# Utah S.B. 144: Sexual Crimes Amendments Utah S.B. 144, Sexual Crimes Amendments, is a 2025 General Session Senate bill sponsored by Karen Kwan (Democratic); status signed, last action 2025-03-25 (Governor Signed) (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-SB144-2025GS - As of: 2026-10-17 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Utah S.B. 144 - State: Utah - Session: 2025 General Session - Title: Sexual Crimes Amendments - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-01-20 - Last action: 2025-03-25, Governor Signed - Sponsor: Karen Kwan (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 1 - Subjects: Abuse, Neglect, or Dependency, Health and Human Services, Child Welfare, Crimes, Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice, Pornography, Sexual Offenses - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 13 (152 yes, 12 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 0 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview No economic impacts identified for this bill. ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Karen Kwan (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Anthony E. Loubet (Republican), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-03-07 | Senate | Senate/ concurs with House amendment | pass | 24 | 1 | | | 2025-03-07 | House | House/ passed 3rd reading | pass | 69 | 0 | | | 2025-03-07 | House | House/ substituted | fail | 0 | 0 | | | 2025-03-07 | House | House/ uncircled | fail | 0 | 0 | | | 2025-03-07 | House | House/ circled | fail | 0 | 0 | | | 2025-03-03 | House | House Comm - Favorable Recommendation | pass | 9 | 0 | | | 2025-02-26 | Senate | Senate/ passed 3rd reading | pass | 20 | 4 | | | 2025-02-25 | Senate | Senate/ passed 2nd reading | pass | 18 | 5 | | | 2025-02-21 | Senate | Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation | pass | 5 | 2 | | | 2025-02-21 | Senate | Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation | pass | 7 | 0 | | | | House | House/ circled | fail | 0 | 0 | | | | House | House/ substituted | fail | 0 | 0 | | | | House | House/ uncircled | fail | 0 | 0 | | ## Actions (45) - 2025-03-25: Governor Signed - 2025-03-14: Senate/ to Governor (Senate) - 2025-03-14: Senate/ received enrolled bill from Printing (Senate) - 2025-03-12: Senate/ enrolled bill to Printing (Senate) - 2025-03-12: Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate - 2025-03-07: Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared - 2025-03-07: Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling - 2025-03-07: Senate/ signed by President/ sent for enrolling (Senate) - 2025-03-07: Senate/ received from House (Senate) - 2025-03-07: House/ to Senate (House) - 2025-03-07: House/ signed by Speaker/ returned to Senate (House) - 2025-03-07: House/ received from Senate (House) - 2025-03-07: Senate/ to House (Senate) - 2025-03-07: Senate/ concurs with House amendment (Senate) - 2025-03-07: Senate/ placed on Concurrence Calendar (Senate) - 2025-03-07: Senate/ received from House (Senate) - 2025-03-07: House/ to Senate (House) - 2025-03-07: House/ passed 3rd reading (House) - 2025-03-07: House/ substituted (House) - 2025-03-07: House/ uncircled (House) - 2025-03-07: House/ circled (House) - 2025-03-07: House/ 3rd reading (House) - 2025-03-05: House/ Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar (House) - 2025-03-04: House/ 3rd Reading Calendar to Rules (House) - 2025-03-03: House/ 2nd reading (House) - 2025-03-03: House/ committee report favorable (House) - 2025-03-03: House Comm - Favorable Recommendation (House) - 2025-02-28: House/ to standing committee (House) - 2025-02-26: House/ 1st reading (Introduced) (House) - 2025-02-26: House/ received from Senate (House) - 2025-02-26: Senate/ to House (Senate) - 2025-02-26: Senate/ passed 3rd reading (Senate) - 2025-02-26: Senate/ 3rd reading (Senate) - 2025-02-25: Senate/ passed 2nd reading (Senate) - 2025-02-25: Senate/ 2nd reading (Senate) - 2025-02-21: Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar (Senate) - 2025-02-21: Senate/ comm rpt/ substituted (Senate) - 2025-02-21: Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation (Senate) - 2025-02-21: Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation (Senate) - 2025-01-31: Senate Comm - Not Considered (Senate) - 2025-01-24: Senate/ to standing committee (Senate) - 2025-01-24: Senate/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst (Senate) - 2025-01-21: Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced) (Senate) - 2025-01-20: Senate/ received bill from Legislative Research (Senate) - 2025-01-20: Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed ## Bill text - Enrolled, 2025-03-12: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/enrolled/SB0144.pdf) - Substitute #3, 2025-03-07: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/SB0144S03.pdf) - Substitute #2, 2025-02-17: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/SB0144S02.pdf) - Substitute #1, 2025-01-25: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/SB0144S01.pdf) - Introduced, 2025-01-20: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/SB0144.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/SB0144.pdf) - [Substitute #3 (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/SB0144S03.pdf) - [Substitute #2 (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/SB0144S02.pdf) - [Substitute #1 (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/SB0144S01.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/SB0144.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-SB144-2025GS (as of 2026-10-17).