# Utah H.B. 301: Drug Recodification Utah H.B. 301, Drug Recodification, is a 2026 General Session House bill sponsored by Gwynn, Matthew H.; 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-HB301-2026GS - 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. 301 - State: Utah - Session: 2026 General Session - Title: Drug Recodification - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2026-01-21 - Last action: 2026-03-24, Governor Signed - Sponsor: Gwynn, Matthew H. - Cosponsors: 1 - Subjects: Recodification, Controlled Substances, Health and Human Services, Crimes, Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice, Legislative Operations - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 6 (114 yes, 1 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 75 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Cannabidiol users gain drug-test protection: benefit, medium. Beginning May 6, 2026, evidence of cannabidiol use or possession can help someone who fails a THC-based drug test. That evidence creates a presumption against an allegation of marijuana or THC use or possession. Evidence of an unauthorized marijuana or THC purchase or possession can overcome the pr… - Coerced possession convictions gain relief options: benefit, medium. Beginning May 6, 2026, people convicted and sentenced for qualifying drug possession can seek postconviction relief for coerced conduct. This covers the current possession offense and the same or substantially similar offenses under older Utah laws. The offense must have occurred under force, fraud… - Drug protections for overdose responders: benefit, medium. Beginning May 6, 2026, overdose-response defenses cover possession or use, paraphernalia, and imitation-drug offenses tied to the same events. Someone must reasonably believe an overdose is occurring and report it, help report it, or be the reported patient. The response must include a usable locat… - Legal protections for ceremonial peyote use: benefit, medium. Beginning May 6, 2026, tribal members are protected from listed Utah drug penalties for traditional religious ceremonial peyote use. The protection covers use, possession, and transport for genuine traditional ceremonies connected with a traditional Indian religion. Defendants can also establish a… - Older possession cases qualify for expungement: benefit, medium. Beginning May 6, 2026, qualifying convictions and dismissed cases under older Utah drug-possession laws enter the automatic expungement process. The older offense must match, or be substantially similar to, the current controlled-substance possession offense. The person must have submitted a reques… - Overdose reporting can help at sentencing: benefit, medium. Beginning May 6, 2026, courts may consider qualifying overdose reports when sentencing for drug offenses under the reorganized criminal laws. The person or a bystander must reasonably believe an overdose occurred and report it in good faith with a usable location. The person must stay until require… - Drug charge protections for visiting patients: benefit, medium. Beginning May 6, 2026, qualifying nonresident patients are protected from specified Utah drug charges for cannabis use or possession. Cannabis must be unprocessed flower or a product in medicinal dosage form, within the legal dosage limit. The 30-day treatment cap is 113 grams of flower or 20 grams… - Legal protections for medical cannabis users: benefit, medium. Beginning May 6, 2026, individuals following Utah's cannabis production or medical cannabis laws are protected from specified drug penalties. Covered activity includes cannabis possession, use, production, distribution, and sales. Using or possessing a medical cannabis device is also protected from… - Older possession offenses count for expungement: benefit, low. Beginning May 6, 2026, qualifying offenses under older Utah laws count as drug possession offenses for expungement rules. The offense must be the same as, or substantially similar to, a listed possession offense. All other expungement requirements still apply; this does not guarantee a cleared reco… - Personal drug buyers avoid market liability: benefit, low. Beginning May 6, 2026, buying or receiving illegal drugs solely for personal use does not count as illegal-market participation under Utah's drug dealer liability law. This limits that civil liability classification; it does not make the drug activity lawful. For claims based on market activity bef… - Protection against repeat Utah drug prosecution: benefit, low. Beginning May 6, 2026, a federal or other-state conviction or acquittal bars another covered Utah drug prosecution for the same act. The act must also violate the federal or other state's law. The protection applies to the specified Utah controlled-substances provisions. - Protections for past medical cannabis use: benefit, low. Beginning May 6, 2026, protections cover qualifying cannabis use or possession before July 1, 2021, including January 1–March 17, 2021. For possession, the