---
type: "Bill"
title: "S.B. 65 Child Welfare Amendments"
description: "S.B. 65 Child Welfare Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "S.B. 65"
citation: "Utah S.B. 65 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Juveniles", "Abuse", "Neglect", "or Dependency", "Children", "Family", "Foster Care", "Child Welfare", "Human Services", "Human Services Licensure"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harper, Wayne A."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 39
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-01-21"
last_action: "2020-03-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c0f32c69-708b-4d48-83fc-ea2c9b83d44c"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/static/SB0065.html"
source_hash: "698e782ebd244eb9929c86fa3d7e2a5360d4f17b149d67b9b969a117a53a16f2"
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. 65 (2020) — S.B. 65 Child Welfare 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/sbillint/SB0065S01.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/sbillamd/SB0065S01.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/sbillenr/SB0065.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 2nd reading — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **71–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **27–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-21** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2020-01-21** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2020-01-27** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2020-01-28** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-01-28** to Senate Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-29** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2020-01-30** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2020-01-30** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2020-01-31** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2020-01-31** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-03** comm rpt/substituted
- **2020-02-03** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2020-02-10** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2020-02-10** floor amendment # 1
- **2020-02-10** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2020-02-11** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2020-02-11** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2020-02-11** to House
- **2020-02-11** received from Senate
- **2020-02-11** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-02-13** to House Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-18** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-20** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-20** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2020-02-26** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2020-02-26** circled
- **2020-02-26** uncircled
- **2020-02-26** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2020-02-26** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2020-02-26** to Senate
- **2020-02-26** received from House
- **2020-02-26** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2020-02-26** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2020-02-26** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2020-03-20** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2020-03-20** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2020-03-28** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2020-03-28** 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/c0f32c69-708b-4d48-83fc-ea2c9b83d44c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).