---
type: "Bill"
title: "Child Welfare Sunset Provisions"
description: "Child Welfare Sunset Provisions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "S.B. 40"
citation: "Utah S.B. 40 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Children", "Division of Child and Family Services", "Child Welfare", "Human Services"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Christensen, Allen M."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 30
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-12-28"
last_action: "2019-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8246f5af-aa10-44fb-ab62-41cd8f1d4b2d"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/static/SB0040.html"
source_hash: "70ecbe8b90f72bacce38e53d665f4c5bb35c866be095e975efa119655e47a531"
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. 40 (2019) — Child Welfare Sunset Provisions

## 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/SB0040.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/sbillenr/SB0040.pdf)

## Votes

- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **66–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Christensen, Allen M. — primary (person)
- Watkins, Christine F — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-28** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2018-12-28** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2018-12-28** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2019-01-25** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2019-01-27** fiscal note publicly available
- **2019-01-28** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-01-28** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2019-01-28** Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2019-01-29** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2019-01-29** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2019-01-29** to House
- **2019-01-29** received from Senate
- **2019-01-30** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-01-30** to House Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-04** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-05** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-05** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-02-07** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2019-02-07** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2019-02-07** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2019-02-07** to Senate
- **2019-02-08** received from House
- **2019-02-08** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2019-02-11** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2019-02-11** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2019-03-21** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2019-03-21** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2019-03-22** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2019-03-22** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-25** 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/8246f5af-aa10-44fb-ab62-41cd8f1d4b2d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).