# Utah H.B. 296: Recovery Residence Services Amendments Utah H.B. 296, Recovery Residence Services Amendments, is a 2025 General Session House bill sponsored by Jason B. Kyle (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-03-19 (Governor Signed); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB296-2025GS - As of: 2026-10-17 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Utah H.B. 296 - State: Utah - Session: 2025 General Session - Title: Recovery Residence Services Amendments - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-01-22 - Last action: 2025-03-19, Governor Signed - Sponsor: Jason B. Kyle (Republican) - Cosponsors: 1 - Subjects: Business, Commerce and Trade, Consumer Protection, Health and Human Services, Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Licensing and Background Checks - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 4 (104 yes, 1 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 6 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Program graduates can seek lower convictions: benefit, medium. Beginning May 7, 2025, courts can consider successful completion of a qualifying residential vocational or life skills program for conviction reductions. This route requires at least three years after discharge, without a serious-offense conviction during that time. Unpaid restitution, pending proc… - Basic support when residential programs close: benefit, medium. Closing residential vocational or life skills programs must plan to provide displaced participants with food, shelter, and clothing. That support must cover at least 30 days after closure. Programs must give the Division of Consumer Protection written notice and the plan at least 30 days before clo… - More training options in residential programs: benefit, low. Qualifying Utah nonprofit residential programs can offer vocational training or life skills training, rather than having to offer vocational training. They must still meet the other requirements for this program category. The law excludes these programs from the state definitions of human services… - Programs and corrections must track participation: cost, low. Residential vocational or life skills programs must collect participant repeat-offense data using the measures required by state law. They must report it to Utah's State Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice by August 31 each year. The Department of Corrections must monitor compliance and com… - Financial checks and simpler charity applications: mixed, low. Residential vocational or life skills program applicants must show they can meet their obligations to participants. Programs operating less than one fiscal year must submit projected financial statements and a commercial credit report. After a full fiscal year, they must submit their latest annual… - Residential programs face inspections and penalties: mixed, low. Utah's Division of Consumer Protection must inspect every registered residential vocational or life skills program on site each year. It must refer concerns to responsible agencies and coordinate checks on health and safety compliance. The division can order violations stopped, seek court orders, a… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Jason B. Kyle (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Michael K. McKell (Republican), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-03-07 | Senate | Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension | pass | 27 | 0 | | | 2025-02-25 | Senate | Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation | pass | 3 | 1 | | | 2025-02-19 | House | House/ passed 3rd reading | pass | 65 | 0 | | | 2025-02-10 | House | House Comm - Favorable Recommendation | pass | 9 | 0 | | ## Actions (33) - 2025-03-19: Governor Signed - 2025-03-17: House/ to Governor (House) - 2025-03-17: House/ received enrolled bill from Printing (House) - 2025-03-13: House/ enrolled bill to Printing (House) - 2025-03-13: Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate - 2025-03-07: Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared - 2025-03-07: Bill Received from House for Enrolling - 2025-03-07: House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling (House) - 2025-03-07: House/ received from Senate (House) - 2025-03-07: Senate/ to House (Senate) - 2025-03-07: Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House (Senate) - 2025-03-07: Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension (Senate) - 2025-03-07: Senate/ 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension (Senate) - 2025-03-07: Senate/ Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar (Senate) - 2025-03-05: Senate/ 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules (Senate) - 2025-02-25: Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar (Senate) - 2025-02-25: Senate/ committee report favorable (Senate) - 2025-02-25: Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation (Senate) - 2025-02-21: Senate/ to standing committee (Senate) - 2025-02-20: Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced) (Senate) - 2025-02-19: Senate/ received from House (Senate) - 2025-02-19: House/ to Senate (House) - 2025-02-19: House/ passed 3rd reading (House) - 2025-02-19: House/ 3rd reading (House) - 2025-02-11: House/ 2nd reading (House) - 2025-02-11: House/ committee report favorable (House) - 2025-02-10: House Comm - Favorable Recommendation (House) - 2025-02-07: House/ to standing committee (House) - 2025-02-07: Bill Substituted by Sponsor in House Rules Comm - 2025-01-30: House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst (House) - 2025-01-23: House/ 1st reading (Introduced) (House) - 2025-01-23: House/ received bill from Legislative Research (House) - 2025-01-22: Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed ## Bill text - Enrolled, 2025-03-13: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/enrolled/HB0296.pdf) - Substitute #1, 2025-02-03: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0296S01.pdf) - Introduced, 2025-01-22: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0296.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/HB0296.pdf) - [Substitute #1 (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0296S01.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0296.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-HB296-2025GS (as of 2026-10-17).