republic-os/legislation/us/states/ut/2020/h-b-137.md

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags

type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	H.B. 137 Child Placement Background Check Limits	H.B. 137 Child Placement Background Check Limits	us/states/ut	Utah Legislature	2020	H.B. 137	Utah H.B. 137 (2020)	bill	Children Foster Care Division of Child and Family Services Human Services Department of Human Services Human Services Licensure	enacted	Watkins, Christine F	2	38	6	2020-01-14	2020-03-28	openstates	ocd-bill/bf1c3ed4-254c-4bdf-abc3-791c0cce0bdd	https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/static/HB0137.html	c406f38516582fdf7d8c62d85c46b34a641e292a7348a94a1ab454db51d21903	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ut

Utah H.B. 137 (2020) — H.B. 137 Child Placement Background Check Limits

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — 11–0 (pass) · lower
• passed 3rd reading — 25–0 (pass) · upper
• passed 3rd reading — 72–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — 5–0 (pass) · lower
• passed 2nd reading — 26–0 (pass) · upper
• House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — 11–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

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

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-14 Bill Numbered but not Distributed
• 2020-01-14 Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
• 2020-01-16 received bill from Legislative Research
• 2020-01-23 received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
• 2020-01-27 1st reading (Introduced) introduction, reading-1
• 2020-01-29 to House Judiciary Committee referral-committee
• 2020-01-30 House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
• 2020-01-30 House Comm - Favorable Recommendation committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-01-31 comm rpt/substituted
• 2020-01-31 2nd reading reading-2
• 2020-02-02 fiscal note sent to sponsor
• 2020-02-03 fiscal note publicly available
• 2020-02-03 3rd reading reading-3
• 2020-02-03 passed 3rd reading passage
• 2020-02-03 to Senate
• 2020-02-04 received from House
• 2020-02-04 1st reading (Introduced) introduction, reading-1
• 2020-02-06 to Senate Health and Human Services Committee referral-committee
• 2020-02-06 Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-02-07 committee report favorable committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-02-07 placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
• 2020-02-12 2nd reading reading-2
• 2020-02-12 circled
• 2020-02-13 uncircled
• 2020-02-13 passed 2nd reading reading-2
• 2020-02-14 3rd reading reading-3
• 2020-02-14 passed 3rd reading passage
• 2020-02-14 signed by President/returned to House
• 2020-02-14 to House
• 2020-02-14 received from Senate
• 2020-02-14 signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
• 2020-02-14 Bill Received from House for Enrolling
• 2020-02-14 Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
• 2020-03-20 Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
• 2020-03-20 enrolled bill to Printing
• 2020-03-23 received enrolled bill from Printing
• 2020-03-23 to Governor executive-receipt
• 2020-03-28 Governor Signed executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bf1c3ed4-254c-4bdf-abc3-791c0cce0bdd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).