--- type: "Bill" title: "Child Welfare Worker Protections" description: "Child Welfare Worker Protections" jurisdiction: "us/states/ut" legislature: "Utah Legislature" session: "2025" identifier: "SB 68" citation: "Utah SB 68 (2025)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Assault and Battery", "Crimes", "Department of Health and Human Services", "Division of Child and Family Services", "Health and Human Services", "Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Vickers, Evan J."] version_count: 11 action_count: 40 vote_count: 0 first_action: "2025-01-07T22:27:00+00:00" last_action: "2025-03-27T16:10:00+00:00" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b42e0c27-992e-49e5-b079-7a4d47f55617" source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2025/bills/static/SB0068.html" source_hash: "b192833676c2dc400e14fa6f91867fc51792a22a82be6ad33aba759cf6aac1e8" 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 68 (2025) — Child Welfare Worker Protections ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/SB0068.xml) 2. **Amended 2/12/2025 11:02:135** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/amended/AV_SB0068_2025-02-12_11-39-53.pdf) 3. **Amended Excerpts 2/12/2025 11:02:135** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/amended/AP_SB0068_2025-02-12_11-39-53.pdf) 4. **House Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/amended/SB0068.Hamd.1.pdf) 5. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/comreport/SB068H10.pdf) 6. **House Transmittal Letter 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/transmit/SB068H10.pdf) 7. **House Transmittal Letter 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/transmit/SB068H20.pdf) 8. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/comreport/SB068S10.pdf) 9. **Senate Transmittal Letter 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/transmit/SB068S10.pdf) 10. **Senate Transmittal Letter 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/transmit/SB068S20.pdf) 11. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/enrolled/SB0068.xml) ## Sponsors - Vickers, Evan J. — primary (person) - Clancy, Tyler — cosponsor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2025-01-07T22:27:00+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed - **2025-01-07T22:27:00+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed - **2025-01-14T17:25:00+00:00** Senate/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt` - **2025-01-20T20:52:00+00:00** Senate/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt` - **2025-01-21T18:14:00+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced) - **2025-01-21T18:40:00+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee `referral-committee` - **2025-01-23T22:21:00+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-01-24T18:34:00+00:00** Senate/ committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-01-24T18:34:00+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar - **2025-01-28T18:48:00+00:00** Senate/ 2nd reading - **2025-01-28T18:59:00+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd reading `reading-2` - **2025-01-29T18:25:00+00:00** Senate/ 3rd reading - **2025-01-29T18:29:00+00:00** Senate/ passed 3rd reading `passage` - **2025-01-29T18:29:00+00:00** Senate/ to House - **2025-01-29T19:13:00+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt` - **2025-01-30T18:19:00+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced) - **2025-02-04T18:55:00+00:00** House/ to standing committee `referral-committee` - **2025-02-06T22:56:00+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-02-07T18:06:00+00:00** House/ committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-02-07T18:06:00+00:00** House/ 2nd reading - **2025-02-12T18:29:00+00:00** House/ 3rd reading - **2025-02-12T18:30:00+00:00** House/ floor amendment - **2025-02-12T18:32:00+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage` - **2025-02-12T18:32:00+00:00** House/ to Senate - **2025-02-13T17:28:00+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt` - **2025-02-13T17:28:00+00:00** Senate/ placed on Concurrence Calendar - **2025-02-14T17:42:00+00:00** Senate/ concurs with House amendment `amendment-passage` - **2025-02-14T17:42:00+00:00** Senate/ to House - **2025-02-18T17:24:00+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt` - **2025-02-18T17:24:00+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ returned to Senate `passage` - **2025-02-18T17:24:00+00:00** House/ to Senate - **2025-02-18T21:14:00+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt` - **2025-02-18T21:14:00+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ sent for enrolling `passage` - **2025-02-19T22:25:00+00:00** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling - **2025-02-19T22:25:00+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared - **2025-02-21T15:22:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled` - **2025-02-21T15:22:00+00:00** Senate/ enrolled bill to Printing - **2025-03-12T21:03:00+00:00** Senate/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt` - **2025-03-12T21:03:00+00:00** Senate/ to Governor `executive-receipt` - **2025-03-27T16:10:00+00:00** 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/b42e0c27-992e-49e5-b079-7a4d47f55617`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).