# Utah S.B. 57: Newborn Relinquishment Amendments Utah S.B. 57, Newborn Relinquishment Amendments, is a 2025 General Session Senate bill sponsored by David P. Hinkins (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-03-26 (Governor Signed) (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-SB57-2025GS - As of: 2026-10-17 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Utah S.B. 57 - State: Utah - Session: 2025 General Session - Title: Newborn Relinquishment Amendments - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-01-02 - Last action: 2025-03-26, Governor Signed - Sponsor: David P. Hinkins (Republican) - Cosponsors: 1 - Subjects: Health and Human Services, Health Care Facilities, Child Welfare, Health Care Professionals, Department of Health and Human Services, Hospitals - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 10 (138 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 1 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - More time for safe newborn surrender: benefit, medium. Beginning May 7, 2025, Utah expands safe newborn surrender eligibility from about 30 days old to about 90 days old. The child’s age must be determined with reasonable medical certainty. The law adds $104,000 from the General Fund to the state health department’s Family Health program for July 1, 20… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: David P. Hinkins (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Steve Eliason (Republican), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-03-05 | House | House/ passed 3rd reading | pass | 72 | 0 | | | 2025-03-05 | House | House/ uncircled | fail | 0 | 0 | | | 2025-03-05 | House | House/ circled | fail | 0 | 0 | | | 2025-02-28 | House | House Comm - Favorable Recommendation | pass | 10 | 0 | | | 2025-02-19 | Senate | Senate/ passed 3rd reading | pass | 25 | 0 | | | 2025-02-18 | Senate | Senate/ passed 2nd reading | pass | 24 | 0 | | | 2025-02-07 | Senate | Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation | pass | 3 | 0 | | | 2025-02-07 | Senate | Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation | pass | 4 | 0 | | | | House | House/ uncircled | fail | 0 | 0 | | | | House | House/ circled | fail | 0 | 0 | | ## Actions (37) - 2025-03-26: Governor Signed - 2025-03-12: Senate/ to Governor (Senate) - 2025-03-12: Senate/ received enrolled bill from Printing (Senate) - 2025-03-07: Senate/ enrolled bill to Printing (Senate) - 2025-03-07: Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate - 2025-03-06: Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared - 2025-03-06: Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling - 2025-03-06: Senate/ signed by President/ sent for enrolling (Senate) - 2025-03-06: Senate/ received from House (Senate) - 2025-03-05: House/ to Senate (House) - 2025-03-05: House/ signed by Speaker/ returned to Senate (House) - 2025-03-05: House/ passed 3rd reading (House) - 2025-03-05: House/ uncircled (House) - 2025-03-05: House/ circled (House) - 2025-03-05: House/ 3rd reading (House) - 2025-03-05: House/ 2nd reading (House) - 2025-03-05: House/ Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar (House) - 2025-03-03: House/ return to Rules due to fiscal impact (House) - 2025-03-03: House/ committee report favorable (House) - 2025-02-28: House Comm - Favorable Recommendation (House) - 2025-02-21: House/ to standing committee (House) - 2025-02-19: House/ 1st reading (Introduced) (House) - 2025-02-19: House/ received from Senate (House) - 2025-02-19: Senate/ to House (Senate) - 2025-02-19: Senate/ passed 3rd reading (Senate) - 2025-02-19: Senate/ 3rd reading (Senate) - 2025-02-18: Senate/ passed 2nd reading (Senate) - 2025-02-18: Senate/ 2nd reading (Senate) - 2025-02-10: Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar (Senate) - 2025-02-10: Senate/ comm rpt/ substituted (Senate) - 2025-02-07: Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation (Senate) - 2025-02-07: Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation (Senate) - 2025-01-21: Senate/ to standing committee (Senate) - 2025-01-21: Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced) (Senate) - 2025-01-20: Senate/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst (Senate) - 2025-01-14: Senate/ received bill from Legislative Research (Senate) - 2025-01-02: Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed ## Bill text - Enrolled, 2025-03-07: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/enrolled/SB0057.pdf) - Substitute #1, 2025-02-06: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/SB0057S01.pdf) - Introduced, 2025-01-02: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/SB0057.pdf) ## Related bills - S.B. 199: Guardianship Amendments (signed) - H.B. 562: Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Amendments (signed) - H.B. 493: Medical Examiner Amendments (signed) - H.B. 482: Health and Human Services Reporting Requirements (signed) - S.B. 197: Property Tax Amendments (vetoed) - S.B. 3: Appropriations Adjustments (signed) ## Sources - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/enrolled/SB0057.pdf) - [Substitute #1 (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/SB0057S01.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/SB0057.pdf) ## Related - [S.B. 199: Guardianship Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-SB199-2025GS) - [H.B. 562: Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB562-2025GS) - [H.B. 493: Medical Examiner Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB493-2025GS) - [H.B. 482: Health and Human Services Reporting Requirements](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB482-2025GS) - [S.B. 197: Property Tax Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-SB197-2025GS) - [S.B. 3: Appropriations Adjustments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-SB3-2025GS) - [Utah bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/utah/bills) - [Utah state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/utah) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-SB57-2025GS (as of 2026-10-17).