republic-os/legislation/us/states/ut/2025/sb-68.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Child Welfare Worker Protections"
description: "Child Welfare Worker Protections"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 68"
citation: "Utah SB 68 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Assault and Battery", "Crimes", "Department of Health and Human Services", "Division of Child and Family Services", "Health and Human Services", "Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Vickers, Evan J."]
version_count: 11
action_count: 40
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-07T22:27:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-27T16:10:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b42e0c27-992e-49e5-b079-7a4d47f55617"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2025/bills/static/SB0068.html"
source_hash: "b192833676c2dc400e14fa6f91867fc51792a22a82be6ad33aba759cf6aac1e8"
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 SB 68 (2025) — Child Welfare Worker Protections

## 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/2025/bills/introduced/SB0068.xml)
2. **Amended 2/12/2025 11:02:135** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/amended/AV_SB0068_2025-02-12_11-39-53.pdf)
3. **Amended Excerpts 2/12/2025 11:02:135** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/amended/AP_SB0068_2025-02-12_11-39-53.pdf)
4. **House Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/amended/SB0068.Hamd.1.pdf)
5. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/comreport/SB068H10.pdf)
6. **House Transmittal Letter 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/transmit/SB068H10.pdf)
7. **House Transmittal Letter 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/transmit/SB068H20.pdf)
8. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/comreport/SB068S10.pdf)
9. **Senate Transmittal Letter 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/transmit/SB068S10.pdf)
10. **Senate Transmittal Letter 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/transmit/SB068S20.pdf)
11. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/enrolled/SB0068.xml)

## Sponsors

- Vickers, Evan J. — primary (person)
- Clancy, Tyler — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-07T22:27:00+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2025-01-07T22:27:00+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2025-01-14T17:25:00+00:00** Senate/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2025-01-20T20:52:00+00:00** Senate/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2025-01-21T18:14:00+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2025-01-21T18:40:00+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-23T22:21:00+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-24T18:34:00+00:00** Senate/ committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-24T18:34:00+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2025-01-28T18:48:00+00:00** Senate/ 2nd reading
- **2025-01-28T18:59:00+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2025-01-29T18:25:00+00:00** Senate/ 3rd reading
- **2025-01-29T18:29:00+00:00** Senate/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2025-01-29T18:29:00+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2025-01-29T19:13:00+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2025-01-30T18:19:00+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2025-02-04T18:55:00+00:00** House/ to standing committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-06T22:56:00+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-07T18:06:00+00:00** House/ committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-07T18:06:00+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2025-02-12T18:29:00+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2025-02-12T18:30:00+00:00** House/ floor amendment
- **2025-02-12T18:32:00+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2025-02-12T18:32:00+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2025-02-13T17:28:00+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2025-02-13T17:28:00+00:00** Senate/ placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2025-02-14T17:42:00+00:00** Senate/ concurs with House amendment `amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-14T17:42:00+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2025-02-18T17:24:00+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2025-02-18T17:24:00+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ returned to Senate `passage`
- **2025-02-18T17:24:00+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2025-02-18T21:14:00+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2025-02-18T21:14:00+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2025-02-19T22:25:00+00:00** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2025-02-19T22:25:00+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2025-02-21T15:22:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2025-02-21T15:22:00+00:00** Senate/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2025-03-12T21:03:00+00:00** Senate/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2025-03-12T21:03:00+00:00** Senate/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-27T16:10:00+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/b42e0c27-992e-49e5-b079-7a4d47f55617`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).