# Utah H.B. 20: Correctional Facility Capacity Amendments Utah H.B. 20, Correctional Facility Capacity Amendments, is a 2026 General Session House bill sponsored by Karianne Lisonbee (Republican); status signed, last action 2026-03-07 (Governor Signed) (as of 2026-10-14). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB20-2026GS - As of: 2026-10-14 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Utah H.B. 20 - State: Utah - Session: 2026 General Session - Title: Correctional Facility Capacity Amendments - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-12-04 - Last action: 2026-03-07, Governor Signed - Sponsor: Karianne Lisonbee (Republican) - Cosponsors: 1 - Subjects: Department of Corrections, Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice, Correctional Facilities - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 8 (138 yes, 6 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 1 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - New funding account for Utah prisons: benefit, low. The law creates the Corrections Facility Expansion Restricted Account within Utah’s General Fund. The Legislature can use this money only to expand or build facilities operated by Utah’s Department of Corrections. The account receives portions of funding from new laws for state correctional facilit… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Karianne Lisonbee (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Todd Weiler (Republican), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-02-19 | Senate | Senate/ passed 3rd reading | pass | 23 | 3 | | | 2026-02-18 | Senate | Senate/ passed 2nd reading | pass | 19 | 3 | | | 2026-02-18 | Senate | Senate/ uncircled | fail | 0 | 0 | | | 2026-02-12 | Senate | Senate/ circled | fail | 0 | 0 | | | 2026-02-09 | Senate | Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation | pass | 5 | 0 | | | 2026-02-03 | House | House/ passed 3rd reading | pass | 69 | 0 | | | 2026-01-23 | House | House Comm - Favorable Recommendation | pass | 11 | 0 | | | 2026-01-23 | House | House Comm - Substitute Recommendation | pass | 11 | 0 | | ## Actions (35) - 2026-03-07: Governor Signed - 2026-03-03: House/ to Governor (House) - 2026-03-03: House/ received enrolled bill from Printing (House) - 2026-02-20: House/ enrolled bill to Printing (House) - 2026-02-20: Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate - 2026-02-20: Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared - 2026-02-20: Bill Received from House for Enrolling - 2026-02-19: House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling (House) - 2026-02-19: House/ received from Senate (House) - 2026-02-19: Senate/ to House (Senate) - 2026-02-19: Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House (Senate) - 2026-02-19: Senate/ passed 3rd reading (Senate) - 2026-02-19: Senate/ 3rd reading (Senate) - 2026-02-18: Senate/ passed 2nd reading (Senate) - 2026-02-18: Senate/ uncircled (Senate) - 2026-02-12: Senate/ circled (Senate) - 2026-02-12: Senate/ 2nd reading (Senate) - 2026-02-10: Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar (Senate) - 2026-02-10: Senate/ committee report favorable (Senate) - 2026-02-09: Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation - 2026-02-05: Senate/ to standing committee (Senate) - 2026-02-03: Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced) (Senate) - 2026-02-03: Senate/ received from House (Senate) - 2026-02-03: House/ to Senate (House) - 2026-02-03: House/ passed 3rd reading (House) - 2026-02-03: House/ 3rd reading (House) - 2026-01-26: House/ 2nd reading (House) - 2026-01-26: House/ comm rpt/ substituted (House) - 2026-01-23: House Comm - Favorable Recommendation - 2026-01-23: House Comm - Substitute Recommendation - 2026-01-22: House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst (House) - 2026-01-20: House/ to standing committee (House) - 2026-01-20: House/ 1st reading (Introduced) (House) - 2026-01-14: House/ received bill from Legislative Research (House) - 2025-12-04: Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed ## Bill text - Enrolled, 2026-02-20: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/HB0020.pdf) - Substitute #1, 2026-01-23: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0020S01.pdf) - Introduced, 2025-12-04: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0020.pdf) ## Related bills - H.B. 136: Unlicensed Driver Amendments (signed) - H.B. 101: Firearm Background Check Amendments (signed) - H.B. 134: Offender Transfer Amendments (signed) - H.B. 178: School Zone Speeding Amendments (signed) - H.B. 94: Criminal Accounts Receivable Amendments (signed) - H.B. 220: Public Safety Data Amendments (signed) ## Sources - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/HB0020.pdf) - [Substitute #1 (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0020S01.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0020.pdf) ## Related - [H.B. 136: Unlicensed Driver Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB136-2026GS) - [H.B. 101: Firearm Background Check Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB101-2026GS) - [H.B. 134: Offender Transfer Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB134-2026GS) - [H.B. 178: School Zone Speeding Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB178-2026GS) - [H.B. 94: Criminal Accounts Receivable Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB94-2026GS) - [H.B. 220: Public Safety Data Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB220-2026GS) - [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-HB20-2026GS (as of 2026-10-14).