---
type: "Bill"
title: "Juvenile Justice Amendments"
description: "Juvenile Justice Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 188"
citation: "Utah HB 188 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Expungement", "Judicial Operations", "Juvenile Justice", "Juveniles", "K-12 Education", "Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice", "Student Discipline"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Peck, Nicholeen P."]
version_count: 8
action_count: 55
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-08T18:11:48+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-17T15:44:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/04da62b9-f234-40d1-9008-7c6ae77c3e9e"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/HB0188.html"
source_hash: "3705f604d24b2219a3b2d3528d9188a5546dc6f2b07bf829ec3d167b3f5f5ced"
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 188 (2026) — Juvenile Justice 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/HB0188.xml)
2. **Comparison to Original Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP HB0188 To HB0188S01.pdf)
3. **Comparison to Sub #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP HB0188S01 To HB0188S02.pdf)
4. **Comparison to Sub #2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP HB0188S02 To HB0188S03.pdf)
5. **Substitute #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0188S01.xml)
6. **Substitute #2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0188S02.xml)
7. **Substitute #3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0188S03.xml)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/HB0188.xml)

## Votes

- House/ passed 3rd reading — **62–10** (pass) · lower
- Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension — **21–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Peck, Nicholeen P. — primary (person)
- Weiler, Todd — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2026-01-08T18:11:48+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2026-01-08T18:11:48+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2026-01-08T18:11:50+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0188
- **2026-01-08T18:11:50+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0188
- **2026-01-14T21:01:54+00:00** House/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-01-20T03:32:46+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0188
- **2026-01-20T22:38:26+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-01-27T16:57:13+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0188
- **2026-01-27T18:08:06+00:00** House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2026-02-03T19:23:44+00:00** House/ to standing committee [House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-05T17:27:39+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0188S01
- **2026-02-05T17:27:39+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0188S01
- **2026-02-05T23:40:29+00:00** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation [House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee]
- **2026-02-05T23:43:45+00:00** House Comm - Held [House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee]
- **2026-02-09T15:47:50+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0188S01
- **2026-02-12T06:03:31+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0188S01
- **2026-02-13T14:47:10+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0188S02
- **2026-02-13T14:47:10+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0188S02
- **2026-02-13T15:00:00+00:00** House Comm - Not Considered [House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee]
- **2026-02-17T21:03:56+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0188S02
- **2026-02-17T23:11:58+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0188S03
- **2026-02-17T23:11:58+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0188S03
- **2026-02-18T01:35:56+00:00** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation [House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee]
- **2026-02-18T01:36:47+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-18T17:07:43+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0188S02
- **2026-02-18T17:14:12+00:00** House/ comm rpt/ substituted [House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee]
- **2026-02-18T17:14:13+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-19T06:37:04+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0188S03
- **2026-02-20T23:22:57+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0188S03
- **2026-02-23T23:24:31+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-23T23:31:40+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-23T23:31:42+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 Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-28T00:07:42+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-28T16:53:04+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0188S03
- **2026-02-28T16:53:05+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0188S03
- **2026-03-02T17:36:23+00:00** Senate/ committee report favorable [Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-02T17:36:24+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-05T00:03:06+00:00** Senate/ 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules [Senate Rules Committee] `reading-2`
- **2026-03-05T22:29:59+00:00** Senate/ Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-06T01:29:57+00:00** Senate/ 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
- **2026-03-06T01:34:30+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
- **2026-03-06T01:34:31+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House `passage`
- **2026-03-06T01:34:32+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-03-06T03:10:43+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-03-06T03:10:44+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2026-03-06T19:55:42+00:00** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2026-03-06T19:55:44+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-03-11T16:26:01+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-03-11T16:26:06+00:00** House/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2026-03-12T17:30:02+00:00** House/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2026-03-12T17:30:04+00:00** House/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-17T15:44:00+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/04da62b9-f234-40d1-9008-7c6ae77c3e9e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).