Placement Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "H.B. 80"
citation: "Utah H.B. 80 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Children", "Family", "Division of Child and Family Services", "Child Welfare"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Peterson, Jeremy A."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 36
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-12-19"
last_action: "2018-03-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/72fc1c31-3bd4-498f-8e23-fec5e7402148"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/static/HB0080.html"
source_hash: "49b3086d78d2f45cbc5086383703f83dfac515c9614aa123888137e167d280d1"
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. 80 (2018) — Child Placement 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/HB0080.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/hbillenr/HB0080.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 2nd reading — **25–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **74–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **26–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **1–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **9–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Peterson, Jeremy A. — primary (person)
- Weiler, Todd — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-12-19** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2017-12-19** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2017-12-19** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2018-01-11** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2018-01-20** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2018-01-20** fiscal note publicly available
- **2018-01-22** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2018-01-22** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-23** to House Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-24** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-25** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-25** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-01-31** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2018-01-31** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2018-02-01** to Senate
- **2018-02-02** received from House
- **2018-02-02** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-06** 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`
- **2018-02-14** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2018-02-14** placed on 3rd Reading Calendar table
- **2018-03-07** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2018-03-07** signed by President/returned to House
- **2018-03-07** to House
- **2018-03-07** received from Senate
- **2018-03-07** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2018-03-13** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2018-03-13** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2018-03-15** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2018-03-15** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2018-03-15** 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/72fc1c31-3bd4-498f-8e23-fec5e7402148`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).