republic-os/legislation/us/states/ut/2026/sb-141.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	Child Welfare Amendments	Child Welfare Amendments	us/states/ut	Utah Legislature	2026	SB 141	Utah SB 141 (2026)	bill	Adoption Child Welfare Department of Health and Human Services Division of Child and Family Services Foster Care Health Insurance Health and Human Services	enacted	Harper, Wayne A.	6	46	3	2026-01-14T20:20:55+00:00	2026-03-17T15:35:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/2b1beec9-ba8a-442d-a6b8-5cd8467d360f	https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/SB0141.html	add69072b906bf647da17ad07bc44cc26bdd8bb8a9fccfce01da2ba61c5a813f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ut

Utah SB 141 (2026) — Child Welfare Amendments

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Comparison to Original Bill (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP SB0141 To SB0141S01.pdf)
3. Comparison to Sub #1 (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP SB0141S01 To SB0141S02.pdf)
4. Substitute #1 (committee substitute) — source
5. Substitute #2 (committee substitute) — source
6. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Senate/ passed 2nd reading — 25–0 (pass) · upper
• House/ passed 3rd reading — 70–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate/ passed 3rd reading — 24–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

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

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-14T20:20:55+00:00 Bill Numbered but not Distributed
• 2026-01-14T20:20:55+00:00 Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
• 2026-01-14T20:20:56+00:00 LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0141
• 2026-01-14T20:20:56+00:00 LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0141
• 2026-01-15T17:34:31+00:00 Senate/ received bill from Legislative Research receipt
• 2026-01-17T15:03:43+00:00 LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0141
• 2026-01-20T18:07:25+00:00 Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
• 2026-01-20T22:05:12+00:00 LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0141S01
• 2026-01-20T22:05:12+00:00 LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0141S01
• 2026-01-21T17:09:18+00:00 LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0141
• 2026-01-21T17:46:13+00:00 Senate/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst receipt
• 2026-01-21T19:08:38+00:00 Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Health and Human Services Committee] referral-committee
• 2026-01-22T22:12:32+00:00 LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0141S01
• 2026-01-23T02:13:47+00:00 LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0141S01
• 2026-01-26T20:23:02+00:00 LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0141S02
• 2026-01-26T20:23:02+00:00 LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0141S02
• 2026-01-26T21:49:05+00:00 Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation [Senate Health and Human Services Committee]
• 2026-01-26T21:49:50+00:00 Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Health and Human Services Committee] committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-01-27T18:15:31+00:00 Senate/ comm rpt/ substituted [Senate Health and Human Services Committee]
• 2026-01-27T18:15:32+00:00 Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
• 2026-01-28T15:44:19+00:00 LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0141S02
• 2026-01-28T16:00:07+00:00 LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0141S02
• 2026-02-09T22:09:04+00:00 Senate/ 2nd reading
• 2026-02-09T22:11:50+00:00 Senate/ passed 2nd reading reading-2
• 2026-02-10T18:56:08+00:00 Senate/ 3rd reading
• 2026-02-10T18:58:14+00:00 Senate/ passed 3rd reading passage
• 2026-02-10T18:58:15+00:00 Senate/ to House
• 2026-02-10T19:40:59+00:00 House/ received from Senate receipt
• 2026-02-10T21:07:36+00:00 House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
• 2026-02-11T19:32:28+00:00 House/ to standing committee [House Judiciary Committee] referral-committee
• 2026-02-13T15:20:12+00:00 House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Judiciary Committee] committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-02-17T17:21:19+00:00 House/ committee report favorable [House Judiciary Committee] committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-02-17T17:21:20+00:00 House/ 2nd reading
• 2026-02-19T17:47:38+00:00 House/ 3rd reading
• 2026-02-19T17:52:07+00:00 House/ passed 3rd reading passage
• 2026-02-19T17:52:08+00:00 House/ signed by Speaker/ returned to Senate passage
• 2026-02-19T17:52:09+00:00 House/ to Senate
• 2026-02-19T21:29:30+00:00 Senate/ received from House receipt
• 2026-02-19T21:29:31+00:00 Senate/ signed by President/ sent for enrolling passage
• 2026-02-22T19:53:57+00:00 Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
• 2026-02-22T19:53:58+00:00 Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
• 2026-02-25T17:48:13+00:00 Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate enrolled
• 2026-02-25T17:48:16+00:00 Senate/ enrolled bill to Printing
• 2026-03-03T22:36:12+00:00 Senate/ received enrolled bill from Printing receipt
• 2026-03-03T22:36:14+00:00 Senate/ to Governor executive-receipt
• 2026-03-17T15:35:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2b1beec9-ba8a-442d-a6b8-5cd8467d360f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).