Utah legislation · 2026 General Session
Utah HB434: Child Welfare Fatality Review Report Amendments
Status: Failed, March 6, 2026
This bill addresses a report regarding child welfare fatalities.
What the bill says
From the introduced text, January 30, 2026:
0 Child Welfare Fatality Review Report Amendments 2026 GENERAL SESSION STATE OF UTAH Chief Sponsor: Cheryl K. Acton Senate Sponsor: Ronald M. Winterton LONG TITLE General Description: This bill addresses a report regarding child welfare fatalities. Highlighted Provisions: This bill: - clarifies that the report provided to the Child Welfare Legislative Oversight Panel and the chairs of the Health and Human Services Interim Committee by the fatality review committee within the Division of Child and Family Services should not be fully redacted; and - makes technical and conforming changes. Money Appropriated in this Bill: None Other Special Clauses: None Utah Code Sections Affected: AMENDS: 26B-1-506 , as last amended by Laws of Utah 2024, Chapter 288 26B-1-507 , as last amended by Laws of Utah 2024, Chapter 288 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah: Section 1. Section 26B-1-506 is amended to read: 26B-1-506 . Fatality review committee report -- Response to report. (1) Within 20 days after the day on which the committee proceedings described in Section 26B-1-505 end, the committee shall submit: (a) a written report to the executive director that includes: (i) the advisory opinions made under Subsection 26B-1-505(6) ; and (ii) any recommendations regarding action that should be taken in relation to an employee of the department or a person who contracts …
Sponsors
- Cheryl Acton (R, 38) · primary sponsor
- Ronald Winterton (R, 20)
Latest actions
- : House/ filed
- : House/ strike enacting clause
- : House/ comm rpt/ sent to Rules
- : House Comm - Recommends Returned to Rules
- : House/ to standing committee
- : House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- : LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0434
- : LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0434
- : House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- : House/ received bill from Legislative Research
Subjects: Health and Human Services, Abuse, Neglect, or Dependency, Fatality Reports, Child Welfare, Division of Child and Family Services, Department of Health and Human Services
Common questions
- What is HB434?
- HB434 is a bill in the Utah Legislature (2026 General Session): Child Welfare Fatality Review Report Amendments.
- What does HB434 do?
- This bill addresses a report regarding child welfare fatalities.
- What is the status of HB434?
- Failed as of March 6, 2026. Latest action: House/ filed (March 6, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB434?
- Cheryl Acton (R, 38), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for HB434?
- On the Utah Legislature website: https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/HB0434.html
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