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Senate advances substitute termination‑of‑parental‑rights bill after lengthy, emotional debate
Summary
The Senate advanced Substitute Senate Bill 74 to third reading after lawmakers and witnesses debated safeguards, foster‑parent roles and constitutional concerns about severing parental rights.
SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Senate on Feb. 6 advanced a substitute version of Senate Bill 74, a revision to the state’s termination‑of‑parental‑rights law, after lengthy floor debate that included cautions about constitutional vulnerability and personal testimony from foster‑parents and social‑services workers.
Senator Money, sponsor of the substitute, said the bill reflects a year of interim committee work with input from the Division of Family Services (DFS), the courts and other stakeholders and narrows and clarifies grounds and procedures for termination to promote stable adoptive placements. He said the legislation was revised in response to concerns raised in the prior veto and in interim review and had been…
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