---
type: "Bill"
title: "Murder Offense Amendments"
description: "Murder Offense Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 284"
citation: "Utah HB 284 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes", "Homicide", "Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice", "Public Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Maloy, A. Cory"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-19T21:22:30+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-24T20:02:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/becfc3cd-678e-42be-85d7-e67dd5779916"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/HB0284.html"
source_hash: "5141e210bdd8e5f8d3ae95a35b802744f0560d8896814cda865ad65f8719130c"
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 284 (2026) — Murder Offense 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/HB0284.xml)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/HB0284.xml)

## Votes

- House/ passed 3rd reading — **57–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate/ passed 3rd reading — **27–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Maloy, A. Cory — primary (person)
- Brammer, Brady — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-19T21:22:30+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2026-01-19T21:22:30+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2026-01-19T21:22:33+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0284
- **2026-01-19T21:22:33+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0284
- **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)
- **2026-01-23T01:23:24+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0284
- **2026-01-23T01:23:25+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0284
- **2026-01-23T16:58:05+00:00** House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2026-02-09T19:35:23+00:00** House/ to standing committee [House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-11T21:59:00+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-12T17:19:29+00:00** House/ committee report favorable [House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-12T17:19:30+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-19T21:58:24+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-19T22:03:09+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-19T22:03:11+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-02-19T22:49:53+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-02-20T17:15:41+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-23T21:31:06+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-26T16:41:22+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-26T16:41:45+00:00** Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation [Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee]
- **2026-02-26T23:00:42+00:00** Senate/ comm rpt/ placed on Consent Calendar [Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee]
- **2026-02-26T23:00:43+00:00** Senate/ 2nd reading
- **2026-03-03T16:55:00+00:00** Senate/ 3rd reading
- **2026-03-03T16:56:50+00:00** Senate/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-03-03T16:56:51+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House `passage`
- **2026-03-03T16:56:52+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-03-03T18:18:38+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-03-03T18:18:39+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2026-03-05T14:38:55+00:00** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2026-03-05T14:38:57+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-03-05T17:40:32+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-03-05T17:40:34+00:00** House/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2026-03-11T19:17:24+00:00** House/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2026-03-11T19:17:26+00:00** House/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-24T20:02:00+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/becfc3cd-678e-42be-85d7-e67dd5779916`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).