Utah legislation · 2025 General Session
Utah HB358: Criminal Sexual Conduct Amendments
Status: Signed into law, March 25, 2025
This bill concerns criminal sexual conduct.
What the bill says
From the amended text:
Criminal Sexual Conduct Amendments 2025 GENERAL SESSION STATE OF UTAH Chief Sponsor: Verona Mauga Senate Sponsor: Karen Kwan LONG TITLE General Description: This bill concerns criminal sexual conduct. Highlighted Provisions: This bill: - defines terms; - creates the criminal offense of: - custodial solicitation of sexually explicit conduct from a person in custody; - unlawful sexual activity with a child using virtual reality; and - unlawful sexual activity with a minor using virtual reality; and - provides criminal penalties. Money Appropriated in this Bill: None Other Special Clauses: None Utah Code Sections Affected: ENACTS: 76-5-412.4 , Utah Code Annotated 1953 76-5-417 , Utah Code Annotated 1953 76-5-418 , Utah Code Annotated 1953 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah: Section 1, Section 76-5-412.4 is enacted to read: 76-5-412.4. Custodial solicitation of sexually explicit conduct from a person in custody. (1) (a) As used in this section: (i) "Actor" means the same as that term is defined in Section 76-5-412 . (ii) "Person in custody" means an individual who is: (A) 18 years old or older; and (B) otherwise meets the definition of a person in custody as that term is defined in Section 76-5-412 . (iii) "Sexually explicit conduct" means actual or simulated: (A) sexual intercourse, including genital-genital, oral-genital, anal-genital, or oral-anal, whether between individuals of …
Sponsors
- Verona Mauga (D, 31) · primary sponsor
- Karen Kwan (D, 12)
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
- Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension (March 5, 2025): 24 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation (February 28, 2025): 5 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House/ passed 3rd reading (February 18, 2025): 68 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation (February 6, 2025): 9 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: Technology, Public Utilities and Technology, Sexual Offenses, Crimes, Health and Human Services, Artificial Intelligence, Abuse, Neglect, or Dependency, Child Welfare
Common questions
- What is HB358?
- HB358 is a bill in the Utah Legislature (2025 General Session): Criminal Sexual Conduct Amendments.
- What does HB358 do?
- This bill concerns criminal sexual conduct.
- What is the status of HB358?
- Signed into law as of March 25, 2025. Latest action: Governor Signed (March 25, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB358?
- Verona Mauga (D, 31), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for HB358?
- On the Utah Legislature website: https://le.utah.gov/~2025/bills/static/HB0358.html
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