---
type: "Bill"
title: "Child Welfare Amendments"
description: "Child Welfare Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 134"
citation: "Utah SB 134 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Adoption", "Child Welfare", "Division of Child and Family Services", "Health and Human Services", "New Rulemaking Authority", "Sunsets and Repealers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harper, Wayne A."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-01-22"
last_action: "2024-03-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e7f6a0fd-2e45-4945-b18f-8b2cc1f5391e"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/static/SB0134.html"
source_hash: "4365ce7d90d5dd5f0fc90f27fa97e7fbf475a5fd8a06086fbe05230985a649fa"
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 134 (2024) — 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/~2024/bills/sbillint/SB0134.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/sbillamd/SB0134.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/sbillenr/SB0134.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 2nd reading — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **67–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-22** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2024-01-22** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2024-01-22** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2024-01-23** received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2024-01-23** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-01-24** fiscal note publicly available
- **2024-01-24** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2024-01-24** to Senate Health and Human Services Committee
- **2024-01-25** Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-01-25** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-26** comm rpt/amended `amendment-passage`
- **2024-01-26** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2024-02-02** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-02** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-05** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2024-02-05** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2024-02-05** to House
- **2024-02-05** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2024-02-06** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-02-07** to House Health and Human Services Committee
- **2024-02-12** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-12** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-12** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-14** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2024-02-14** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2024-02-14** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate `passage`
- **2024-02-14** to Senate
- **2024-02-14** received from House `receipt`
- **2024-02-14** signed by President/sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2024-02-15** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2024-02-15** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2024-03-08** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2024-03-08** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2024-03-12** received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2024-03-12** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-14** 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/e7f6a0fd-2e45-4945-b18f-8b2cc1f5391e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).