---
type: "Bill"
title: "Parent Time Amendments"
description: "Parent Time Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "S.B. 187"
citation: "Utah S.B. 187 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Children", "Child Custody \\\\ Parent-Time", "Marriage / Divorce", "Judiciary"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Escamilla, Luz"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-02-14"
last_action: "2018-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cbedddd8-ef4c-416b-ae7e-19fa670cfa9f"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/static/SB0187.html"
source_hash: "947e19ea7d62ed9a3663ca9759d73ee25e23bea111497b88a40424ceeb190362"
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. 187 (2018) — Parent Time 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/sbillint/SB0187.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/sbillamd/SB0187.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/sbillenr/SB0187.pdf)

## Votes

- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **10–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **4–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **66–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **26–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 2nd reading — **22–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-14** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2018-02-14** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2018-02-14** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2018-02-14** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2018-02-14** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-16** to Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-16** fiscal note publicly available
- **2018-02-20** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2018-02-20** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-21** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-21** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2018-02-26** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-02-26** floor amendment # 1
- **2018-02-26** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-02-27** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2018-02-27** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2018-02-27** to House
- **2018-02-27** received from Senate
- **2018-02-27** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-28** to House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-02** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-02** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-02** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-03-06** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2018-03-06** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2018-03-06** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2018-03-06** to Senate
- **2018-03-06** received from House
- **2018-03-06** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2018-03-08** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2018-03-08** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2018-03-16** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2018-03-16** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2018-03-16** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2018-03-16** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-19** 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/cbedddd8-ef4c-416b-ae7e-19fa670cfa9f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).