All Roll Calls
Yes: 129 • No: 1
UtahS.B. 932026 General SessionSenate
Corrections Amendments
Sponsored By: Derrin R. Owens (Republican)
Signed by Governor
Department of CorrectionsLaw Enforcement and Criminal JusticeInmatesProbationParoleCorrectional Facilities
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
5 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 3 mixed.
Earned credits can end supervision
Beginning May 6, 2026, the division keeps a record of your earned credits. It must ask the court or Board to end your probation or parole at least 30 days before your credit-adjusted end date. The court or Board ends your supervision when your time served plus credits equal your term. They may delay only if ending now would stop a needed treatment program. If delayed for treatment, supervision ends when the program is done.
Mental health planning before release
Beginning May 6, 2026, the Department works with local mental health agencies for habitual offenders who have a mental illness and are rated high risk with needs that services can address. They arrange clinical checks and a transition plan when clinically right, or at least three months before parole ends or a sentence expires. Local mental health authorities must act on their review. They file for commitment, assisted outpatient treatment, or ACT team services when the person meets the rules.
Clear rules for case plans and risk tools
Beginning May 6, 2026, a case action plan must list program and treatment priorities and clear steps to finish them. The law defines criminal risk factors and a validated risk and needs assessment used to measure reoffending risk and guide treatment. It also clarifies that “Department” means the Utah Department of Corrections. These rules make assessments and plans more consistent.
No drones near prisons or jails
Beginning May 6, 2026, you cannot use a drone to drop or carry items into a correctional facility, remove items from it, or interfere with its operations. Dropping in or taking out items is a third‑degree felony. Interfering is a class B misdemeanor. Mosquito abatement workers are exempt when acting on the job.
Defines treatment and other facilities
Beginning May 6, 2026, the law defines a behavioral health transition facility as a nonsecure, therapeutic facility run by Corrections. It also defines “correctional facility” to include secure and nonsecure sites run by or under contract with the Department. For one section of law, a behavioral health transition facility is not treated as a community correctional center.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Derrin R. Owens
Republican • Senate
Cosponsors
Jefferson S. Burton
Republican • House
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 3/6/2026
House/ passed 3rd reading
Yes: 59 • No: 1
House vote • 3/3/2026
House Comm - Favorable Recommendation
Yes: 9 • No: 0
Senate vote • 2/25/2026
Senate/ passed 3rd reading
Yes: 24 • No: 0
Senate vote • 2/24/2026
Senate/ passed 2nd reading
Yes: 24 • No: 0
House vote • 2/12/2026
Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation
Yes: 7 • No: 0
House vote • 2/12/2026
Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation
Yes: 6 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Governor Signed
3/23/2026Senate/ to Governor
3/13/2026SenateSenate/ received enrolled bill from Printing
3/13/2026SenateSenate/ enrolled bill to Printing
3/12/2026SenateEnrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
3/12/2026Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
3/10/2026Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
3/10/2026Senate/ signed by President/ sent for enrolling
3/6/2026SenateSenate/ received from House
3/6/2026SenateHouse/ to Senate
3/6/2026HouseHouse/ signed by Speaker/ returned to Senate
3/6/2026HouseHouse/ passed 3rd reading
3/6/2026HouseHouse/ 3rd reading
3/6/2026HouseHouse/ Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
3/5/2026HouseHouse/ 3rd Reading Calendar to Rules
3/3/2026HouseHouse/ 2nd reading
3/3/2026HouseHouse/ committee report favorable
3/3/2026HouseHouse Comm - Favorable Recommendation
3/3/2026House/ to standing committee
3/2/2026HouseHouse/ 1st reading (Introduced)
3/2/2026HouseHouse/ received from Senate
2/27/2026HouseSenate/ to House
2/27/2026SenateSenate/ passed 3rd reading
2/25/2026SenateSenate/ 3rd reading
2/25/2026SenateSenate/ passed 2nd reading
2/24/2026Senate
Bill Text
Enrolled
3/12/2026
Amended 2/13/2026 11:02:724
2/13/2026
Introduced
1/7/2026