All Roll Calls
Yes: 167 • No: 47
UtahH.B. 5622025 General SessionHouseWALLET
Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Amendments
Sponsored By: Karianne Lisonbee (Republican)
Signed by Governor
Judicial OperationsJuvenile JusticeLaw Enforcement and Criminal JusticeProbationBoard of Pardons and ParoleRestitutionBail/Pretrial Detention
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12 provisions identified: 4 benefits, 6 costs, 2 mixed.
Offenders face fees and review limits
The Board of Pardons and Parole can order offenders to repay agency fees as well as costs. The expense must arise from the offender's needs or conduct and be incurred by corrections, the state, or another agency. Board decisions about restitution, changes to restitution payment schedules, and orders for costs are final and not subject to judicial review.
Restitution required for minors facing prison
Beginning May 7, 2025, district courts must order restitution when they find probation inappropriate and prison appropriate for a minor. Restitution follows the Crime Victims Restitution Act; this provision sets no dollar amount.
State collectors can reach debtors' wages
Utah's Office of State Debt Collection can collect transferred civil court debts and civil restitution judgments from criminal cases. After a qualifying judgment, it can order third parties to turn over a debtor's personal property, including wages. Covered judgments also include judgments, abstracts, or awards based on state agency payment orders. The office director or a designee must sign the garnishment order. Wage withholding cannot exceed the lesser of 25% of disposable earnings or earnings above the federal protected amount, based on 30 times the federal minimum wage.
Older sentences face restitution collection rules
For sentences imposed before July 1, 2021, the Board can impose court-ordered restitution and address qualifying losses the court left undecided. The Board generally must issue restitution orders within 60 days after the sentence ends. If it retains authority for a separate offense, it can wait until 60 days after all sentences end. Specified unpaid amounts can become civil judgments and property liens. Defendants have 90 days to seek cancellation of an order issued within the 60-day period.
Release amounts include ability-to-pay protections
Utah sets default financial release amounts: first-degree felonies carry $25,000 with a mandatory minimum sentence or $20,000 without one. Defaults are $10,000 for second-degree felonies and $5,000 for third-degree felonies. State misdemeanor defaults are $2,000 for Class A, $700 for Class B, and $350 for Class C; infractions carry $130. Local-ordinance defaults are $150 for Class B, $80 for Class C, and $25 for infractions. These are starting amounts, not necessarily what a defendant pays. For financial conditions other than unsecured bonds, courts must consider ability to pay and the risk of missing court. Defendants can seek inability-to-pay relief within seven days, with a presumption they cannot pay that opposing evidence can overcome.
Board can cancel committed minors' restitution
Beginning May 7, 2025, the Board of Pardons and Parole can cancel restitution for minors committed under the designated juvenile sentencing law. This covers commitments to the Division of Juvenile Justice Services or the Department of Corrections. Cancellation is optional, not guaranteed.
Limits on interest for state debtors
The state debt office cannot add its nonjudgment interest charge to accounts subject to the statutory postjudgment interest rate. It also cannot charge interest on criminal account debt before that amount enters the civil judgment docket.
Victims can receive interest on restitution
Beginning May 7, 2025, a sentencing court or appropriate public treasurer can authorize prosecutors to hold collected restitution in interest-bearing accounts. This applies while distribution to victims is pending. Victims receive any earned interest in proportion to their restitution amounts; the law sets no interest rate.
More safeguards for defendants facing detention
Courts cannot change a pretrial order to a no-bail hold solely because someone missed court. New evidence at a preliminary hearing can support reconsideration when it concerns release factors and was previously unknown to the court. Detention orders based on substantial danger or flight risk must explain the supporting facts in enough detail for court review. Prosecutors seeking detention must include known material information favoring the defendant and may suggest factual findings for the judge. Judges unable to hold a detention hearing within 14 days of first appearance must try to find another judge who can.
