# Utah S.B. 30: Human Trafficking, Exploitation, and Smuggling Amendments Utah S.B. 30, Human Trafficking, Exploitation, and Smuggling Amendments, is a 2026 General Session Senate bill sponsored by Calvin R. Musselman (Republican); status signed, last action 2026-03-23 (Governor Signed); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-14). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-SB30-2026GS - As of: 2026-10-14 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Utah S.B. 30 - State: Utah - Session: 2026 General Session - Title: Human Trafficking, Exploitation, and Smuggling Amendments - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-12-16 - Last action: 2026-03-23, Governor Signed - Sponsor: Calvin R. Musselman (Republican) - Cosponsors: 1 - Subjects: Crimes, Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice, Sexual Offenses, Abuse, Neglect, or Exploitation of Vulnerable Adults, Human Trafficking - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 6 (138 yes, 7 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 19 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Some young offenders get earlier registry review: benefit, medium. Some offenders can petition for registry removal after 10 years instead of the usual 20-year petition period. The sentencing court must find they were under 21 when the offense occurred and that it involved no force or coercion. They must have no class A misdemeanor, felony, or capital felony convi… - Victims gain pretrial no-contact order access: benefit, medium. Utah courts can issue pretrial no-contact orders in listed felony kidnapping, trafficking, and smuggling cases. The defendant must be present at the hearing. Orders can bar contact, require the defendant to stay away from specified places, and provide other relief needed for victim safety. - More help for child trafficking victims: benefit, medium. Utah's Division of Child and Family Services must serve minors harmed by the listed trafficking and smuggling offenses. Officers who encounter children in commercial sex or sexual solicitation must investigate possible trafficking and refer them for child-welfare services. Referred children are not… - Child sex exploitation faces revised charges: benefit, low. Exploiting prostitution while committing listed trafficking or smuggling crimes qualifies as aggravated exploitation. It is a first-degree felony when a child is involved, and otherwise a second-degree felony. The law also updates which trafficking and smuggling crimes are separate from child sexua… - Felony penalties target labor and sex trafficking: benefit, low. The law defines labor and commercial sex trafficking involving listed forms of force, fraud, or coercion. Listed methods include serious harm, restraint, document interference, misuse of legal process, kidnapping, extortion, and control over drug access. Knowing labor trafficking is a second-degree… - Investigators gain trafficking records and wiretaps: benefit, low. Investigators can seek court-ordered electronic records for child commercial sex trafficking investigations. Requests require reasonable suspicion that the service was used, specific facts showing relevant and material records, prosecutor approval, and a magistrate's order. Judges can authorize com… - Severe trafficking brings longer minimum sentences: benefit, low. Labor and commercial sex trafficking become aggravated offenses when they cause death or serious bodily injury. Other triggers include specified sexual offenses, trafficking 10 or more people, or trafficking someone for more than 30 consecutive days. Each aggravated offense is a first-degree felony… - Stronger criminal protections against child trafficking: benefit, low. The law covers child labor obtained through listed forms of force, fraud, or coercion. It also covers recruiting, transporting, obtaining, patronizing, or soliciting children for commercial sexual acts or sexually explicit performances. Knowing violations are first-degree felonies carrying 10 years… - Stronger trafficking protections for vulnerable adults: benefit, low. The law defines separate labor and commercial sexual exploitation trafficking offenses involving vulnerable adults. Labor trafficking requires listed forms of force, fraud, or coercion and excludes commercial sexual activity. The sexual exploitation offense covers obtaining, recruiting, transportin… - Trafficking prosecutions gain stronger legal tools: benefit, low. Prosecutors can start child commercial sex trafficking and aggravated human smuggling cases at any time, without a prosecution deadline. Certain reasonable-belief defenses apply only to listed kidnapping, custodial-interference, and unlawful-detention offenses. They address preventing imminent inju… - Trafficking convictions limit custody and adoption: cost, high. Beginning May 6, 2026, listed child-trafficking felonies and attempted felonies generally bar nonparent custody and adoption. Convictions and guilty or no-contest pleas count, including for patronizing a child's trafficked labor. Exceptions require clear and convincing evidence, successful release… - Suspected smuggling expands vehicle detention inquiries: cost, medium. After a lawful vehicle stop, detention, or arrest, officers have expanded duties when investigating the primary offense. Facts must create reasonable suspicion that an operator or passenger violated a listed trafficking, smuggling, or related transportation law. Officers must detain occupants to in… - Trafficking parents face reunification service limits: cost, medium. Juvenile courts presume reunification services should not be provided when a parent subjected a child to listed child-trafficking