---
type: "Bill"
title: "Child Neglect Amendments"
description: "Child Neglect Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "S.B. 65"
citation: "Utah S.B. 65 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Child Welfare", "Human Services"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fillmore, Lincoln"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 37
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-02"
last_action: "2018-03-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ede79dad-34a7-4802-8f40-a9245d8d993c"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/static/SB0065.html"
source_hash: "3b72cd7b677ffa2f7ee630e848fde294897173b67b2035fb81d2b1a5651ebd94"
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. 65 (2018) — Child Neglect 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/SB0065.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/sbillenr/SB0065.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 2nd reading — **24–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **25–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **66–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Fillmore, Lincoln — primary (person)
- Daw, Brad M. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-02** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2018-01-02** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2018-01-02** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2018-01-16** received bill from Legislative Research
- **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`
- **2018-01-22** to Senate Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-23** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-24** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-24** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2018-01-25** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-01-25** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-01-26** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2018-01-26** circled
- **2018-01-26** uncircled
- **2018-01-26** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2018-01-26** to House
- **2018-01-29** received from Senate
- **2018-01-29** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-30** to House Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-05** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-06** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-06** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-02-07** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2018-02-07** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2018-02-07** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2018-02-07** to Senate
- **2018-02-08** received from House
- **2018-02-08** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2018-02-08** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2018-02-08** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2018-03-13** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2018-03-13** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2018-03-14** received enrolled bill from 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/ede79dad-34a7-4802-8f40-a9245d8d993c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).