---
type: "Bill"
title: "S.B. 128 Child Welfare Amendments"
description: "S.B. 128 Child Welfare Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "S.B. 128"
citation: "Utah S.B. 128 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Juveniles", "Abuse", "Neglect", "or Dependency", "Children", "Child Custody \\\\ Parent-Time", "Family", "Division of Child and Family Services", "Child Welfare", "Courts", "Judiciary", "Youth Corrections", "Pornography", "Human Services", "Department of Human Services", "Licensure", "Human Services Programs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harper, Wayne A."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 43
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-02-01"
last_action: "2019-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c11b0128-2a96-44b1-a44b-019ae538c32d"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/static/SB0128.html"
source_hash: "361cdeaeb1f895cc7653606d12faf431523062548057c8c06e10f8130b1b0954"
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. 128 (2019) — S.B. 128 Child Welfare 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/sbillint/SB0128S03.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/sbillamd/SB0128S03.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/sbillenr/SB0128.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 2 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **62–1** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd reading — **25–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Harper, Wayne A. — primary (person)
- Ray, Paul — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-01** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2019-02-01** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2019-02-04** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2019-02-04** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-05** to Senate Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-05** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 2
- **2019-02-05** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-06** comm rpt/substituted
- **2019-02-06** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2019-02-15** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2019-02-15** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2019-02-19** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-02-19** substituted from # 2 to # 3
- **2019-02-19** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-02-20** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2019-02-20** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2019-02-20** circled
- **2019-02-21** uncircled
- **2019-02-21** floor amendment # 2
- **2019-02-21** floor amendment # 4
- **2019-02-21** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2019-02-21** to House
- **2019-02-21** received from Senate
- **2019-02-21** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-25** to House Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-28** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-28** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-28** return to Rules due to fiscal impact
- **2019-03-12** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2019-03-12** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-03-13** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2019-03-13** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2019-03-13** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2019-03-13** to Senate
- **2019-03-13** received from House
- **2019-03-13** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2019-03-15** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2019-03-15** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2019-03-22** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2019-03-22** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2019-03-25** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2019-03-25** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-26** 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/c11b0128-2a96-44b1-a44b-019ae538c32d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).