---
type: "Bill"
title: "Child Welfare Appeals Amendments"
description: "Child Welfare Appeals Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 161"
citation: "Utah SB 161 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Adoption", "Child Custody/Parent Time", "Child Support", "Child Welfare", "Department of Human Services", "Foster Care", "Human Services", "Judicial Operations", "Juvenile Justice", "Juvenile Justice Services", "Juveniles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harper, Wayne A."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 37
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-02-01"
last_action: "2022-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/92122c72-8f76-4edf-91d0-9065ccfa4671"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/static/SB0161.html"
source_hash: "7e95868a12a6ffcd3db3dd7e242effd11427221b1f4a83c5359472699125105d"
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 161 (2022) — Child Welfare Appeals 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/SB0161.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/sbillenr/SB0161.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **68–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 2nd reading — **23–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Harper, Wayne A. — primary (person)
- Burton, Jefferson S. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-01** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2022-02-01** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2022-02-01** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2022-02-02** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2022-02-02** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-03** to Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-04** fiscal note publicly available
- **2022-02-04** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2022-02-07** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-08** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-08** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2022-02-14** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-14** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-15** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2022-02-15** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2022-02-15** to House
- **2022-02-16** received from Senate
- **2022-02-16** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-18** to House Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-28** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-28** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-28** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-03-02** 3rd Reading Calendar to Rules
- **2022-03-03** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2022-03-04** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2022-03-04** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2022-03-04** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2022-03-04** to Senate
- **2022-03-04** received from House
- **2022-03-04** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2022-03-08** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2022-03-08** 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`
- **2022-03-24** 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/92122c72-8f76-4edf-91d0-9065ccfa4671`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).