# Utah H.B. 353: Criminal Code Amendments Utah H.B. 353, Criminal Code Amendments, is a 2025 General Session House bill sponsored by Ryan D. Wilcox (Republican); status became law, last action 2025-03-27 (Became Law w/o Governor Signature) (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB353-2025GS - 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. 353 - State: Utah - Session: 2025 General Session - Title: Criminal Code Amendments - Status: became law - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-01-29 - Last action: 2025-03-27, Became Law w/o Governor Signature - Sponsor: Ryan D. Wilcox (Republican) - Cosponsors: 1 - Subjects: Crimes, Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice, Punishment, Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice, Sentencing - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 11 (186 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 2 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Utah drops or lowers some criminal penalties: benefit, low. Beginning May 7, 2025, unauthorized use of a name in charity requests is an infraction, not a class B misdemeanor. Utah also repeals the flag-abuse crime in Section 76-9-601, ending criminal liability under that offense. A related rule makes violations of Subsection (2) of Sections 76-12-402 and 76… - Utah agencies must regularly review criminal offenses: cost, low. Executive-branch agencies, except the attorney general, must review covered criminal offenses by July 1, 2026, and every three years thereafter. Reviews cover offenses agencies prosecute, refer for prosecution, or oversee in their assigned code areas. Agencies must recommend changes, clarifications… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Ryan D. Wilcox (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Brady Brammer (Republican), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-03-07 | Senate | Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension | pass | 23 | 0 | | | 2025-03-07 | Senate | Senate/ substituted | fail | 0 | 0 | | | 2025-03-07 | House | House/ concurs with Senate amendment | pass | 70 | 0 | | | 2025-02-25 | Senate | Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation | pass | 6 | 0 | | | 2025-02-25 | Senate | Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation | pass | 6 | 0 | | | 2025-02-18 | House | House/ passed 3rd reading | pass | 65 | 0 | | | 2025-02-18 | House | House/ substituted | fail | 0 | 0 | | | 2025-02-06 | House | House Comm - Favorable Recommendation | pass | 8 | 0 | | | 2025-02-06 | House | House Comm - Substitute Recommendation | pass | 8 | 0 | | | | House | House/ substituted | fail | 0 | 0 | | | | Senate | Senate/ substituted | fail | 0 | 0 | | ## Actions (43) - 2025-03-27: Became Law w/o Governor Signature - 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 - 2025-03-12: Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared - 2025-03-12: Bill Received from House for Enrolling - 2025-03-12: House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling (House) - 2025-03-12: House/ received from Senate (House) - 2025-03-08: Senate/ to House (Senate) - 2025-03-08: Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House (Senate) - 2025-03-08: Senate/ received from House (Senate) - 2025-03-07: House/ to Senate (House) - 2025-03-07: House/ concurs with Senate amendment (House) - 2025-03-07: House/ placed on Concurrence Calendar (House) - 2025-03-07: House/ received from Senate (House) - 2025-03-07: Senate/ to House with amendments (Senate) - 2025-03-07: Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension (Senate) - 2025-03-07: Senate/ substituted (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) - 2025-02-26: Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar (Senate) - 2025-02-26: Senate/ comm rpt/ amended (Senate) - 2025-02-25: Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation (Senate) - 2025-02-25: Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation (Senate) - 2025-02-21: Senate/ to standing committee (Senate) - 2025-02-19: Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced) (Senate) - 2025-02-19: Senate/ received from House (Senate) - 2025-02-19: House/ to Senate (House) - 2025-02-18: House/ held (House) - 2025-02-18: House/ passed 3rd reading (House) - 2025-02-18: House/ substituted (House) - 2025-02-18: House/ 3rd reading (House) - 2025-02-07: House/ 2nd reading (House) - 2025-02-07: House/ comm rpt/ substituted (House) - 2025-02-06: House Comm - Favorable Recommendation (House) - 2025-02-06: House Comm - Substitute Recommendation (House) - 2025-02-04: House/ to standing committee (House) - 2025-02-04: House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst (House) - 2025-01-29: House/ 1st reading (Introduced) (House) - 2025-01-29: House/ received bill from Legislative Research (House) - 2025-01-29: Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed ## Bill text - Enrolled, 2025-03-13: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/enrolled/HB0353.pdf) - Substitute #3, 2025-03-07: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0353S03.pdf) - Substitute #4, 2025-03-07: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0353S04.pdf) - Amended 2/26/2025 09:02:674, 2025-02-26: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/amended/AV_HB0353S02_2025-02-26_09-06-51.pdf) - Substitute #2, 2025-02-14: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0353S02.pdf) - Substitute #1, 2025-02-05: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0353S01.pdf) - Introduced, 2025-01-29: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0353.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/HB0353.pdf) - [Substitute #3 (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0353S03.pdf) - [Substitute #4 (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0353S04.pdf) - [Amended 2/26/2025 09:02:674 (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/amended/AV_HB0353S02_2025-02-26_09-06-51.pdf) - [Substitute #2 (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0353S02.pdf) - [Substitute #1 (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0353S01.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0353.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-HB353-2025GS (as of 2026-10-17).