# Utah S.B. 77: Public Safety Animal Amendments Utah S.B. 77, Public Safety Animal Amendments, is a 2025 General Session Senate bill sponsored by Jen Plumb (Democratic); status signed, last action 2025-03-25 (Governor Signed) (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-SB77-2025GS - 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. 77 - State: Utah - Session: 2025 General Session - Title: Public Safety Animal Amendments - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-01-08 - Last action: 2025-03-25, Governor Signed - Sponsor: Jen Plumb (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 1 - Subjects: Animals, Peace Officers, Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice, Public Safety, Agriculture & Food - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 10 (139 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 2 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Broader protections for public safety animals: mixed, low. Beginning May 7, 2025, Utah expands protections beyond police dogs to all public safety animals. Covered animals are government-owned or used under contract for law enforcement, firefighting, search and rescue, military, or other public safety duties. Intentionally or knowingly killing one is a sec… - Public safety animals get quarantine exemptions: mixed, low. Beginning May 7, 2025, public safety animals that bite someone qualify for an exemption from quarantine and other animal-control ordinances. The bite must occur under proper supervision by a public safety organization or during routine veterinary care. The organization and handler must make the ani… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Jen Plumb (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Burton, Jefferson S. ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-02-20 | House | House/ passed 3rd reading | pass | 67 | 0 | | | 2025-02-20 | House | House/ uncircled | fail | 0 | 0 | | | 2025-02-19 | House | House/ circled | fail | 0 | 0 | | | 2025-02-12 | House | House Comm - Favorable Recommendation | pass | 11 | 0 | | | 2025-02-03 | Senate | Senate/ passed 3rd reading | pass | 28 | 0 | | | 2025-01-31 | Senate | Senate/ passed 2nd reading | pass | 25 | 0 | | | 2025-01-23 | Senate | Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation | pass | 4 | 0 | | | 2025-01-23 | Senate | Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation | pass | 4 | 0 | | | | House | House/ circled | fail | 0 | 0 | | | | House | House/ uncircled | fail | 0 | 0 | | ## Actions (35) - 2025-03-25: Governor Signed - 2025-03-17: Senate/ to Governor (Senate) - 2025-03-17: Senate/ received enrolled bill from Printing (Senate) - 2025-03-13: Senate/ enrolled bill to Printing (Senate) - 2025-03-13: Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate - 2025-02-24: Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared - 2025-02-24: Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling - 2025-02-20: Senate/ signed by President/ sent for enrolling (Senate) - 2025-02-20: Senate/ received from House (Senate) - 2025-02-20: House/ to Senate (House) - 2025-02-20: House/ signed by Speaker/ returned to Senate (House) - 2025-02-20: House/ passed 3rd reading (House) - 2025-02-20: House/ uncircled (House) - 2025-02-19: House/ circled (House) - 2025-02-19: House/ 3rd reading (House) - 2025-02-13: House/ 2nd reading (House) - 2025-02-13: House/ committee report favorable (House) - 2025-02-12: House Comm - Favorable Recommendation (House) - 2025-02-05: House/ to standing committee (House) - 2025-02-04: House/ 1st reading (Introduced) (House) - 2025-02-03: House/ received from Senate (House) - 2025-02-03: Senate/ to House (Senate) - 2025-02-03: Senate/ passed 3rd reading (Senate) - 2025-02-03: Senate/ 3rd reading (Senate) - 2025-01-31: Senate/ passed 2nd reading (Senate) - 2025-01-31: Senate/ 2nd reading (Senate) - 2025-01-24: Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar (Senate) - 2025-01-24: Senate/ comm rpt/ substituted (Senate) - 2025-01-23: Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation (Senate) - 2025-01-23: Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation (Senate) - 2025-01-21: Senate/ to standing committee (Senate) - 2025-01-21: Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced) (Senate) - 2025-01-20: Senate/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst (Senate) - 2025-01-14: Senate/ received bill from Legislative Research (Senate) - 2025-01-08: Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed ## Bill text - Enrolled, 2025-03-13: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/enrolled/SB0077.pdf) - Substitute #1, 2025-01-23: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/SB0077S01.pdf) - Introduced, 2025-01-08: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/SB0077.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/SB0077.pdf) - [Substitute #1 (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/SB0077S01.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/SB0077.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-SB77-2025GS (as of 2026-10-17).