Utah legislation · 2025 General Session
Utah HB338: Commitment Amendments
Status: Chaptered, March 18, 2026
This bill addresses the commitment of individuals in relation to civil, criminal, and juvenile proceedings.
What the bill says
From the introduced text:
Commitment Amendments 2025 GENERAL SESSION STATE OF UTAH Chief Sponsor: Nelson T. Abbott Senate Sponsor: LONG TITLE General Description: This bill addresses the commitment of individuals in relation to civil, criminal, and juvenile proceedings. Highlighted Provisions: This bill: - defines terms; - amends provisions relating to the rights and privileges to which an individual is entitled when under commitment to the custody or to the treatment services of a local mental health authority; - provides when there is a conflict in the opinions of forensic evaluators, if a party seeks an additional competency evaluation then that party is responsible for selecting the evaluator and paying the cost of the evaluator; - amends provisions and clarifies the process regarding the release from a secured setting of a defendant determined to be incompetent to proceed; - clarifies when the Department of Health and Human Services is required to provide an updated juvenile competency evaluation after an attainment period; and - makes technical and conforming changes. Money Appropriated in this Bill: None Other Special Clauses: None Utah Code Sections Affected: AMENDS: 26B-5-301 , as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 2023, Chapter 308 26B-5-310 , as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 2023, Chapter 308 26B-5-322 , as last amended by Laws of Utah 2023, Chapter 184 and renumbered and amended …
Sponsors
- Nelson Abbott (R, 57) · primary sponsor
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
Subjects: Civil Commitment, Juveniles, Local Mental Health Authorities, Criminal Procedure, Health and Human Services, Judicial Operations, Counties, Substance Abuse
Common questions
- What is HB338?
- HB338 is a bill in the Utah Legislature (2025 General Session): Commitment Amendments.
- What does HB338 do?
- This bill addresses the commitment of individuals in relation to civil, criminal, and juvenile proceedings.
- What is the status of HB338?
- Chaptered as of March 18, 2026. Latest action: Governor Signed (March 18, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB338?
- Nelson Abbott (R, 57).
- Where is the official record for HB338?
- On the Utah Legislature website: https://le.utah.gov/~2025/bills/static/HB0338.html
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