---
type: "Bill"
title: "Child Welfare Amendments"
description: "Child Welfare Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 132"
citation: "Utah SB 132 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Adoption", "Child Custody/Parent Time", "Child Welfare", "Courts", "Department of Human Services", "Division of Child and Family Services", "Foster Care", "Human Services", "Judicial Administration", "Judicial Operations", "Juveniles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harper, Wayne A."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 47
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-01-24"
last_action: "2022-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/869f57e7-9657-49eb-846a-0586b351a85e"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/static/SB0132.html"
source_hash: "bc0b03069c159f4c93af4a8cf7c064b0b6d3e225c5059be8e968451c5a54af7a"
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 132 (2022) — 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/~2022/bills/sbillint/SB0132.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/sbillamd/SB0132.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/sbillenr/SB0132.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 2nd reading — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 4 — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **69–4** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 2 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- concurs with House amendment — **25–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Harper, Wayne A. — primary (person)
- Watkins, Christine F. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-24** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2022-01-24** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2022-01-24** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2022-01-25** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2022-01-25** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-26** fiscal note publicly available
- **2022-01-27** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2022-01-27** to Senate Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-27** Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 2
- **2022-01-27** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-28** comm rpt/amended
- **2022-01-28** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2022-02-04** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-04** circled
- **2022-02-04** uncircled
- **2022-02-04** floor amendment # 3
- **2022-02-04** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-07** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2022-02-07** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2022-02-07** to House
- **2022-02-08** received from Senate
- **2022-02-08** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-10** to House Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-11** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2022-02-22** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 4
- **2022-02-22** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-23** comm rpt/amended
- **2022-02-23** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-24** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2022-02-24** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2022-02-24** to Senate
- **2022-02-24** received from House
- **2022-02-24** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2022-02-25** concurs with House amendment
- **2022-02-25** to House
- **2022-02-25** received from Senate
- **2022-02-25** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2022-02-25** to Senate
- **2022-02-28** received from House
- **2022-02-28** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2022-03-01** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2022-03-01** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2022-03-11** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2022-03-11** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2022-03-15** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2022-03-15** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-23** 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/869f57e7-9657-49eb-846a-0586b351a85e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).