person must have held a medical cannabis card at arrest or citation. For use, the person must have held a patient card, or been a provisionally… - Drug penalty protections for hemp products: benefit, low. Beginning May 6, 2026, possession or distribution of qualifying cannabinoid and expanded cannabinoid products is protected from specified marijuana or THC penalties. The activity must comply with Utah's cannabinoid product law. Transportable industrial hemp concentrate also receives specified prote… - Legal access to fentanyl testing tools: benefit, low. Beginning May 6, 2026, qualifying drug-testing tools, including fentanyl test strips, are excluded from Utah's drug paraphernalia definition. Tools must be used or intended to detect controlled substances or chemicals that can cause physical harm or death. This protects qualifying testing tools fro… - Unscheduled herbs keep drug-law protection: benefit, low. Beginning May 6, 2026, the covered Utah drug laws do not restrict sales or use of unscheduled herbs and supplements. This covers herbs, herbal products, and food supplements not listed as controlled substances in the regulatory chapter. Other laws can still apply, and this protection does not estab… - Emergency methadone access for hospital patients: benefit, low. Beginning May 6, 2026, qualified practitioners at general acute hospitals can order up to a 72-hour methadone supply. The order must relieve acute withdrawal while the practitioner arranges a referral for substance use disorder treatment. Practitioners must have the required federal Drug Enforcemen… - Legal protections for licensed drug research: benefit, low. Beginning May 6, 2026, licensed researchers can handle controlled drugs for medical research covered by their license. Qualifying researchers have a criminal defense for producing, possessing, or administering certain listed drugs, but not prescribing or dispensing them. Participants also have a po… - Limited supervised psychedelic treatment for adults: benefit, low. Beginning May 6, 2026, qualifying Utah health systems can create supervised behavioral-health programs using psilocybin or MDMA in FDA Phase 3 testing. Systems must find broad scientific and medical research support, and patients must be at least 18. Eligible systems are privately owned, nonprofit,… - Patients get opioid risk talks and antidotes: benefit, low. Beginning May 6, 2026, prescribers must discuss addiction, overdose, dangerous drug combinations, the treatment reason, alternatives, and other risks before an initial opiate prescription. Initial means no prior opiate prescription or administration, or more than one year since the previous one. Fo… - Safety checks for longer drug prescriptions: benefit, low. Beginning May 6, 2026, prescribers must check Utah’s drug database before prescribing opiates or benzodiazepines for more than 30 consecutive days. If another prescriber has an active high-risk prescription, they must contact every prescriber involved. They must document those contacts and why mult… - Cannabis service providers gain state protection: benefit, low. Beginning May 6, 2026, Utah agencies and local governments cannot penalize providers of specified professional cannabis services solely for alleged federal illegality. The protection covers services to medical cannabis pharmacies, the state central patient portal, and cannabis production establishm… - Fewer licensing barriers for device sellers: benefit, low. Beginning May 6, 2026, medical cannabis device sellers can qualify for specified sale protections without a Utah cannabis production or medical cannabis license. This covers sellers located inside or outside Utah. It does not remove requirements under other laws or change buyer eligibility. - Veterinarians get a narrow gabapentin exemption: benefit, low. Beginning May 6, 2026, Utah-licensed veterinarians are exempt from the specified controlled-substance laws when prescribing, administering, or dispensing gabapentin. They must act within their professional scope. The law does not set a price or payment for pet owners. - Drug officers gain limited liability protection: benefit, low. Beginning May 6, 2026, authorized state and federal officers receive liability protection while enforcing the covered controlled-drug laws. The enforcement protection covers laws, municipal ordinances, and regulations relating to controlled substances. Listed Utah drug offenses also do not impose c… - Limits on policing lawful cannabis activity: benefit, low. Beginning May 6, 2026, Utah officers cannot use state or local resources for arrests, seizures, or investigations based solely on suspected federal violations when they have reason to believe activity follows Utah medical cannabis law. Officers also cannot enforce firearm restrictions solely becaus… - Narrower offenses for imitation drug activity: benefit, low. Beginning May 6, 2026, the imitation-drug manufacturing offense covers making the substance, not distribution or possession with intent to