---
type: "Bill"
title: "Child Welfare Changes"
description: "Child Welfare Changes"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 372"
citation: "Utah HB 372 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Abuse", "Neglect", "or Dependency", "Child Custody/Parent Time", "Child Welfare", "Division of Child and Family Services", "Family", "Guardian Ad Litem", "Health and Human Services", "Judicial Operations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lisonbee, Karianne"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 60
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-26T17:04:53+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-18T16:17:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/43b52a35-754e-49dd-a72a-fdee3b888112"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/HB0372.html"
source_hash: "65e3b68941eecc4cadbac71cdb047617e64632f1cf031dcdf650a7e1959f5fc5"
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 HB 372 (2026) — Child Welfare Changes

## 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/2026/bills/introduced/HB0372.xml)
2. **Comparison to Original Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP HB0372 To HB0372S01.pdf)
3. **Comparison to Sub #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP HB0372S01 To HB0372S02.pdf)
4. **Comparison to Sub #2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP HB0372S02 To HB0372S04.pdf)
5. **Comparison to Sub #3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP HB0372S03 To HB0372S04.pdf)
6. **Comparison to Sub #4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP HB0372S04 To HB0372S05.pdf)
7. **Substitute #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0372S01.xml)
8. **Substitute #2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0372S02.xml)
9. **Substitute #3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0372S03.xml)
10. **Substitute #4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0372S04.xml)
11. **Substitute #5** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0372S05.xml)
12. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/HB0372.xml)

## Votes

- House/ passed 3rd reading — **68–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension — **25–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lisonbee, Karianne — primary (person)
- Harper, Wayne A. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-26T17:04:53+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2026-01-26T17:04:53+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2026-01-26T17:04:57+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0372
- **2026-01-26T17:04:57+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0372
- **2026-01-26T17:26:50+00:00** House/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-01-26T18:22:59+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-01-28T16:19:47+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0372
- **2026-01-28T16:19:48+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0372
- **2026-01-28T17:10:11+00:00** House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2026-02-03T19:23:28+00:00** House/ to standing committee [House Judiciary Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-10T19:03:10+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0372S01
- **2026-02-10T19:03:10+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0372S01
- **2026-02-11T21:03:18+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0372S02
- **2026-02-11T21:03:18+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0372S02
- **2026-02-11T23:17:43+00:00** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation [House Judiciary Committee]
- **2026-02-11T23:19:15+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Judiciary Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-12T17:16:27+00:00** House/ comm rpt/ substituted [House Judiciary Committee]
- **2026-02-12T17:16:28+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-16T17:08:20+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0372S02
- **2026-02-19T18:58:08+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0372S03
- **2026-02-19T18:58:08+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0372S03
- **2026-02-19T21:06:46+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0372S04
- **2026-02-19T21:06:46+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0372S04
- **2026-02-19T21:22:09+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-19T21:22:37+00:00** House/ circled
- **2026-02-19T21:51:49+00:00** House/ uncircled
- **2026-02-19T21:53:11+00:00** House/ substituted
- **2026-02-19T21:53:25+00:00** House/ circled
- **2026-02-23T21:06:00+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0372S03
- **2026-02-23T21:22:55+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0372S05
- **2026-02-23T21:22:55+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0372S05
- **2026-02-23T22:42:57+00:00** House/ uncircled
- **2026-02-23T22:43:59+00:00** House/ substituted
- **2026-02-23T22:51:20+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-23T22:51:22+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-02-24T01:22:13+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-02-24T17:16:47+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-24T20:43:45+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0372S04
- **2026-02-24T21:23:07+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0372S04
- **2026-02-25T02:45:15+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0372S05
- **2026-02-25T21:16:34+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-25T23:10:36+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0372S05
- **2026-03-03T22:11:57+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-04T01:46:05+00:00** Senate/ committee report favorable [Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-04T01:46:06+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-05T00:03:14+00:00** Senate/ 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules [Senate Rules Committee] `reading-2`
- **2026-03-05T00:08:09+00:00** Senate/ Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-05T02:17:47+00:00** Senate/ 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
- **2026-03-05T02:20:55+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
- **2026-03-05T02:20:56+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House `passage`
- **2026-03-05T02:20:57+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-03-05T15:44:13+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-03-05T15:44:14+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2026-03-06T17:19:55+00:00** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2026-03-06T17:19:58+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-03-11T16:02:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-03-11T16:02:07+00:00** House/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2026-03-12T18:20:31+00:00** House/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2026-03-12T18:20:33+00:00** House/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-18T16:17:00+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/43b52a35-754e-49dd-a72a-fdee3b888112`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).