Utah legislation · 2026 General Session
Utah HB411: Human Trafficking Hotline Amendments
Status: Failed, March 6, 2026
This bill directs the attorney general to seek a three-digit dialing code for the National Human Trafficking Hotline.
What the bill says
From the substitute text, February 10, 2026:
0 Human Trafficking Hotline Amendments 2026 GENERAL SESSION STATE OF UTAH Chief Sponsor: Nicholeen P. Peck Senate Sponsor: Heidi Balderree LONG TITLE General Description: This bill directs the attorney general to seek a three-digit dialing code for the National Human Trafficking Hotline. Highlighted Provisions: This bill: - no later than December 31, 2026, requires the attorney general, in coordination with the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), to petition the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to initiate a rulemaking regarding the designation or use of a three-digit dialing code to access the National Human Trafficking Hotline (hotline); - if the FCC approves a three-digit dialing code for the hotline: - requires DHHS to coordinate with a federal agency and nonprofit entity to support implementation of three-digit access to the hotline; and - authorizes the attorney general to coordinate with telecommunications providers and to conduct public education and outreach regarding the availability of the dialing code; and - clarifies that the state is not authorized to control numbering resources or require call routing, except as permitted under federal law. Money Appropriated in this Bill: None Other Special Clauses: None Utah Code Sections Affected: ENACTS: 67-5-41 , Utah Code Annotated 1953 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah: Section 1. Section 67-5-41 is enacted to read: 67-5-41 . …
Sponsors
- Peck, Nicholeen P. (R, 28) · primary sponsor
- Heidi Balderree (R, 22)
Latest actions
- : House/ filed
- : House/ strike enacting clause
- : Senate/ to House
- : Senate/ failed
- : Senate/ 2nd reading
- : Senate/ Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- : Senate/ 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules
- : Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- : Senate/ committee report favorable
- : Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation
Votes
- Senate/ failed (March 6, 2026): 10 yea, 12 nay, failed
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation (March 3, 2026): 7 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House/ passed 3rd reading (February 26, 2026): 56 yea, 2 nay, passed
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation (February 23, 2026): 9 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: Government Operations (State Issues), Public Utilities and Technology, Crimes, Domestic Violence, Attorney General, Kidnapping, Administrative Rulemaking, Human Trafficking
Common questions
- What is HB411?
- HB411 is a bill in the Utah Legislature (2026 General Session): Human Trafficking Hotline Amendments.
- What does HB411 do?
- This bill directs the attorney general to seek a three-digit dialing code for the National Human Trafficking Hotline.
- What is the status of HB411?
- Failed as of March 6, 2026. Latest action: House/ filed (March 6, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB411?
- Peck, Nicholeen P. (R, 28), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for HB411?
- On the Utah Legislature website: https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/HB0411.html
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