distribute. Those activities remain addressed by a separate offense. Publishing, publicly posting, or distributing ads promoting imitation-drug distribution is… - Veterinarians gain protection for animal care: benefit, low. Beginning May 6, 2026, listed drug offenses do not apply to veterinarians handling controlled drugs in good-faith professional practice. Protected activities include prescribing, dispensing, administering, and directing and supervising an assistant or orderly who administers the drug. The conduct m… - Health facilities gain drug-testing protections: benefit, low. Beginning May 6, 2026, specified facilities are exempt from listed civil or criminal penalties for temporary drug possession during testing. This covers healthcare facilities, substance use harm reduction programs, and drug addiction treatment facilities. They can test controlled or counterfeit sub… - Hospital drug orders get limited exemptions: benefit, low. Beginning May 6, 2026, qualifying Schedule II through V drug orders for licensed-hospital inpatients and outpatients receive an exemption. The exemption is from the covered section's requirements, not all drug laws. Prescribers must meet federal registration and Utah licensing requirements, or qual… - Lower prescribing training requirement for dentists: benefit, low. Dentists who prescribe controlled substances must complete at least two hours of qualifying prescribing education. Other covered prescribers must complete at least 3.5 hours. This gives dentists a lower training-hour requirement than other covered prescribers. - Registered researchers gain imitation-drug protections: benefit, low. Beginning May 6, 2026, qualifying registered people are exempt from listed civil or criminal penalties for specified imitation-drug activities. They can manufacture, distribute, or possess an imitation controlled substance for a placebo or investigational new drug. A registered practitioner must us… - Safety rules cover cannabis delivery routes: benefit, low. Beginning May 6, 2026, Utah's agriculture department can set safety rules for additional medical cannabis transport routes. These include shipments between medical cannabis pharmacies and from a pharmacy to a delivery address. The rules must keep cannabis and cannabis products safe for human consum… - Existing fund supports drug rule training: benefit, low. Beginning May 6, 2026, the director can use the Physicians Education and Enforcement Fund for training on Utah's controlled-substance laws. Training can cover the recodified drug offenses and related licensing rules. The board must agree to each distribution. The law specifies no funding amount. - Health professionals face drug offense discipline: cost, high. Beginning May 6, 2026, Utah extends covered professional enforcement, including osteopathic, pharmacy, and nursing enforcement, to recodified drug offenses and substantially similar older offenses. Available fines reach $10,000 per violation or $2,000 per day for an ongoing violation, whichever is… - Six-month license loss for convicted drivers: cost, medium. Beginning May 6, 2026, Utah must suspend a driver's license for six months after a qualifying offense committed while driving. The court must find that suspension is likely to reduce repeat offenses and serves public safety. Covered offenses involve controlled substances, precursors, paraphernalia,… - Supply and refill limits for patients: cost, medium. Beginning May 6, 2026, Schedule II prescriptions cannot be refilled; each fill is limited to one month. Schedule II prescriptions must be presented within 30 days; up to three for the same drug may be issued together, each covering no more than 30 days. The second and third must show issue and disp… - Drug convictions threaten retail and bar licenses: cost, medium. Beginning May 6, 2026, covered drug convictions, including substantially equivalent older offenses, can support retail nuisance findings or bar permit discipline. Retail nuisance grounds include licensee or staff convictions within the last two years for conduct on the premises. The patron ground r… - Less sentencing relief during police searches: cost, low. Beginning May 6, 2026, requesting overdose medical help during execution of a search warrant, arrest warrant, or another lawful search does not count as good-faith reporting for the sentencing rule. A person cannot use that request to qualify for the overdose-reporting sentencing factor. - Fines for patients who smoke cannabis: cost, low. Beginning May 6, 2026, medical cannabis cards do not authorize smoking or burning cannabis, including using a device for that purpose. A first offense is an infraction with a fine of up to $100. Second or later offenses are subject to charges under the specified drug laws. Vaporizing or heating med… - Practitioners face dose and identity limits: cost, low. Beginning May 6, 2026, practitioners cannot prescribe or administer more controlled drugs than medically recognized as necessary for the patient's condition. They also cannot prescribe, administer, or dispense controlled drugs to someone they know is using false personal information to obtain them.