offenses. The court must find clear and convincing evidence of that conduct. This limits the parent's access to services aimed at bringing the family back together. - Trafficking felonies bar direct-access care clearance: cost, medium. Utah's background-processing office must deny direct-access qualified status for listed child-trafficking felony convictions. Covered crimes include child labor trafficking, child commercial sex trafficking, and patronizing a child's trafficked labor. Equivalent out-of-state crimes count when the c… - Child trafficking affects sentencing and parole: cost, low. Courts and Utah's parole board must consider qualifying ritual-related conduct as an aggravating factor in child commercial sex trafficking cases. They must also consider travel more than 45 miles from the defendant's main home to commit or attempt that offense. Paying for or arranging the victim's… - Customers face penalties for coerced labor: cost, low. Requesting or accepting non-sexual labor or services brings penalties based on awareness that force, fraud, or coercion caused them. For adult victims generally, knowing awareness is a third-degree felony; recklessness is a class A misdemeanor, rising to a third-degree felony for repeat convictions… - Paid human smuggling brings felony penalties: cost, low. Commercial smuggling includes arranging or helping transportation to obtain or try to obtain a fee or something of value. Help can include travel plans, travel costs, property, or lodging. Covered transportation is a second-degree felony when the actor knows or has reason to know the people lack la… - Smuggling convictions add registry and DNA duties: cost, low. Covered child smuggling convictions require kidnap-offender registration when the offender was not the child's natural parent. Applicable registration criteria, including relevant residency and out-of-state criteria, must also apply. Covered smuggling offenses fall in the 10-year registration categ… - Trafficking participants face revised liability rules: mixed, low. People who knowingly participate in listed trafficking or smuggling offenses for something of value are parties to those offenses. This includes receiving, exchanging, or benefiting from something of value. The law removes the participation provision's former stand-alone felony grading and minimum… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Calvin R. Musselman (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Ryan D. Wilcox (Republican), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-02-27 | Senate | Senate/ concurs with House amendment | pass | 22 | 0 | | | 2026-02-26 | House | House/ passed 3rd reading | pass | 42 | 7 | | | 2026-02-02 | House | House Comm - Substitute Recommendation | pass | 10 | 0 | | | 2026-02-02 | House | House Comm - Favorable Recommendation | pass | 10 | 0 | | | 2026-01-21 | Senate | Senate/ passed 3rd reading | pass | 26 | 0 | | | 2026-01-20 | Senate | Senate/ passed 2nd reading | pass | 28 | 0 | | ## Actions (38) - 2026-03-23: Governor Signed - 2026-03-11: Senate/ to Governor (Senate) - 2026-03-11: Senate/ received enrolled bill from Printing (Senate) - 2026-03-03: Senate/ enrolled bill to Printing (Senate) - 2026-03-03: Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate - 2026-03-03: Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared - 2026-03-03: Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling - 2026-02-27: Senate/ signed by President/ sent for enrolling (Senate) - 2026-02-27: Senate/ received from House (Senate) - 2026-02-27: House/ to Senate (House) - 2026-02-27: House/ signed by Speaker/ returned to Senate (House) - 2026-02-27: House/ received from Senate (House) - 2026-02-27: Senate/ to House (Senate) - 2026-02-27: Senate/ concurs with House amendment (Senate) - 2026-02-26: Senate/ placed on Concurrence Calendar (Senate) - 2026-02-26: Senate/ received from House (Senate) - 2026-02-26: House/ to Senate (House) - 2026-02-26: House/ passed 3rd reading (House) - 2026-02-26: House/ 3rd reading (House) - 2026-02-24: House/ 2nd reading (House) - 2026-02-24: House/ Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar (House) - 2026-02-03: House/ return to Rules due to fiscal impact (House) - 2026-02-03: House/ comm rpt/ substituted (House) - 2026-02-02: House Comm - Favorable Recommendation - 2026-02-02: House Comm - Substitute Recommendation - 2026-01-29: House/ to standing committee (House) - 2026-01-22: House/ 1st reading (Introduced) (House) - 2026-01-21: House/ received from Senate (House) - 2026-01-21: Senate/ to House (Senate) - 2026-01-21: Senate/ passed 3rd reading (Senate) - 2026-01-21: Senate/ 3rd reading (Senate) - 2026-01-20: Senate/ passed 2nd reading (Senate) - 2026-01-20: Senate/ 2nd reading (Senate) - 2026-01-20: Senate/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst (Senate) - 2026-01-20: Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar (Senate) - 2026-01-20: Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced) (Senate) - 2026-01-07: Senate/ received bill from Legislative Research (Senate) - 2025-12-16: Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed ## Bill text - Enrolled, 2026-03-03: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/SB0030.pdf) - Substitute #1, 2026-01-23: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/SB0030S01.pdf) - Introduced, 2025-12-16: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/SB0030.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/SB0030.pdf) - [Substitute #1 (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/SB0030S01.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/SB0030.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-SB30-2026GS (as of 2026-10-14).