---
type: "Bill"
title: "S.B. 203 Termination of Parental Rights Amendments"
description: "S.B. 203 Termination of Parental Rights Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "S.B. 203"
citation: "Utah S.B. 203 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Family", "Human Services"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Weiler, Todd"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 51
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2018-02-16"
last_action: "2018-03-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c8e0a2e2-eabb-4765-834f-1362bdf16ec7"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/static/SB0203.html"
source_hash: "b5393bc2f1df5f730fd6dad0fa596247b9c95b34543aa52097e34346ef6f82d3"
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. 203 (2018) — S.B. 203 Termination of Parental Rights 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/SB0203S01.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/sbillamd/SB0203S01.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/sbillenr/SB0203.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **3–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **26–0** (pass) · legislature
- concurs with House amendment — **23–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **10–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **3–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **48–19** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **11–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 2nd reading — **23–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Weiler, Todd — primary (person)
- McKell, Michael K. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-16** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2018-02-16** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2018-02-20** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2018-02-20** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-20** to Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-22** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2018-02-22** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-22** comm rpt/substituted
- **2018-02-22** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2018-02-26** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2018-02-27** fiscal note publicly available
- **2018-02-27** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2018-02-27** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-02-27** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-02-28** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2018-02-28** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2018-02-28** to House
- **2018-02-28** received from Senate
- **2018-02-28** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-03-01** to House Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-05** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1
- **2018-03-05** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-05** comm rpt/amended
- **2018-03-05** return to Rules due to fiscal impact
- **2018-03-06** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2018-03-06** comm rpt/amended
- **2018-03-06** 2nd suspended
- **2018-03-06** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-03-06** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2018-03-06** circled
- **2018-03-07** uncircled
- **2018-03-07** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2018-03-07** to Senate
- **2018-03-07** received from House
- **2018-03-07** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2018-03-07** circled
- **2018-03-07** uncircled
- **2018-03-07** concurs with House amendment
- **2018-03-07** to House
- **2018-03-07** received from Senate
- **2018-03-07** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2018-03-07** to Senate
- **2018-03-07** received from House
- **2018-03-07** 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`
- **2018-03-20** 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/c8e0a2e2-eabb-4765-834f-1362bdf16ec7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).