---
type: "Bill"
title: "S.B. 251 Parental Defense Office Amendments"
description: "S.B. 251 Parental Defense Office Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "S.B. 251"
citation: "Utah S.B. 251 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Children", "Family", "Child Welfare", "Human Services", "Department of Human Services"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harper, Wayne A."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-03-05"
last_action: "2019-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0a91d1cc-4bb8-447d-aade-fa85b1ecb70e"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/static/SB0251.html"
source_hash: "ea732578acb66957b72cd33a922505a1e669dba0485ffe833e83dcbcbb9670aa"
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 S.B. 251 (2019) — S.B. 251 Parental Defense Office Amendments

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/sbillint/SB0251S01.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/sbillamd/SB0251S01.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/sbillenr/SB0251.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **68–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **4–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Harper, Wayne A. — primary (person)
- Hutchings, Eric K. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-05** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2019-03-05** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2019-03-05** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2019-03-05** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-06** to Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-07** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2019-03-08** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2019-03-08** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-08** comm rpt/substituted
- **2019-03-08** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2019-03-11** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2019-03-11** fiscal note publicly available
- **2019-03-11** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2019-03-11** floor amendment # 1
- **2019-03-11** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2019-03-11** to House
- **2019-03-11** received from Senate
- **2019-03-11** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-13** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2019-03-13** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-03-14** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2019-03-14** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2019-03-14** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2019-03-14** to Senate
- **2019-03-14** received from House
- **2019-03-14** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2019-03-15** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2019-03-15** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2019-03-21** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2019-03-21** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2019-03-22** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2019-03-22** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-27** 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/0a91d1cc-4bb8-447d-aade-fa85b1ecb70e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).