… - Direct-access clearance has a time limit: cost, low. Beginning May 6, 2026, direct-access-qualified status requires an eligible determination from Utah's Office of Background Processing during the applicable license and renewal period. No more than 180 days can have passed since the person's association with a department certification, contract, or l… - Drug violations bring more professional discipline: cost, low. Beginning May 6, 2026, violations of Utah's reorganized controlled-substance criminal laws count as professional misconduct for pharmacy professionals and veterinarians. Pharmacy misconduct also includes violations of rules adopted under those laws. Pharmacy inspections can lead to citations or fin… - Broader drug database reviews of professionals: cost, low. Beginning May 6, 2026, Utah's controlled substance database coverage includes specified recodified drug convictions and substantially similar older Utah offenses. A division-authorized representative of the Utah Professionals Health Program can review information about an individual whose conduct i… - Criminal penalties for prescription drug fraud: cost, low. Beginning May 6, 2026, knowing and intentional controlled-drug fraud carries criminal penalties. Covered acts include false license numbers, impersonating authorized people, and obtaining drugs through deception or hiding another source. They also include making, using, or altering forged prescript… - Drug cases require proof of exceptions: cost, low. Beginning May 6, 2026, people claiming an exception in covered drug-law proceedings must prove it. Without proof of a required license, registration, order form, or prescription, the law presumes the person lacks that authorization. The person must rebut that presumption. General criminal-code rule… - Drug distributors face escalating criminal penalties: cost, low. Beginning May 6, 2026, knowing and intentional unauthorized distribution, agreements to distribute, and possession with intent to distribute are offenses. Schedule I or II drugs other than marijuana, drug analogs, and specified GHB generally bring second-degree felonies. Schedule III or IV drugs, m… - Drug enterprise leaders face long sentences: cost, low. Beginning May 6, 2026, knowingly and intentionally leading a qualifying continuing drug enterprise is a first-degree felony. It requires at least two qualifying felonies on separate occasions, involvement with at least five people, and an organizer, supervisor, or manager role. The prison term has… - Drug licensees face fines and felonies: cost, low. Beginning May 6, 2026, specified knowing and intentional drug-rule violations carry criminal penalties. Child-consent, excessive-dosage, and specified false-information violations rise from class B misdemeanor to class A misdemeanor, then third-degree felony. Specified licensee conduct and record v… - Drug possession carries tiered criminal penalties: cost, low. Beginning May 6, 2026, knowing and intentional drug possession or use without legal authorization carries criminal penalties. Valid prescriptions, drugs obtained directly from a practitioner acting professionally, and other legal authorization remain exceptions. Penalties range from a class B misde… - Evidence and default penalties in drug cases: cost, low. Beginning May 6, 2026, certain drug-handling evidence supports a finding that a defendant knew the substance's character. This covers producing, manufacturing, possessing, distributing, or dispensing a controlled drug in prosecutions under the covered Utah drug laws. The evidence is sufficient on i… - Higher penalties for protected-place drug crimes: cost, low. Beginning May 6, 2026, specified drug crimes generally rise one penalty degree at or within 100 feet of listed protected places. These include schools, child-care sites, parks, recreation venues, houses of worship, and libraries, with operating-hour limits where applicable. The increase also covers… - Jail terms limit transfers for deportation: cost, low. Beginning May 6, 2026, people serving the covered mandatory drug-offense jail sentence generally cannot transfer early to federal immigration authorities for deportation. They must serve the sentence before release for that purpose. Transfer is allowed during the final 14 days. - Large penalties for drug-chemical record violations: cost, low. Beginning May 6, 2026, regulated distributors and purchasers of drug-making chemicals must follow the covered reporting and recordkeeping rules. Violations carry civil penalties of up to $25,000 per offense. These penalties apply in addition to any criminal penalties. - Mandatory jail for some repeat offenders: cost, low. Beginning May 6, 2026, the law requires 360 jail days for a defined group of repeat drug offenders. They must also have a prior federal conviction for reentering after removal. The rule applies when a court