---
type: "Bill"
title: "Child Welfare Worker Protections"
description: "Child Welfare Worker Protections"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "S.B. 59"
citation: "Utah S.B. 59 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Division of Child and Family Services", "Criminal Conduct", "Human Services"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Vickers, Evan J."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 43
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-01-08"
last_action: "2019-04-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6b071619-490d-4a38-bde5-35dc6a7aae01"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/static/SB0059.html"
source_hash: "93402e5d4523a965c4b9e4fae4b3975510219aa7daebbb409be2da1de7209fb8"
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. 59 (2019) — Child Welfare Worker Protections

## 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/SB0059.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/sbillamd/SB0059.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/sbillenr/SB0059.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **22–3** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **67–1** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 2nd reading — **23–2** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **8–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Vickers, Evan J. — primary (person)
- Brooks, Walt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-08** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2019-01-08** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2019-01-08** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2019-01-25** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2019-01-26** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2019-01-28** fiscal note publicly available
- **2019-01-28** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2019-01-28** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-01-28** to Senate Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-29** Senate Comm - Not Considered
- **2019-02-05** Senate Comm - Not Considered
- **2019-02-13** Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1
- **2019-02-13** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-14** comm rpt/amended
- **2019-02-14** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2019-02-25** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-02-25** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-02-26** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2019-02-26** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2019-02-26** to House
- **2019-02-26** received from Senate
- **2019-02-26** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-27** to House Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-04** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-05** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-05** 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** circled
- **2019-03-13** uncircled
- **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`
- **2019-04-01** 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/6b071619-490d-4a38-bde5-35dc6a7aae01`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).