---
type: "Bill"
title: "Children's Justice Center Program"
description: "Children's Justice Center Program"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "S.B. 81"
citation: "Utah S.B. 81 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Children", "Human Services"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Okerlund, Ralph"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 35
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-11"
last_action: "2018-03-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/97d4b441-149b-428b-b677-3c22f66a48ce"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/static/SB0081.html"
source_hash: "8809f855489f04bb7a41bef31e88a7eddff3e022377680ed77d451459b06345b"
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. 81 (2018) — Children's Justice Center Program

## 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/SB0081.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/sbillenr/SB0081.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **68–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **27–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Okerlund, Ralph — primary (person)
- Owens, Derrin R. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-11** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2018-01-11** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2018-01-11** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2018-01-16** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2018-01-20** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2018-01-22** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-22** to Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-22** fiscal note publicly available
- **2018-01-23** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2018-01-29** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-29** Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation
- **2018-01-30** comm rpt/placed on Consent Calendar
- **2018-01-30** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-02-02** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2018-02-02** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2018-02-02** to House
- **2018-02-02** received from Senate
- **2018-02-02** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-05** to House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-09** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-12** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-12** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-02-14** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2018-02-14** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2018-02-14** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2018-02-14** to Senate
- **2018-02-14** received from House
- **2018-02-14** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2018-02-15** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2018-02-15** 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** 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/97d4b441-149b-428b-b677-3c22f66a48ce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).