suspends imposition of a prison sentence for the covered production felony or imposes a misd… - Older convictions can raise drug penalties: cost, low. Beginning May 6, 2026, older Utah convictions can count toward higher penalties for repeat pseudoephedrine-sale and fentanyl-trafficking offenses. The older offense must be the same as, or substantially similar to, the current offense. - Penalties for imitation and counterfeit drugs: cost, low. Beginning May 6, 2026, distributing imitation controlled drugs or possessing them to distribute is a class A misdemeanor. Additional penalties apply when the court or jury finds the required aggravating elements. Knowingly and intentionally making, distributing, or possessing devices designed to co… - Penalties for knowingly allowing drug activity: cost, low. Beginning May 6, 2026, knowingly and intentionally allowing unlawful drug activity at a place you control is an offense. It covers letting someone occupy the place while unlawfully making, possessing, using, or distributing controlled drugs. A first conviction is a class B misdemeanor, a second a c… - Penalties for making drugs without authorization: cost, low. Beginning May 6, 2026, knowingly and intentionally making or dispensing controlled or counterfeit drugs without authorization is an offense. Possessing those drugs with intent to make or dispense them is also covered. Penalties depend on the drug, and a second or later conviction raises the offense… - Prison penalties for illegal drug labs: cost, low. Beginning May 6, 2026, specified illegal drug-lab offenses are second-degree felonies carrying 3 to 15 years in prison. Certain lab possession, production, processing, conspiracy, and assistance offenses become first-degree felonies when a listed aggravating factor is proven. Factors include firear… - Researchers face fines for drug violations: cost, low. Beginning May 6, 2026, licensees who break the medical-research drug restrictions face administrative penalties up to $5,000. Knowing and intentional violations bring a class B misdemeanor first, a class A misdemeanor second, and a third-degree felony thereafter. Substantially similar convictions u… - Temporary controls for drug-making chemicals: cost, low. Beginning May 6, 2026, the director can temporarily list a chemical as a controlled drug precursor. A written finding must state that emergency listing is needed to protect public health, safety, or welfare. If lawmakers adopt the chemical into the chapter, the temporary listing lasts until that am… - Utah strengthens statewide drug enforcement tools: cost, low. Beginning May 6, 2026, local governments cannot adopt drug ordinances weaker than the covered state drug laws. Commerce investigators have peace-officer status only when enforcing those laws, and courts can order violations to stop. Judges can authorize administrative inspections through warrants i… - Drug licensees face clear operating duties: cost, low. Beginning May 6, 2026, controlled-substance licenses use a two-year renewal cycle set by rule. The licensing division can shorten or lengthen a renewal period by up to one year to stagger renewals. Licensees can handle controlled drugs only within their licensed authority and must follow the regula… - Drug injuries bring broader damages claims: mixed, medium. Beginning May 6, 2026, Utah's drug dealer liability law allows damages claims for injuries caused by someone's illegal drug use. Those cases presume drug use began two years before the claim arose; defendants can rebut this with clear and convincing evidence. A separate death-or-addiction remedy no… - Medication container rules and court defenses: mixed, medium. Beginning May 6, 2026, changing a label on a controlled-substance container is a class B misdemeanor. Removing the label is also prohibited while any original contents remain. Patients and animal owners also face a class B misdemeanor for keeping prescribed controlled substances outside their deliv… - Prescription controls with emergency access options: mixed, medium. Beginning May 6, 2026, only authorized practitioners licensed in Utah, or a state with similar standards, may prescribe controlled substances. Dispensing is limited to Utah-licensed pharmacists or licensed interns. Federally required written prescriptions must include the required signature and ide… - Children's controlled drugs need parental consent: mixed, low. Beginning May 6, 2026, practitioners must obtain Utah's required consent before prescribing, administering, or dispensing a controlled drug to a child. A parent, guardian, or person acting as a parent provides that consent. This gives families a role in care and adds a requirement before treatment.