republic-os/legislation/us/states/ut/2022/sb-161.md

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Bill	Child Welfare Appeals Amendments	Child Welfare Appeals Amendments	us/states/ut	Utah Legislature	2022	SB 161	Utah SB 161 (2022)	bill	Adoption Child Custody/Parent Time Child Support Child Welfare Department of Human Services Foster Care Human Services Judicial Operations Juvenile Justice Juvenile Justice Services Juveniles	enacted	Harper, Wayne A.	2	37	5	2022-02-01	2022-03-24	openstates	ocd-bill/92122c72-8f76-4edf-91d0-9065ccfa4671	https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/static/SB0161.html	7e95868a12a6ffcd3db3dd7e242effd11427221b1f4a83c5359472699125105d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ut

Utah SB 161 (2022) — Child Welfare Appeals Amendments

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

• passed 3rd reading — 68–0 (pass) · lower
• passed 3rd reading — 25–0 (pass) · upper
• Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• passed 2nd reading — 23–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Harper, Wayne A. — primary (person)
• Burton, Jefferson S. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-02-01 Bill Numbered but not Distributed
• 2022-02-01 Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
• 2022-02-01 bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
• 2022-02-02 received bill from Legislative Research
• 2022-02-02 1st reading (Introduced) introduction, reading-1
• 2022-02-03 to Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee referral-committee
• 2022-02-04 fiscal note publicly available
• 2022-02-04 received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
• 2022-02-07 Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-02-08 committee report favorable committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-02-08 placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
• 2022-02-14 2nd reading reading-2
• 2022-02-14 passed 2nd reading reading-2
• 2022-02-15 3rd reading reading-3
• 2022-02-15 passed 3rd reading passage
• 2022-02-15 to House
• 2022-02-16 received from Senate
• 2022-02-16 1st reading (Introduced) introduction, reading-1
• 2022-02-18 to House Judiciary Committee referral-committee
• 2022-02-28 House Comm - Favorable Recommendation committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-02-28 committee report favorable committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-02-28 2nd reading reading-2
• 2022-03-02 3rd Reading Calendar to Rules
• 2022-03-03 Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
• 2022-03-04 3rd reading reading-3
• 2022-03-04 passed 3rd reading passage
• 2022-03-04 signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
• 2022-03-04 to Senate
• 2022-03-04 received from House
• 2022-03-04 signed by President/sent for enrolling
• 2022-03-08 Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
• 2022-03-08 Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
• 2022-03-11 Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
• 2022-03-11 enrolled bill to Printing
• 2022-03-15 received enrolled bill from Printing
• 2022-03-15 to Governor executive-receipt
• 2022-03-24 Governor Signed executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/92122c72-8f76-4edf-91d0-9065ccfa4671. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).