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2026 floor votes

S.B. 124: Child Welfare Modifications

3 recorded floor votes in the 2026 General Session. The bill's official page has its text, sponsors, committee votes and full history.

About this bill

Did not pass both chambers; the bill was filed on March 6, 2026. This bill addresses protective custody warrants and child safety warrants relating to child welfare.

  • Amends provisions regarding the issuance of warrants by a juvenile court
  • Distinguishes between a protective custody warrant and a child safety warrant
  • Authorizes a juvenile court to issue a child safety warrant related to the health, safety, or welfare of a child
  • States that a peace officer or child welfare caseworker who is executing a protective custody warrant or a child safety warrant may request assistance in executing the warrant
  • Specifies that a child safety warrant does not give a peace officer or child welfare caseworker authority to take a child into protective custody
  • Defines terms

Full bill page: steps, fiscal note and sponsors · Chief sponsor Luz Escamilla

Utah Senate, February 17, 2026

2nd Reading, Passage on Second · 1st Sub. SB 124
Result as recorded: Passed, Ayes 18 Nays 5 Abs 6
Official record

Yes (18)

11 Republican, 1 Forward, 6 Democratic

No (5)

5 Republican

Absent or not voting (6)

6 Republican

Utah Senate, February 18, 2026

3rd Reading, Final Passage · 1st Sub. SB 124
Result as recorded: Passed, Ayes 23 Nays 4 Abs 2
Official record

Yes (23)

16 Republican, 1 Forward, 6 Democratic

No (4)

4 Republican

Absent or not voting (2)

2 Republican

Utah House, March 4, 2026

Senate 3rd Reading, Final Passage · 2nd Sub. SB 124
Result as recorded: Failed, Yeas 30 Nays 43 N/V 2
Listed below: the 71 who are on today's roster. Official record

Yes (28)

14 Democratic, 14 Republican

No (41)

41 Republican

Absent or not voting (2)

2 Republican

Votes are listed as the Utah Legislature's floor vote records show them. Names are matched to today's roster, so members who have since left the Legislature aren't in the lists; the totals are the record's own. Committee votes and voice votes aren't included.