… - Court-ordered drug services for minors: mixed, low. Beginning May 6, 2026, courts can order drug screening for minors under 18 found to have violated Section 76-18-207 or 76-18-208. A court can order an assessment if the screening supports it. Based on that assessment, the court can require education or substance use disorder treatment. These orders… - Courts can order help for minors: mixed, low. Beginning May 6, 2026, courts can order screening for minors under 18 found responsible for specified driving or automobile-homicide offenses. The driving offense involves criminally negligent driving with a measurable amount of a controlled substance. Courts can order an assessment when screening… - Courts can order youth drug treatment: mixed, low. Beginning May 6, 2026, courts can order screening for minors found to have committed the covered drug offenses. These include specified prescription-fraud, counterfeit-device, paraphernalia, imitation-drug, distribution, and possession-with-intent offenses. Courts can order an assessment when scree… - Electronic drug prescriptions and pharmacy transfers: mixed, low. The recodified sections take effect May 6, 2026, retaining an electronic controlled-drug prescription requirement dated January 1, 2022. Exceptions cover assisted living, long-term care, correctional facilities, veterinarians, Veterans Affairs pharmacies, emergencies, and technical failures. The li… - License citations carry deadlines and collections: mixed, low. A person receiving a covered licensing citation has 20 calendar days after service to request a hearing. The division can extend the deadline for cause; without a timely request, the citation becomes final. Failure to follow a final citation can lead to license denial, nonrenewal, suspension, revoc… - Chemical defenses need notice and proof: mixed, low. Beginning May 6, 2026, defendants using the specified red phosphorus or ephedrine-possession defenses must give written notice describing the defense. Notice is due as soon as practicable and at least 10 days before trial. Defendants must show the defense is more likely true than not; an establishe… - Court tools target unlawful drug locations: mixed, low. Beginning May 6, 2026, no person may maintain a place used for unlawful activity involving Schedule I through V drugs. District courts can order these nuisances stopped and issue orders against recodified controlled-substance offenses. Drug paraphernalia is subject to seizure and forfeiture, with e… - Prescriber training tied to service payments: mixed, low. For licensing periods starting after January 1, 2024, covered prescribers must complete at least 3.5 hours of substance-use screening training. The training covers screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment, and is required for license renewal. It applies to prescribers authorized for… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Gwynn, Matthew H. - Cosponsor: Michael K. McKell (Republican), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-03-03 | Senate | Senate/ passed 3rd reading | pass | 28 | 0 | | | 2026-02-25 | Senate | Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation | pass | 5 | 0 | | | 2026-02-25 | Senate | Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation | pass | 5 | 0 | | | 2026-02-19 | House | House/ passed 3rd reading | pass | 58 | 1 | | | 2026-02-11 | House | House Comm - Substitute Recommendation | pass | 9 | 0 | | | 2026-02-11 | House | House Comm - Favorable Recommendation | pass | 9 | 0 | | ## Actions (32) - 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 - 2026-03-05: Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared - 2026-03-05: Bill Received from House for Enrolling - 2026-03-03: House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling (House) - 2026-03-03: House/ received from Senate (House) - 2026-03-03: Senate/ to House (Senate) - 2026-03-03: Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House (Senate) - 2026-03-03: Senate/ passed 3rd reading (Senate) - 2026-03-03: Senate/ 3rd reading (Senate) - 2026-02-26: Senate/ 2nd reading (Senate) - 2026-02-26: Senate/ comm rpt/ placed on Consent Calendar (Senate) - 2026-02-25: Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation - 2026-02-25: 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/ substituted (House) - 2026-02-11: House Comm - Favorable Recommendation - 2026-02-11: House Comm - Substitute Recommendation - 2026-02-09: House/ to standing committee (House) - 2026-01-26: House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst (House) - 2026-01-21: House/ 1st reading (Introduced) (House) - 2026-01-21: House/ received bill from Legislative Research (House) - 2026-01-21: Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed ## Bill text - Enrolled, 2026-03-11: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/HB0301.pdf) - Substitute #1, 2026-02-03: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0301S01.pdf) - Introduced, 2026-01-21: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0301.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/HB0301.pdf) - [Substitute #1 (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0301S01.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0301.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-HB301-2026GS (as of 2026-10-14).