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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Evidence Retention Amendments"
+description: "Evidence Retention Amendments"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
+legislature: "Utah Legislature"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "SB 71"
+citation: "Utah SB 71 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Abuse", "Neglect", "or Dependency", "Assault and Battery", "Attorneys", "Crimes", "Homicide", "Kidnapping", "Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice", "Sexual Offenses", "Weapons"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Harper, Wayne A."]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 39
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2026-01-05T18:15:53+00:00"
+last_action: "2026-03-23T13:32:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0aa4d596-8ebc-4e80-bc5b-3fc642c9ec03"
+source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/SB0071.html"
+source_hash: "f5021de244e2b87a157c6bb8c8ff669ea741bf95e8e78bc9993ecc53bf1927af"
+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 SB 71 (2026) — Evidence Retention 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/SB0071.xml)
+2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/SB0071.xml)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Senate/ passed 3rd reading — **24–0** (pass) · upper
+- Senate/ passed 2nd reading — **21–0** (pass) · upper
+- House/ passed 3rd reading — **72–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Harper, Wayne A. — primary (person)
+- Ivory, Ken — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-05T18:15:53+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
+- **2026-01-05T18:15:53+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
+- **2026-01-05T18:15:55+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0071
+- **2026-01-05T18:15:55+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0071
+- **2026-01-07T17:09:08+00:00** Senate/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
+- **2026-01-15T20:53:46+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0071
+- **2026-01-15T20:53:48+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0071
+- **2026-01-16T16:14:18+00:00** Senate/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
+- **2026-01-20T18:07:24+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
+- **2026-01-20T22:08:34+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee] `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-27T21:54:35+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-01-29T18:43:58+00:00** Senate/ committee report favorable [Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-01-29T18:43:59+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
+- **2026-02-13T18:12:31+00:00** Senate/ 2nd reading
+- **2026-02-13T18:14:48+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
+- **2026-02-17T17:50:28+00:00** Senate/ 3rd reading
+- **2026-02-17T18:09:33+00:00** Senate/ circled
+- **2026-02-17T21:37:45+00:00** Senate/ uncircled
+- **2026-02-17T21:39:28+00:00** Senate/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
+- **2026-02-17T21:39:29+00:00** Senate/ to House
+- **2026-02-17T23:08:53+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
+- **2026-02-18T17:10:45+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
+- **2026-02-19T19:13:18+00:00** House/ to standing committee [House Judiciary Committee] `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-25T16:22:04+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Judiciary Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-02-25T21:07:48+00:00** House/ committee report favorable [House Judiciary Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-02-25T21:07:49+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
+- **2026-02-26T22:09:31+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
+- **2026-02-26T22:11:38+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
+- **2026-02-26T22:11:39+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ returned to Senate `passage`
+- **2026-02-26T22:11:40+00:00** House/ to Senate
+- **2026-02-27T01:13:30+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
+- **2026-02-27T01:13:31+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ sent for enrolling `passage`
+- **2026-03-02T16:24:59+00:00** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
+- **2026-03-02T16:25:00+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
+- **2026-03-03T18:12:38+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
+- **2026-03-03T18:12:41+00:00** Senate/ enrolled bill to Printing
+- **2026-03-11T16:58:18+00:00** Senate/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
+- **2026-03-11T16:58:20+00:00** Senate/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-03-23T13:32:00+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/0aa4d596-8ebc-4e80-bc5b-3fc642c9ec03`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).
+