---
type: "Bill"
title: "S.B. 99 Child Welfare Amendments"
description: "S.B. 99 Child Welfare Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 99"
citation: "Utah SB 99 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Child Welfare", "Courts", "Department of Health", "Department of Human Services", "Health", "Human Services", "Judicial Administration", "Judicial Operations", "Mental Health", "Substance Abuse and Mental Health"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harper, Wayne A."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 61
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2021-01-13"
last_action: "2021-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/12973062-f180-46f2-b1f4-5d27e30fd98a"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/static/SB0099.html"
source_hash: "b3604abcdab70adc82b09c9d751f840467b3d0ae8f793adb11fb698e7275d1c9"
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 SB 99 (2021) — S.B. 99 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/~2021/bills/sbillint/SB0099S03.pdf)
2. **Conference Committee Report 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/comreport/SB099C10.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/sbillenr/SB0099.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Conference Committee - Final Passage — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 2nd reading — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **69–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- House Conference Committee - Final Passage — **60–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-13** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2021-01-13** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2021-01-14** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2021-01-19** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2021-01-19** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-01-22** to Senate Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-25** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-26** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-26** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2021-02-02** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-02** floor amendment # 1
- **2021-02-02** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-03** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-02-03** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-02-03** to House
- **2021-02-03** received from Senate
- **2021-02-03** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-10** to House Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-16** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2021-02-16** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-16** comm rpt/substituted
- **2021-02-16** return to Rules due to fiscal impact
- **2021-02-18** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2021-02-18** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-24** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-02-24** floor amendment # 3
- **2021-02-24** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-02-24** to Senate
- **2021-02-24** received from House
- **2021-02-24** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2021-02-25** refuse to concur with House amendments
- **2021-02-25** to House
- **2021-02-25** refused to recede from House amendment
- **2021-02-25** House Conference Committee Appointed Meeting Information
- **2021-02-25** to Senate
- **2021-02-25** received from House
- **2021-02-25** Senate Conference Committee Appointed Meeting Information
- **2021-02-25** to House
- **2021-02-26** Bill Substituted by Conference Committee from # 1 to # 3
- **2021-02-26** Conference Committee Report
- **2021-02-26** House Motion to Adopt Joint Conference Comm Rpt
- **2021-02-26** House Conference Committee - Final Passage
- **2021-02-26** to Senate
- **2021-03-01** received from House
- **2021-03-01** Senate Motion to Adopt Joint Conference Comm Rpt
- **2021-03-01** placed back on 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2021-03-01** Senate Conference Committee - Final Passage
- **2021-03-01** to House
- **2021-03-01** received from Senate
- **2021-03-01** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2021-03-01** to Senate
- **2021-03-01** fiscal note publicly available
- **2021-03-02** received from House
- **2021-03-02** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2021-03-04** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2021-03-04** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2021-03-15** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2021-03-15** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2021-03-15** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2021-03-15** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-16** 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/12973062-f180-46f2-b1f4-5d27e30fd98a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).