# Utah H.B. 221: Coercion Amendments Utah H.B. 221, Coercion Amendments, is a 2026 General Session House bill sponsored by Ryan D. Wilcox (Republican); status signed, last action 2026-03-24 (Governor Signed); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-14). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB221-2026GS - 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. 221 - State: Utah - Session: 2026 General Session - Title: Coercion Amendments - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2026-01-09 - Last action: 2026-03-24, Governor Signed - Sponsor: Ryan D. Wilcox (Republican) - Cosponsors: 1 - Subjects: Courts, Crimes, Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice, Sexual Offenses, Suicide, Public Safety, Fines - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 8 (141 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 8 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Registry removal path for extortion registrants: benefit, medium. Beginning May 6, 2026, sexual extortion and aggravated sexual extortion join the offenses eligible for a registry-removal petition after 10 years. This applies to people subject to a 10-year registration period who meet the existing requirements for removal petitions. Filing a petition does not gua… - More investigations qualify as cold cases: benefit, low. Beginning May 6, 2026, Utah expands the crimes eligible for its statewide cold-case database. Missing-person investigations also qualify. A covered investigation must remain unsolved for at least three years after the crime or disappearance. The change expands which unresolved cases law enforcement… - Sexual extortion gains broader enforcement tools: benefit, low. Beginning May 6, 2026, sexual extortion and aggravated sexual extortion count as domestic violence between cohabitants. Attempts to commit either offense are included. This brings qualifying victims within domestic-violence laws and related processes. Aggravated sexual extortion also becomes a crim… - School staff train on sexual extortion: benefit, low. Beginning May 6, 2026, local education agencies must include sexual-extortion response in school staff training. This is part of child sexual abuse and human-trafficking prevention training, provided once every three years. Training includes connecting victims with support services. The state educa… - Mandatory fines for sexual extortion convictions: cost, high. Beginning May 6, 2026, adults convicted of sexual extortion face a minimum $5,000 fine. The law also creates aggravated sexual extortion, requiring a listed aggravating fact to be charged and admitted or found true. Examples include force or threats, specified injury, a special-trust relationship,… - Longer supervision possible for some juveniles: cost, medium. Beginning May 6, 2026, usual supervision limits do not apply to minors adjudicated for aiding or encouraging suicide. This removes the covered time limits and termination rules for probation or commitment supervision. For juveniles placed in secure care for this offense, usual presumptive-term and… - New felony for aiding suicide: cost, low. Beginning May 6, 2026, intentionally aiding someone known to intend suicide or an attempt is a separate second-degree felony, not manslaughter. The law also covers intentional encouragement on at least four separate occasions when the person dies by suicide or attempts suicide. That encouragement m… - Broader image protections with deletion safeguards: mixed, low. Beginning May 6, 2026, sexual extortion includes refusing to delete an intimate image, including a fake one, or remove or retract one shared through an account the person manages. The request must come from the victim or someone acting at the victim's direction. Refusal alone is not enough: it must… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Ryan D. Wilcox (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Calvin R. Musselman (Republican), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-03-04 | Senate | Senate/ passed 3rd reading | pass | 27 | 0 | | | 2026-03-03 | Senate | Senate/ uncircled | fail | 0 | 0 | | | 2026-03-03 | Senate | Senate/ passed 2nd reading | pass | 26 | 0 | | | 2026-03-02 | Senate | Senate/ circled | fail | 0 | 0 | | | 2026-02-24 | Senate | Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation | pass | 6 | 0 | | | 2026-02-19 | House | House/ passed 3rd reading | pass | 62 | 0 | | | 2026-02-11 | House | House Comm - Favorable Recommendation | pass | 10 | 0 | | | 2026-02-11 | House | House Comm - Amendment Recommendation | pass | 10 | 0 | | ## Actions (35) - 2026-03-24: Governor Signed - 2026-03-12: House/ to Governor (House) - 2026-03-12: House/ received enrolled bill from Printing (House) - 2026-03-11: House/ enrolled bill to Printing (House) - 2026-03-11: Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate - 2026-03-06: Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared - 2026-03-06: Bill Received from House for Enrolling - 2026-03-04: House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling (House) - 2026-03-04: House/ received from Senate (House) - 2026-03-04: Senate/ to House (Senate) - 2026-03-04: Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House (Senate) - 2026-03-04: Senate/ passed 3rd reading (Senate) - 2026-03-04: Senate/ 3rd reading (Senate) - 2026-03-03: Senate/ passed 2nd reading (Senate) - 2026-03-03: Senate/ uncircled (Senate) - 2026-03-02: Senate/ circled (Senate) - 2026-03-02: Senate/ 2nd reading (Senate) - 2026-02-25: Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar (Senate) - 2026-02-25: Senate/ committee report favorable (Senate) - 2026-02-24: Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation - 2026-02-23: Senate/ to standing committee (Senate) - 2026-02-20: Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced) (Senate) - 2026-02-19: Senate/ received from House (Senate) - 2026-02-19: House/ to Senate (House) - 2026-02-19: House/ passed 3rd reading (House) - 2026-02-19: House/ 3rd reading (House) - 2026-02-12: House/ 2nd reading (House) - 2026-02-12: House/ comm rpt/ amended (House) - 2026-02-11: House Comm - Favorable Recommendation - 2026-02-11: House Comm - Amendment Recommendation - 2026-02-09: House/ to standing committee (House) - 2026-02-09: Bill Substituted by Sponsor in House Rules Comm - 2026-01-20: House/ 1st reading (Introduced) (House) - 2026-01-14: House/ received bill from Legislative Research (House) - 2026-01-09: Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed ## Bill text - Enrolled, 2026-03-11: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/HB0221.pdf) - Amended 2/12/2026 10:02:734, 2026-02-12: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AV_HB0221S02_2026-02-12_10-22-05.pdf) - Substitute #2, 2026-02-03: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0221S02.pdf) - Substitute #1, 2026-01-23: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0221S01.pdf) - Introduced, 2026-01-09: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0221.pdf) ## Related bills - H.B. 94: Criminal Accounts Receivable Amendments (signed) - H.B. 101: Firearm Background Check Amendments (signed) - H.B. 178: School Zone Speeding Amendments (signed) - H.B. 134: Offender Transfer Amendments (signed) - H.B. 136: Unlicensed Driver Amendments (signed) - H.B. 220: Public Safety Data Amendments (signed) ## Sources - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/HB0221.pdf) - [Amended 2/12/2026 10:02:734 (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AV_HB0221S02_2026-02-12_10-22-05.pdf) - [Substitute #2 (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0221S02.pdf) - [Substitute #1 (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0221S01.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0221.pdf) ## Related - [H.B. 94: Criminal Accounts Receivable Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB94-2026GS) - [H.B. 101: Firearm Background Check Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB101-2026GS) - [H.B. 178: School Zone Speeding Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB178-2026GS) - [H.B. 134: Offender Transfer Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB134-2026GS) - [H.B. 136: Unlicensed Driver Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB136-2026GS) - [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-HB221-2026GS (as of 2026-10-14).