Utah legislation · 2026 General Session
Utah SB32: Child Abuse Homicide Corrections
Status: Signed into law, March 23, 2026
This bill revises the offense of child abuse homicide.
What the bill says
From the enrolled text, February 6, 2026:
1 Child Abuse Homicide Corrections 2026 GENERAL SESSION STATE OF UTAH Chief Sponsor: Don L. Ipson House Sponsor: Ryan D. Wilcox LONG TITLE General Description: This bill revises the offense of child abuse homicide. Highlighted Provisions: This bill: - corrects the erroneous inclusion of the offense of child torture in the child abuse homicide statute, based on the child torture offense already having been included in the offense of murder; - provides an immediate effective date; and - makes technical and conforming changes. Money Appropriated in this Bill: None Other Special Clauses: This bill provides a special effective date. Utah Code Sections Affected: AMENDS: 76-5-208 , as last amended by Laws of Utah 2025, Chapter 284 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah: Section 1. Section 76-5-208 is amended to read: 76-5-208 . Child abuse homicide -- Penalties. (1) (a) As used in this section, "child abuse" means an offense described in Section 76-5-109 , 76-5-109.2 , 76-5-109.3 , 76-5-109.4 , or 76-5-114 . (b) Terms defined in Section 76-1-101.5 apply to this section. (2) Unless a violation amounts to aggravated murder as described in Section 76-5-202 , an actor commits child abuse homicide if: (a) (i) the actor causes the death of another individual who is younger than 18 years old; and (ii) the individual's …
Sponsors
- Don Ipson (R, 29) · primary sponsor
- Ryan Wilcox (R, 7)
Latest actions
- : Governor Signed
- : Senate/ to Governor
- : Senate/ received enrolled bill from Printing
- : Senate/ enrolled bill to Printing
- : Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- : Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- : Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- : Senate/ signed by President/ sent for enrolling
- : Senate/ received from House
- : House/ to Senate
Votes
- House/ passed 3rd reading (February 5, 2026): 72 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation (February 2, 2026): 9 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension (January 20, 2026): 27 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: Homicide, Crimes, Abuse, Neglect, or Dependency, Child Welfare, Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice
Common questions
- What is SB32?
- SB32 is a bill in the Utah Legislature (2026 General Session): Child Abuse Homicide Corrections.
- What does SB32 do?
- This bill revises the offense of child abuse homicide.
- What is the status of SB32?
- Signed into law as of March 23, 2026. Latest action: Governor Signed (March 23, 2026).
- Who sponsored SB32?
- Don Ipson (R, 29), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for SB32?
- On the Utah Legislature website: https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/SB0032.html
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