All Roll Calls
Yes: 192 • No: 2
UtahH.B. 3702026 General SessionHouse
Sex Offender Oversight Amendments
Sponsored By: Karianne Lisonbee (Republican)
Signed by Governor
CountiesDepartment of CorrectionsCourtsCrimesJudicial OperationsLaw Enforcement and Criminal JusticeProbationSexual OffensesPublic SafetyDepartment of Public SafetyHomelessnessPunishmentArrest and DetentionOffender RegistriesParole
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Bill Overview
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6 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 4 costs, 1 mixed.
GPS monitoring when no home address
The state runs a GPS/location monitoring program for sex offenders who cannot give a required residential address. It applies if the offense was committed on or after July 1, 2026. Monitoring starts within one business day and can check your location no more than once every 12 hours. You may have to pay some or all costs unless you show you cannot pay; you can ask the program to review the fee. Sheriffs, agreed local police, and Adult Probation and Parole must take oversight, monitor, notify when you leave, and file affidavits and coordinate arrests when you do not comply; a transfer is after seven straight days in another area unless the department sets a different time. Magistrates generally issue arrest warrants, not summonses, in these cases.
Stronger penalties for failing to register
Knowingly failing to register, giving false or incomplete info, or not following monitoring rules is a crime. If you register for a felony or are a lifetime registrant, it is a third‑degree felony with at least 30 days in jail and at least one year of probation. If you register for a misdemeanor, it is a class A misdemeanor with the same minimum jail and probation terms. The court or Board of Pardons and Parole cannot shorten these required terms. Your registration period also grows by one year for every year you were not compliant.
More people must give DNA samples
Utah expands who must provide a DNA specimen. You may be covered if you pled guilty or were convicted on or after July 1, 2002, or if another state or the U.S. convicted you of an equivalent offense on or after July 1, 2003. People booked during specific date ranges listed in the law are also covered, including any felony bookings on or after January 1, 2015. Minors adjudicated on or after July 1, 2002 who were at least 14 at the time of the offense may also need to provide a sample.
More check-ins and personal info required
You must register in person every year in your birth month and again six months later. Update your record within three business days after changes to your address (primary or secondary), job, school, or vehicles; new entrants to Utah must register within 10 days. You must give detailed information, including names and aliases, addresses, a photo, description, vehicle details, fingerprints and a DNA sample if not already given, phone numbers, online identifiers, passport or immigration papers if any, licenses, school and job info, volunteer sites, and your Social Security number. The department removes victim identity and location from what you submit. You do not have to give employer‑only work passwords on employer devices or any financial account identifiers.
State runs registry site and training
The Department of Public Safety keeps the sex offender website and runs the monitoring program. It provides online training for people who register, supervise, or investigate sex offenders. When it gets a change of an offender’s main address, it must tell the law enforcement agencies with authority within five days.
Annual registration fees for offenders
You must pay an annual registration fee in your birth month. Before July 1, 2026, the fee is $125. A local registering agency may add up to $25 per year. On or after July 1, 2026, the department sets the annual fee. If you are confined in a secure facility or a state mental hospital, you do not pay the fee. Fees fund the registry and compliance monitoring work.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Karianne Lisonbee
Republican • House
Cosponsors
Brady Brammer
Republican • Senate
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 3/5/2026
House/ concurs with Senate amendment
Yes: 66 • No: 1
House vote • 3/5/2026
House/ circled
Yes: 0 • No: 0
House vote • 3/5/2026
House/ uncircled
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Senate vote • 3/4/2026
Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
Yes: 25 • No: 0
House vote • 3/3/2026
Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation
Yes: 4 • No: 0
House vote • 3/3/2026
Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation
Yes: 4 • No: 0
House vote • 2/23/2026
House/ passed 3rd reading
Yes: 71 • No: 1
House vote • 2/13/2026
House Comm - Favorable Recommendation
Yes: 11 • No: 0
House vote • 2/13/2026
House Comm - Substitute Recommendation
Yes: 11 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Governor Signed
3/24/2026House/ to Governor
3/16/2026HouseHouse/ received enrolled bill from Printing
3/16/2026HouseHouse/ enrolled bill to Printing
3/11/2026HouseEnrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
3/11/2026Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
3/6/2026Bill Received from House for Enrolling
3/6/2026House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling
3/5/2026HouseHouse/ received from Senate
3/5/2026HouseSenate/ to House
3/5/2026SenateSenate/ signed by President/ returned to House
3/5/2026SenateSenate/ received from House
3/5/2026SenateHouse/ to Senate
3/5/2026HouseHouse/ concurs with Senate amendment
3/5/2026HouseHouse/ uncircled
3/5/2026HouseHouse/ circled
3/5/2026HouseHouse/ placed on Concurrence Calendar
3/5/2026HouseHouse/ received from Senate
3/5/2026HouseSenate/ to House with amendments
3/4/2026SenateSenate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
3/4/2026SenateSenate/ 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
3/4/2026SenateSenate/ Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
3/4/2026SenateSenate/ 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules
3/4/2026SenateSenate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
3/3/2026SenateSenate/ comm rpt/ amended
3/3/2026Senate
Bill Text
Enrolled
3/11/2026
Amended 3/3/2026 18:03:382
3/3/2026
Substitute #1
2/12/2026
Introduced
1/26/2026