Utah legislation · 2025 General Session
Utah HB35: Sex, Kidnap, and Child Abuse Offender Registry Modifications
Status: Chaptered, March 13, 2026
This bill amends provisions related to the Sex, Kidnap, and Child Abuse Offender Registry.
What the bill says
From the introduced text:
Sex, Kidnap, and Child Abuse Offender Registry Modifications 2025 GENERAL SESSION STATE OF UTAH Chief Sponsor: Andrew Stoddard Senate Sponsor: Keith Grover LONG TITLE Committee Note: The Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Interim Committee recommended this bill. Legislative Vote: 12 voting for 0 voting against 6 absent General Description: This bill amends provisions related to the Sex, Kidnap, and Child Abuse Offender Registry. Highlighted Provisions: This bill: - clarifies that the Department of Corrections is the agency that supervises sex offenders who are placed on probation; - amends when the Department of Corrections or a county sheriff is required to register an offender on the Sex, Kidnap, and Child Abuse Offender Registry; - requires the Department of Corrections to conduct a risk assessment for every individual convicted of a sex offense that would require the individual to register on the Sex, Kidnap, and Child Abuse Offender Registry; - requires the Department of Corrections, until January 1, 2030, to submit the results of risk assessments for sex offenders to the State Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice; and - makes technical and conforming changes. Money Appropriated in this Bill: None Other Special Clauses: None Utah Code Sections Affected: AMENDS: 63I-2-277 , as last amended by Laws of Utah 2024, Third Special Session, Chapter 5 64-13-21 , as last amended by Laws …
Sponsors
- Stoddard, Andrew (D, 40) · primary sponsor
- Keith Grover (R, 23)
Latest actions
- : Governor Signed
- : House/ to Governor
- : House/ received enrolled bill from Printing
- : House/ enrolled bill to Printing
- : Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- : Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- : Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- : House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling
- : House/ received from Senate
- : Senate/ to House
Votes
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation (January 23, 2025): 6 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: Sexual Offenses, Crimes, Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice, Ammunition, Department of Corrections
Common questions
- What is HB35?
- HB35 is a bill in the Utah Legislature (2025 General Session): Sex, Kidnap, and Child Abuse Offender Registry Modifications.
- What does HB35 do?
- This bill amends provisions related to the Sex, Kidnap, and Child Abuse Offender Registry.
- What is the status of HB35?
- Chaptered as of March 13, 2026. Latest action: Governor Signed (March 13, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB35?
- Stoddard, Andrew (D, 40), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for HB35?
- On the Utah Legislature website: https://le.utah.gov/~2025/bills/static/HB0035.html
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