Utah legislation · 2026 General Session
Utah HB91: Presumption of Indigency Amendments
Status: Failed, March 6, 2026
This bill addresses a court's determination of indigency.
What the bill says
From the introduced text, December 29, 2025:
0 Presumption of Indigency Amendments 2026 GENERAL SESSION STATE OF UTAH Chief Sponsor: Grant Amjad Miller Senate Sponsor: LONG TITLE General Description: This bill addresses a court's determination of indigency. Highlighted Provisions: This bill: - requires a court to presume that an individual is indigent if: - the individual is currently incarcerated; and - the court determines that the period of the individual's incarceration totals or will total at least 10 consecutive days. Money Appropriated in this Bill: None Other Special Clauses: None Utah Code Sections Affected: AMENDS: 78B-22-202 , as last amended by Laws of Utah 2021, Second Special Session, Chapter 4 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah: Section 1. Section 78B-22-202 is amended to read: 78B-22-202 . Determining indigency. (1) A court shall find an individual indigent if the individual: (a) has an income level at or below 150% of the United States poverty level as defined by the most recent poverty income guidelines published by the United States Department of Health and Human Services; or (b) has insufficient income or other means to pay for legal counsel and the necessary expenses of representation without depriving the individual or the individual's family of food, shelter, clothing, or other necessities, considering: (i) the individual's ownership of, or any interest in, personal or real property; …
Sponsors
- Miller, Grant Amjad (D, 24) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : House/ filed
- : House/ strike enacting clause
- : House/ comm rpt/ sent to Rules
- : House Comm - Recommends Returned to Rules
- : House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- : LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0091
- : House/ to standing committee
- : House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- : LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0091
- : House/ received bill from Legislative Research
Subjects: Correctional Facilities, Judicial Operations, Indigent Counsel, Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice
Common questions
- What is HB91?
- HB91 is a bill in the Utah Legislature (2026 General Session): Presumption of Indigency Amendments.
- What does HB91 do?
- This bill addresses a court's determination of indigency.
- What is the status of HB91?
- Failed as of March 6, 2026. Latest action: House/ filed (March 6, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB91?
- Miller, Grant Amjad (D, 24).
- Where is the official record for HB91?
- On the Utah Legislature website: https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/HB0091.html
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