---
type: "Bill"
title: "Child Protection Ombudsman Amendments"
description: "Child Protection Ombudsman Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 50"
citation: "Utah HB 50 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Abuse", "Neglect", "or Dependency", "Child Welfare", "Department of Health and Human Services", "Division of Child and Family Services", "Family", "Health and Human Services", "Judicial Operations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lisonbee, Karianne"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 35
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-12-19T22:13:16+00:00"
last_action: "2026-02-27T21:50:33+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e23d93d5-9859-45c1-a6f9-38ba82671c79"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/HB0050.html"
source_hash: "c45b36d1fb9feaebc8de07ffec087e6eeca779e6badd0038a75e4a556a177527"
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 50 (2026) — Child Protection Ombudsman 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/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0050.xml)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/HB0050.xml)

## Votes

- Senate/ passed 3rd reading — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate/ passed 2nd reading — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- House/ passed 3rd reading — **74–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2025-12-19T22:13:16+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2025-12-19T22:13:16+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2025-12-19T22:13:19+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0050
- **2025-12-19T22:13:19+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0050
- **2026-01-14T20:40:59+00:00** House/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-01-15T20:33:22+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0050
- **2026-01-15T20:33:24+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0050
- **2026-01-20T16:23:39+00:00** House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2026-01-20T17:43:19+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-01-20T18:20:03+00:00** House/ Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2026-01-20T18:21:00+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-01-21T18:55:55+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-01-21T19:01:16+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-01-21T19:01:18+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-01-21T19:16:00+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-01-22T18:08:30+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-01-26T18:16:36+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Health and Human Services Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-26T21:42:13+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Health and Human Services Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-27T18:15:31+00:00** Senate/ committee report favorable [Senate Health and Human Services Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-27T18:15:32+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-02-04T21:23:07+00:00** Senate/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-04T21:25:23+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2026-02-05T18:21:48+00:00** Senate/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-05T18:24:01+00:00** Senate/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-05T18:24:02+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House `passage`
- **2026-02-05T18:24:03+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-02-06T16:57:31+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-02-06T16:57:32+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2026-02-09T17:31:58+00:00** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2026-02-09T17:31:59+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-02-18T22:59:03+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-02-18T22:59:08+00:00** House/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2026-02-20T16:30:00+00:00** House/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2026-02-20T16:30:58+00:00** House/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-02-27T21:50:33+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/e23d93d5-9859-45c1-a6f9-38ba82671c79`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).