---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 97 Newborn Safe Haven Amendments"
description: "H.B. 97 Newborn Safe Haven Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "H.B. 97"
citation: "Utah H.B. 97 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Children", "Health", "Department of Health", "Health Care Facilities", "Child Welfare", "Health Care Professionals", "Vital Statistics", "Human Services"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Arent, Patrice M."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 40
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-01-03"
last_action: "2020-03-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1b9b4adf-804b-4e2a-b541-a28a8613af8e"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/static/HB0097.html"
source_hash: "680536043041fafd2967f8e99edb42e12706f31964520f15337ff5c09cd898db"
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. 97 (2020) — H.B. 97 Newborn Safe Haven Amendments

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/hbillint/HB0097S01.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/hbillenr/HB0097.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **72–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **4–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd reading — **23–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **13–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Arent, Patrice M. — primary (person)
- Sandall, Scott D. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-03** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2020-01-03** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2020-01-16** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2020-01-27** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2020-01-27** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-01-29** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2020-01-29** to House Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-03** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2020-02-05** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2020-02-05** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-06** comm rpt/substituted
- **2020-02-06** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2020-02-12** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2020-02-12** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2020-02-12** to Senate
- **2020-02-13** received from House
- **2020-02-13** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-02-19** to Senate Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-19** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-20** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-20** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2020-02-26** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2020-02-26** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2020-02-26** placed on 3rd Reading Calendar table
- **2020-03-10** placed back on 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2020-03-10** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2020-03-10** circled
- **2020-03-10** uncircled
- **2020-03-10** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2020-03-10** signed by President/returned to House
- **2020-03-10** to House
- **2020-03-10** received from Senate
- **2020-03-10** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2020-03-11** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2020-03-11** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2020-03-20** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2020-03-20** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2020-03-23** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2020-03-23** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-28** 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/1b9b4adf-804b-4e2a-b541-a28a8613af8e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).