---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 117 Child Care Licensing Act Amendments"
description: "H.B. 117 Child Care Licensing Act Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "H.B. 117"
citation: "Utah H.B. 117 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Children", "Child \\\\ Day Care", "Health", "Department of Health", "Workforce Services", "Human Services", "Child \\\\ Day Care Licensing"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kwan, Karen"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 37
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2019-01-09"
last_action: "2019-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dd255e67-600e-434e-aa62-8e20872e711f"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/static/HB0117.html"
source_hash: "7b738f33e85c2c7bbae4030e9a56e72c03aa8278aaba346a849dd42a67faa2d8"
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. 117 (2019) — H.B. 117 Child Care Licensing Act 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/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0117S01.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillamd/HB0117S01.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillenr/HB0117.pdf)

## Votes

- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **67–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd reading — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Held — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **4–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **8–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kwan, Karen — primary (person)
- Fillmore, Lincoln — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-09** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2019-01-09** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2019-01-22** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2019-01-28** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2019-01-28** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-01-29** to House Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-30** House Comm - Held
- **2019-02-04** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2019-02-04** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1
- **2019-02-04** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-05** fiscal note publicly available
- **2019-02-05** comm rpt/substituted/amended
- **2019-02-05** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-02-13** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2019-02-13** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2019-02-13** to Senate
- **2019-02-14** received from House
- **2019-02-14** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-15** to Senate Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-19** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-19** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-19** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2019-02-21** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-02-21** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-02-22** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2019-02-22** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2019-02-22** signed by President/returned to House
- **2019-02-22** to House
- **2019-02-22** received from Senate
- **2019-02-22** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2019-02-25** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2019-02-25** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2019-03-20** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2019-03-20** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2019-03-21** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2019-03-21** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-22** 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/dd255e67-600e-434e-aa62-8e20872e711f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).