---
type: "Bill"
title: "S.B. 181 Parental Representation Amendments"
description: "S.B. 181 Parental Representation Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 181"
citation: "Utah SB 181 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Child Welfare", "Department of Human Services", "Human Services", "Indigent Counsel", "Judicial Operations", "Parental Defense"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harper, Wayne A."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 42
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-02-04"
last_action: "2022-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/66b25b9a-e8c8-400c-bcda-0fc7dce03e33"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/static/SB0181.html"
source_hash: "844daf3b65b9dd300e476cc386709070e968ac01de578765221ce5a7f520b230"
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 181 (2022) — S.B. 181 Parental Representation 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/SB0181S01.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/sbillenr/SB0181.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 2nd reading — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **23–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **48–20** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **6–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Harper, Wayne A. — primary (person)
- Hawkins, Jon — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-04** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2022-02-04** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2022-02-07** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2022-02-07** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-08** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2022-02-10** to Senate Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-15** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2022-02-15** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-15** comm rpt/substituted
- **2022-02-15** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2022-02-15** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-15** circled
- **2022-02-16** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2022-02-16** fiscal note publicly available
- **2022-02-17** uncircled
- **2022-02-17** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-18** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2022-02-18** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2022-02-18** to House
- **2022-02-18** received from Senate
- **2022-02-22** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-23** to House Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-24** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-25** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-25** return to Rules due to fiscal impact
- **2022-03-01** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2022-03-01** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-03-02** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2022-03-02** circled
- **2022-03-02** uncircled
- **2022-03-02** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2022-03-02** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2022-03-02** to Senate
- **2022-03-02** received from House
- **2022-03-02** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2022-03-04** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2022-03-04** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2022-03-14** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2022-03-14** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2022-03-15** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2022-03-15** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-22** 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/66b25b9a-e8c8-400c-bcda-0fc7dce03e33`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).