Utah legislation · 2026 General Session
Utah HB284: Murder Offense Amendments
Status: Signed into law, March 24, 2026
This bill amends the offense of murder.
What the bill says
An act clearly dangerous to human life that causes the death of the other individual; (c) acting under circumstances evidencing a depraved indifference to human life, the actor knowingly engages in conduct that creates a grave risk of death to another any individual and thereby causes the death of the other any individual; (d) (i) the actor is engaged in the commission, attempted commission, or immediate flight from the commission or attempted commission of any predicate offense, or is a party to the predicate offense; (ii) an individual other than a party described in Section 76-2-202 is kill.
From the enrolled text, March 5, 2026:
an act clearly dangerous to human life that causes the death of the other individual; (c) acting under circumstances evidencing a depraved indifference to human life, the actor knowingly engages in conduct that creates a grave risk of death to another any individual and thereby causes the death of the other any individual; (d) (i) the actor is engaged in the commission, attempted commission, or immediate flight from the commission or attempted commission of any predicate offense, or is a party to the predicate offense; (ii) an individual other than a party described in Section 76-2-202 is killed in the course of the commission, attempted commission, or immediate flight from the commission or attempted commission of any predicate offense; and (iii) the actor acted with the intent required as an element of the predicate offense; (e) the actor recklessly causes the death of a peace officer or military service member in uniform while in the commission or attempted commission of: (i) an assault against a peace officer under Section 76-5-102.4 ; (ii) interference with a peace officer while making a lawful arrest under Section 76-8-305 if the actor uses force against the peace officer; or (iii) an assault against a military service member in uniform under Section 76-5-102.4 ; or (f) the actor commits a homicide that would be aggravated …