Utah legislation · 2026 General Session
Utah HB254: Plea in Abeyance Amendments
Status: Failed, March 6, 2026
This bill addresses a plea in abeyance.
What the bill says
From the introduced text, January 14, 2026:
0 Plea in Abeyance Amendments 2026 GENERAL SESSION STATE OF UTAH Chief Sponsor: Grant Amjad Miller Senate Sponsor: LONG TITLE General Description: This bill addresses a plea in abeyance. Highlighted Provisions: This bill: - modifies the requirements for compensatory service; - requires a prosecuting attorney to offer a plea in abeyance in certain circumstances and provides requirements for that agreement to a plea in abeyance; and - makes technical and conforming changes. Money Appropriated in this Bill: None Other Special Clauses: None Utah Code Sections Affected: AMENDS: 76-3-301.7 , as last amended by Laws of Utah 2025, Chapters 259, 331 77-2a-2 , as last amended by Laws of Utah 2025, Chapters 214, 431 ENACTS: 77-2a-1.5 , Utah Code Annotated 1953 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah: Section 1. Section 76-3-301.7 is amended to read: 76-3-301.7 . Compensatory service -- Credit for cost of court-ordered treatment or course. (1) As used in this section: (a) "Compensatory service" means service or unpaid work performed by a person, in lieu of the payment of a criminal fine or a fee for a plea in abeyance described in Section 77-2a-1.5 , for: (i) a state or local government agency; (ii) an entity that is approved as a nonprofit organization under Section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code; or (iii) …
Sponsors
- Miller, Grant Amjad (D, 24) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : House/ filed
- : House/ strike enacting clause
- : House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- : LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0254
- : House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- : House/ received bill from Legislative Research
- : LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0254
- : LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0254
- : LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0254
- : Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
Subjects: Criminal Procedure, Judicial Operations, Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice, Fines, Punishment
Common questions
- What is HB254?
- HB254 is a bill in the Utah Legislature (2026 General Session): Plea in Abeyance Amendments.
- What does HB254 do?
- This bill addresses a plea in abeyance.
- What is the status of HB254?
- Failed as of March 6, 2026. Latest action: House/ filed (March 6, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB254?
- Miller, Grant Amjad (D, 24).
- Where is the official record for HB254?
- On the Utah Legislature website: https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/HB0254.html
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