# Utah H.B. 354: Rescue Tracking Equipment Offense Amendments Utah H.B. 354, Rescue Tracking Equipment Offense Amendments, is a 2026 General Session House bill sponsored by Jon Hawkins (Republican); status signed, last action 2026-03-24 (Governor Signed) (as of 2026-10-14). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB354-2026GS - 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. 354 - State: Utah - Session: 2026 General Session - Title: Rescue Tracking Equipment Offense Amendments - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2026-01-23 - Last action: 2026-03-24, Governor Signed - Sponsor: Jon Hawkins (Republican) - Cosponsors: 7 - Subjects: Technology, Crimes, Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice, Public Safety, Punishment - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 6 (104 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 1 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - New penalties for misusing rescue tracking equipment: mixed, low. Beginning May 6, 2026, Utah makes destroying rescue tracking equipment a class B misdemeanor. This covers equipment in public places designed to let people signal police for emergency help and allow police to track their location. Damaging, disabling, removing, or tampering with this equipment is a… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Jon Hawkins (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Doug Fiefia (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Gwynn, M. - Cosponsor: Don L. Ipson (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Jason B. Kyle (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Karianne Lisonbee (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Candice B. Pierucci (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Ryan D. Wilcox (Republican), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-03-06 | Senate | Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension | pass | 24 | 0 | | | 2026-02-26 | Senate | Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation | pass | 6 | 0 | | | 2026-02-19 | House | House/ circled | fail | 0 | 0 | | | 2026-02-19 | House | House/ passed 3rd reading | pass | 63 | 0 | | | 2026-02-19 | House | House/ uncircled | fail | 0 | 0 | | | 2026-02-11 | House | House Comm - Favorable Recommendation | pass | 11 | 0 | | ## Actions (34) - 2026-03-24: Governor Signed - 2026-03-16: House/ to Governor (House) - 2026-03-16: House/ received enrolled bill from Printing (House) - 2026-03-12: House/ enrolled bill to Printing (House) - 2026-03-12: Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate - 2026-03-10: Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared - 2026-03-10: Bill Received from House for Enrolling - 2026-03-07: House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling (House) - 2026-03-07: House/ received from Senate (House) - 2026-03-06: Senate/ to House (Senate) - 2026-03-06: Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House (Senate) - 2026-03-06: Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension (Senate) - 2026-03-06: Senate/ 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension (Senate) - 2026-03-06: Senate/ Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar (Senate) - 2026-03-04: Senate/ 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules (Senate) - 2026-02-26: Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar (Senate) - 2026-02-26: Senate/ committee report favorable (Senate) - 2026-02-26: 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/ uncircled (House) - 2026-02-19: House/ circled (House) - 2026-02-19: House/ 3rd reading (House) - 2026-02-12: House/ 2nd reading (House) - 2026-02-12: House/ committee report favorable (House) - 2026-02-11: House Comm - Favorable Recommendation - 2026-01-29: House/ to standing committee (House) - 2026-01-28: House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst (House) - 2026-01-23: House/ 1st reading (Introduced) (House) - 2026-01-23: House/ received bill from Legislative Research (House) - 2026-01-23: Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed ## Bill text - Enrolled, 2026-03-12: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/HB0354.pdf) - Introduced, 2026-01-23: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0354.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/HB0354.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0354.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-HB354-2026GS (as of 2026-10-14).