UtahH.B. 1102026 General SessionHouseWALLET

Offender Modifications

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Analyzed Economic Effects

4 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 4 costs, 0 mixed.

Longer pardon waits for registry offenses

Beginning May 6, 2026, Utah's parole board faces waiting periods for pardons involving sex, kidnapping, or child abuse registry offenses. The wait is 10 years for a 10-year registration requirement and 20 years for lifetime registration. The clock starts at the latest applicable event: probation placement, release to parole, sentence termination without parole, or community-based residential program entry. For minors, the board also uses the date juvenile justice custody ends. These waits do not apply to convictions vacated, reversed, or otherwise set aside, or court findings of factual innocence after postconviction review or habeas corpus.

More probation oversight for homeless repeat offenders

Beginning May 6, 2026, courts can assign state probation supervision to more people convicted of a class B misdemeanor. The person must have at least five prior class B misdemeanor convictions. The court must find that the person is currently homeless. Utah's Division of Adult Probation and Parole must agree to supervise the person.

New release rules for Utah prisoners

Beginning May 6, 2026, Utah's parole board can approve release before a minimum term only after finding mitigating circumstances. It must also find clear and convincing evidence that the person no longer threatens public safety. The board must hold a full, open hearing with advance notice of its time and location, and record proceedings and decisions. When reviewing parole again after revocation for a new crime, the board must consider that crime's facts and circumstances. That review rule does not require a particular parole decision.

Registry offenses face record-clearing limits

Beginning May 6, 2026, Utah bars expungement eligibility certificates for convictions requiring sex, kidnapping, or child abuse registry registration. The bar also covers a combination of offenses that requires registration. It applies if registration was required at sentencing or when the person applied for the certificate.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

Clancy, Tyler
Affiliation unavailable

Cosponsors

Michael K. McKell
Republican • Senate

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 216 • No: 2

House vote • 3/5/2026

House/ concurs with Senate amendment

Yes: 69 • No: 0

Senate vote • 3/4/2026

Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension

Yes: 27 • No: 0

Senate vote • 3/4/2026

Senate/ substituted

Yes: 0 • No: 0

Senate vote • 2/19/2026

Senate/ passed 2nd reading

Yes: 28 • No: 1

Senate vote • 2/17/2026

Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation

Yes: 5 • No: 0

Senate vote • 2/17/2026

Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation

Yes: 6 • No: 0

House vote • 2/10/2026

House/ passed 3rd reading

Yes: 61 • No: 1

House vote • 2/10/2026

House/ substituted

Yes: 0 • No: 0

House vote • 2/2/2026

House Comm - Substitute Recommendation

Yes: 10 • No: 0