2026 LEGISLATIVE BILL TRACKER

UTRSOL actively monitored and tracked approximately 24 key legislative bills through the 2026 session that impacted existing and proposed sex offense statutes. The PDF file below includes all bills we supported or opposed. This tracker identifies the legislation we were actively engaged with, as well as the positions around which we organized and mobilized around this year. 

UTRSOL-2026-Legislative-Bill-Tracker.pdf

The tracking sheet above covers legislation related to civil rights, criminal justice, sex offenses, and victims’ rights—areas we believe have significant positive or negative implications for advancing evidence-based sex offense policy reform in Utah. As the legislative session progressed, our positions and supporting rationale evolved, expanded, and refined accordingly. 

Overall, the 2026 session moved significantly in a more punitive direction — expanding registrable offenses, tightening supervision, increasing enforcement mechanisms — despite our opposition to many of these measures. Our commentary is research-grounded, frequently citing evidence-based arguments against bills we opposed.

Throughout the legislative session, we consistently sought evidentiary justification for sex offense legislation from a reform-oriented perspective, submitting written challenges to factual premises ahead of committee hearings and producing multi-chapter analytical critiques with numbered publication codes.

During the 2026 session, UTRSOL published 23 numbered documents in two distinct formats.

Position Statements: one- to two-page formal letters addressed to bill sponsors, delivered prior to committee hearings, presenting our official stance and core arguments. 

Policy Critiques:  multi-chapter analytical reports, ranging from 10 to 30+ pages per document. 

Below is the following materials transmitted directly to sponsors, relevant committee chairs, and CCJJ staff and its divisions, establishing a formal written record that extends beyond the current session to future legislative, administrative, or judicial proceedings.

1/23/26 UTRSOL Position Statement on H.B. 116 [2026]

Publication 2026-02 HB116 Sent to the bill's sponsor and House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee which it was assigned to for presentation.

2/3/26 UTRSOL Policy Critique of H.B. 116 [2026]

Publication 2026-03 HB116 Sent to House Leadership and House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee members.

1/23/26 UTRSOL Position Statement on H.B. 103 [2026]

Publication 2026-04 HB103 Sent to the bill's sponsor and House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee which it was assigned to for presentation.

1/28/26 UTRSOL Position Statement on HB274 [2026]

Publication 2026-05 HB274

Sent to the bill's sponsor and House Judiciary Committee which it was assigned to for presentation.

2/4/26 UTRSOL Policy Critique of HB274 [2026]

Publication 2026-06 HB274

Sent to the full House of Representatives for review and consideration. 

2/9/26 UTRSOL Policy Critique of HB274 Supplement 1 [2026]

Publication 2026-19 HB274

Sent to the Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee which it was assigned to for presentation and subsequently submitted to the full Senate.

1/28/26 UTRSOL Position Statement on HB48 [2026]

Publication 2026-07 HB48

Sent to the bill's sponsor and House Judiciary Committee which it was assigned to for presentation.

2/4/26 UTRSOL Position Statement on SJR1 [2026]

Publication 2026-08 SJR1

Sent to the bill's sponsor and Sent to the bill's sponsor and House Judiciary Committee which it was assigned to for presentation. which it was assigned to for presentation.

2/2/26 UTRSOL Position Statement on HB110 [2026]

Publication 2026-12 HB110

Sent to the bill's sponsor and House Judiciary Committee which it was assigned to for presentation.

2/5/26 UTRSOL Policy Critique of HB110 [2026]

Publication 2026-13 HB110

Sent to the full House of Representatives for review and consideration. 

2/2/26 UTRSOL Position Statement on HB205 [2026]

Publication 2026-11 HB205

Sent to the bill's sponsor and House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee which it was assigned to for presentation.

2/2/26 UTRSOL Position Statement on SB30 [2026]

Publication 2026-14 SB30

Sent to the bill's sponsor and House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee which it was assigned to for presentation.

2/5/26 UTRSOL Position Statement on HB123 [2026]

Publication 2026-09 HB123

Sent to the bill's sponsor and House Judiciary Committee which it was assigned to for presentation.

2/9/26 UTRSOL Policy Critique of HB123 [2026]

Publication 2026-10 HB123

Sent to the full House of Representatives for review and consideration. 

2/5/26 UTRSOL Position Statement on HB134 [2026]

Publication 2026-15 HB134

Sent to the bill's sponsor and House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee which it was assigned to for presentation.

2/5/26 UTRSOL Position Statement on HB289 [2026]

Publication 2026-17 HB289

Sent to the bill's sponsor and House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee which it was assigned to for presentation.

2/11/26 UTRSOL Position Statement on HB89 [2026]

Publication 2026-20 HB89

Sent to the bill's sponsor and House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee which it was assigned to for presentation.

2/12/26 UTRSOL Position Statement on HB370 [2026]

Publication 2026-16 HB370

Sent to the bill's sponsor and House Judiciary Committee which it was assigned to for presentation.

2/17/26 UTRSOL Policy Critique of HB370 [2026]

Publication 2026-18 HB370

Forwarded to House Leadership, the House Judiciary Committee, and full House for review and consideration.

2/17/26 UTRSOL Policy Critique of HB274 Supplement 2 [2026]

Publication 2026-21 HB274

Forwarded to Senate Leadership, the Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee, and full Senate for review and consideration.

2/19/26 UTRSOL Policy Critique of HB110 Supplement 1 [2026]

Publication 2026-22 HB110

Forwarded to Senate Leadership, the Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee, and full Senate for review and consideration.

3/9/26 UTRSOL Letter to the Governor  [2026]

Publication 2026-24 Governor

Sent to the Governor's office requesting veto or no signature on H.B. 100, H.B. 123, and H.B. 370.