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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Public Assistance Fraud Amendments"
+description: "Public Assistance Fraud Amendments"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
+legislature: "Utah Legislature"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 454"
+citation: "Utah HB 454 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Department of Workforce Services", "Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice", "Public Assistance", "Unemployment Insurance", "Workforce Services"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Wilcox, Ryan D."]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 38
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2026-02-02T18:28:21+00:00"
+last_action: "2026-03-24T19:50:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0f6c1ca0-5437-47a8-8ca2-59b4a72263c3"
+source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/HB0454.html"
+source_hash: "c2db8cac5ad523025b2e5d7baacea92018efec55d6ee2fa9ce17c1ad1c228761"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ut"]
+---
+
+# Utah HB 454 (2026) — Public Assistance Fraud Amendments
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0454.xml)
+2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/HB0454.xml)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Senate/ passed 3rd reading — **24–1** (pass) · upper
+- House/ passed 3rd reading — **66–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Wilcox, Ryan D. — primary (person)
+- Brammer, Brady — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-02-02T18:28:21+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
+- **2026-02-02T18:28:21+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
+- **2026-02-02T18:28:22+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0454
+- **2026-02-02T18:28:22+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0454
+- **2026-02-03T15:14:37+00:00** House/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
+- **2026-02-03T18:20:31+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
+- **2026-02-03T23:30:00+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0454
+- **2026-02-03T23:30:01+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0454
+- **2026-02-04T15:28:01+00:00** House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
+- **2026-02-11T19:32:38+00:00** House/ to standing committee [House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee] `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-13T15:25:21+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-02-17T17:22:40+00:00** House/ committee report favorable [House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-02-17T17:22:41+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
+- **2026-02-23T18:33:18+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
+- **2026-02-23T18:33:42+00:00** House/ circled
+- **2026-02-23T22:29:09+00:00** House/ uncircled
+- **2026-02-23T22:33:34+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
+- **2026-02-23T22:33:36+00:00** House/ to Senate
+- **2026-02-24T01:22:13+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
+- **2026-02-24T17:16:47+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
+- **2026-02-25T21:16:34+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Health and Human Services Committee] `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-02T23:57:07+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Health and Human Services Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-02T23:58:25+00:00** Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation [Senate Health and Human Services Committee]
+- **2026-03-03T16:36:58+00:00** Senate/ comm rpt/ placed on Consent Calendar [Senate Health and Human Services Committee]
+- **2026-03-03T16:36:59+00:00** Senate/ 2nd reading
+- **2026-03-06T17:10:08+00:00** Senate/ 3rd reading
+- **2026-03-06T17:12:05+00:00** Senate/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
+- **2026-03-06T17:12:06+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House `passage`
+- **2026-03-06T17:12:07+00:00** Senate/ to House
+- **2026-03-06T22:35:33+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
+- **2026-03-06T22:35:34+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling `passage`
+- **2026-03-07T06:31:06+00:00** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
+- **2026-03-07T06:31:09+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
+- **2026-03-11T16:11:42+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
+- **2026-03-11T16:11:48+00:00** House/ enrolled bill to Printing
+- **2026-03-12T18:57:31+00:00** House/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
+- **2026-03-12T18:57:33+00:00** House/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-03-24T19:50:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0f6c1ca0-5437-47a8-8ca2-59b4a72263c3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).
+