---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sentencing Amendments"
description: "Sentencing Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 274"
citation: "Utah HB 274 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice", "Judicial Operations", "Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice", "Sentencing", "Sentencing Commission"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Schultz, Mike"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 63
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-01-16T20:31:50+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-24T19:58:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b95d60c1-6f16-4b6e-961d-7b47bba4b0f5"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/HB0274.html"
source_hash: "5fa918d5d55c58897454c5e8cb29973a1f5665196facfae5d5569403cbcba78f"
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 274 (2026) — Sentencing 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/HB0274.xml)
2. **Amended 2/6/2026 16:02:968** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AV_HB0274S01_2026-02-06_16-10-12.pdf)
3. **Amended Excerpts 2/6/2026 16:02:968** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AP_HB0274S01_2026-02-06_16-10-12.pdf)
4. **Comparison to Original Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP HB0274 To HB0274S01.pdf)
5. **Comparison to Sub #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP HB0274S01 To HB0274S02.pdf)
6. **Comparison to Sub #2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP HB0274S02 To HB0274S03.pdf)
7. **House Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/HB0274S01.Hamd.1.pdf)
8. **Substitute #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0274S01.xml)
9. **Substitute #2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0274S02.xml)
10. **Substitute #3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0274S03.xml)
11. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/HB0274.xml)

## Votes

- Senate/ passed 2nd reading — **25–3** (pass) · upper
- Senate/ passed 3rd reading — **23–3** (pass) · upper
- House/ passed 3rd reading — **69–0** (pass) · lower
- House/ concurs with Senate amendment — **69–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Schultz, Mike — primary (person)
- McKell, Michael K. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-16T20:31:50+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2026-01-16T20:31:50+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2026-01-16T20:31:55+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0274
- **2026-01-16T20:31:55+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0274
- **2026-01-17T22:42:52+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0274
- **2026-01-20T15:51:38+00:00** House/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-01-20T22:44:32+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-01-21T22:00:31+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0274
- **2026-01-22T17:21:10+00:00** House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2026-01-27T19:03:25+00:00** House/ to standing committee [House Judiciary Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-28T19:49:25+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0274S01
- **2026-01-28T19:49:25+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0274S01
- **2026-01-28T22:05:29+00:00** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation [House Judiciary Committee]
- **2026-01-28T22:07:52+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Judiciary Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-29T17:41:25+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0274S01
- **2026-01-29T18:13:03+00:00** House/ comm rpt/ substituted [House Judiciary Committee]
- **2026-01-29T18:13:04+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-01-29T19:34:36+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0274S01
- **2026-02-06T21:23:13+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-06T21:24:15+00:00** House/ floor amendment
- **2026-02-06T21:42:27+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-06T21:42:29+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-02-06T23:32:32+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-02-09T18:11:26+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-10T21:28:01+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-12T19:32:48+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0274S02
- **2026-02-12T19:32:48+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0274S02
- **2026-02-12T22:48:53+00:00** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation [Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee]
- **2026-02-12T23:08:31+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-13T18:53:45+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0274S02
- **2026-02-17T17:38:27+00:00** Senate/ comm rpt/ substituted [Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee]
- **2026-02-17T17:38:28+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-02-17T21:52:34+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0274S02
- **2026-02-18T17:29:30+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0274S03
- **2026-02-18T17:29:30+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0274S03
- **2026-02-18T22:19:14+00:00** Senate/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-18T22:19:30+00:00** Senate/ circled
- **2026-02-19T15:20:17+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0274S03
- **2026-02-19T18:55:46+00:00** Senate/ uncircled
- **2026-02-19T18:57:16+00:00** Senate/ substituted
- **2026-02-19T19:00:34+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2026-02-19T19:00:38+00:00** Senate/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-19T19:00:52+00:00** Senate/ placed on 3rd Reading Calendar table
- **2026-02-23T16:52:04+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0274S03
- **2026-02-23T18:40:53+00:00** Senate/ placed back on 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2026-02-23T18:44:53+00:00** Senate/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-23T18:44:54+00:00** Senate/ to House with amendments
- **2026-02-23T21:07:49+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-02-23T21:07:50+00:00** House/ placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2026-02-24T17:21:18+00:00** House/ concurs with Senate amendment `amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-24T17:21:19+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-02-24T21:12:47+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-02-24T21:12:48+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House `passage`
- **2026-02-24T21:12:49+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-02-25T15:59:31+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-02-25T15:59:32+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2026-02-26T15:11:46+00:00** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2026-02-26T15:11:47+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-03-10T22:57:07+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-03-10T22:57:11+00:00** House/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2026-03-11T19:17:23+00:00** House/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2026-03-11T19:17:26+00:00** House/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-24T19:58:00+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/b95d60c1-6f16-4b6e-961d-7b47bba4b0f5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).