Agencies collect restitution owed to them
Beginning May 7, 2025, courts can direct criminal account payments to Utah's workforce or health and human services department when owed restitution. An agency collecting those payments must track payments and credits and provide an accounting through the required request or enforcement process. For civil restitution judgments, courts must assign collection to the agency owed restitution when the prosecutor or victim requests it. The court must name that agency as a judgment creditor. The state debt office still collects separate civil account debts; these assignment rules do not increase the underlying debt.
County sheriffs must follow probation standards
In Utah counties offering probation services, sheriffs must adopt standards and practices set by the Utah Sheriffs' Association. This adds a requirement for county probation operations, not a direct household payment.
Required detention for qualifying repeat defendants
Magistrates must order temporary detention when substantial evidence supports a felony arrest and both additional requirements apply. The alleged felony must occur during felony probation, felony parole, or release awaiting trial on another felony. The person must also be a habitual offender or become one upon conviction of the new felony.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Karianne Lisonbee
Republican • House
Cosponsors
Todd Weiler
Republican • Senate
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 3/7/2025
House/ concurs with Senate amendment
Yes: 58 • No: 14
House vote • 3/7/2025
House/ uncircled
Yes: 0 • No: 0
House vote • 3/7/2025
House/ circled
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Senate vote • 3/6/2025
Senate/ circled
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Senate vote • 3/6/2025
Senate/ motion to reconsider
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Senate vote • 3/6/2025
Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
Yes: 17 • No: 11
Senate vote • 3/6/2025
Senate/ uncircled
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Senate vote • 3/6/2025
Senate/ failed
Yes: 14 • No: 10
Senate vote • 3/6/2025
Senate/ uncircled
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Senate vote • 3/5/2025
Senate/ uncircled
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Senate vote • 3/5/2025
Senate/ circled
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Senate vote • 3/5/2025
Senate/ substituted
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Senate vote • 3/5/2025
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Yes: 0 • No: 0
Senate vote • 3/5/2025
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Yes: 0 • No: 0
Senate vote • 3/5/2025
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Yes: 0 • No: 0
House vote • 3/4/2025
House/ passed 3rd reading
Yes: 60 • No: 11
House vote • 3/4/2025
House/ substituted
Yes: 0 • No: 0
House vote • 3/3/2025
House Comm - Favorable Recommendation
Yes: 9 • No: 1
House vote • 3/3/2025
House Comm - Substitute Recommendation
Yes: 9 • No: 0
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Actions Timeline
Governor Signed
3/27/2025House/ to Governor
3/17/2025HouseHouse/ received enrolled bill from Printing
3/17/2025HouseHouse/ enrolled bill to Printing
3/13/2025HouseEnrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
3/13/2025Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
3/7/2025Bill Received from House for Enrolling
3/7/2025House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling
3/7/2025HouseHouse/ received from Senate
3/7/2025HouseSenate/ to House
3/7/2025SenateSenate/ signed by President/ returned to House
3/7/2025SenateSenate/ received from House
3/7/2025SenateHouse/ to Senate
3/7/2025HouseHouse/ concurs with Senate amendment
3/7/2025HouseHouse/ uncircled
3/7/2025HouseHouse/ circled
3/7/2025HouseHouse/ placed on Concurrence Calendar
3/7/2025HouseHouse/ received from Senate
3/7/2025HouseSenate/ to House with amendments
3/6/2025SenateSenate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
3/6/2025SenateSenate/ uncircled
3/6/2025SenateSenate/ circled
3/6/2025SenateSenate/ motion to reconsider
3/6/2025SenateSenate/ to House
3/6/2025SenateSenate/ failed
3/6/2025Senate
Bill Text
Enrolled
3/13/2025
Substitute #4
3/5/2025
Substitute #5
3/5/2025
Substitute #2
3/4/2025
Substitute #3
3/4/2025
Substitute #1
3/3/2025
Introduced
2/26/2025