# Utah H.B. 454: Public Assistance Fraud Amendments Utah H.B. 454, Public Assistance Fraud Amendments, is a 2026 General Session House bill sponsored by Ryan D. Wilcox (Republican); status signed, last action 2026-03-24 (Governor Signed); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-19). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB454-2026GS - As of: 2026-10-19 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Utah H.B. 454 - State: Utah - Session: 2026 General Session - Title: Public Assistance Fraud Amendments - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2026-02-02 - Last action: 2026-03-24, Governor Signed - Sponsor: Ryan D. Wilcox (Republican) - Cosponsors: 1 - Subjects: Unemployment Insurance, Public Assistance, Department of Workforce Services, Workforce Services, Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 7 (110 yes, 1 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 3 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Assistance fraud counts toward crime patterns: cost, low. Beginning May 6, 2026, Utah adds fraud by assistance application helpers to its list of unlawful activities. The list also includes fraud involving getting or using public assistance. A qualifying crime pattern requires at least three related episodes that are not isolated and show continuing unlaw… - Broader fraud penalties for assistance recipients: cost, low. Beginning May 6, 2026, Utah law covers more kinds of public assistance fraud. Recipients generally must report changes in important facts within 10 days, unless a reporting exception applies. Workforce Services and Health and Human Services recipients must disclose important changes at their next r… - New fraud penalties for application helpers: cost, low. Beginning May 6, 2026, Utah creates a fraud offense for people helping complete public assistance applications. It covers knowingly giving false information about required important facts, hiding those facts, or directing applicants to do either. The helper must act to obtain assistance they know t… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Ryan D. Wilcox (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Brady Brammer (Republican), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-03-06 | Senate | Senate/ passed 3rd reading | pass | 24 | 1 | | | 2026-03-02 | Senate | Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation | pass | 7 | 0 | | | 2026-03-02 | Senate | Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation | pass | 5 | 0 | | | 2026-02-23 | House | House/ passed 3rd reading | pass | 66 | 0 | | | 2026-02-23 | House | House/ uncircled | fail | 0 | 0 | | | 2026-02-23 | House | House/ circled | fail | 0 | 0 | | | 2026-02-13 | House | House Comm - Favorable Recommendation | pass | 8 | 0 | | ## Actions (33) - 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 - 2026-03-06: Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared - 2026-03-06: Bill Received from House for Enrolling - 2026-03-06: House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling (House) - 2026-03-06: 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 3rd reading (Senate) - 2026-03-06: Senate/ 3rd reading (Senate) - 2026-03-03: Senate/ 2nd reading (Senate) - 2026-03-03: Senate/ comm rpt/ placed on Consent Calendar (Senate) - 2026-03-02: Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation - 2026-03-02: Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation - 2026-02-25: Senate/ to standing committee (Senate) - 2026-02-24: Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced) (Senate) - 2026-02-23: Senate/ received from House (Senate) - 2026-02-23: House/ to Senate (House) - 2026-02-23: House/ passed 3rd reading (House) - 2026-02-23: House/ uncircled (House) - 2026-02-23: House/ circled (House) - 2026-02-23: House/ 3rd reading (House) - 2026-02-17: House/ 2nd reading (House) - 2026-02-17: House/ committee report favorable (House) - 2026-02-13: House Comm - Favorable Recommendation - 2026-02-11: House/ to standing committee (House) - 2026-02-04: House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst (House) - 2026-02-03: House/ 1st reading (Introduced) (House) - 2026-02-03: House/ received bill from Legislative Research (House) - 2026-02-02: Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed ## Bill text - Enrolled, 2026-03-11: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/HB0454.pdf) - Introduced, 2026-02-02: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0454.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/HB0454.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0454.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-HB454-2026GS (as of 2026-10-19).