---
type: "Bill"
title: "Child Sexual Abuse Material Amendments"
description: "Child Sexual Abuse Material Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 289"
citation: "Utah HB 289 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Artificial Intelligence", "Crimes", "Judicial Operations", "Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice", "Offender Registries", "Public Utilities and Technology", "Sexual Offenses", "Technology"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Defay, Ariel"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 40
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-19T22:38:55+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-24T20:03:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5056d62b-2d36-4adc-b069-cd788e3dbf6d"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/HB0289.html"
source_hash: "d687af5b08469e7b143e0bd467bb81bcba2f915ed77f54cad4e0701f7610ef8b"
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 289 (2026) — Child Sexual Abuse Material 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/HB0289.xml)
2. **Amended 2/9/2026 11:02:103** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AV_HB0289_2026-02-09_11-20-23.pdf)
3. **Amended Excerpts 2/9/2026 11:02:103** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AP_HB0289_2026-02-09_11-20-23.pdf)
4. **House Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/HB0289.Hamd.1.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/HB0289.xml)

## Votes

- House/ passed 3rd reading — **71–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension — **25–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Defay, Ariel — primary (person)
- Musselman, Calvin R. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-19T22:38:55+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2026-01-19T22:38:55+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2026-01-19T22:38:58+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0289
- **2026-01-19T22:38:58+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0289
- **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)
- **2026-01-21T19:36:47+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0289
- **2026-01-23T15:23:38+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0289
- **2026-01-23T16:58:05+00:00** House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2026-01-28T19:10:36+00:00** House/ to standing committee [House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-04T22:56:16+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0289
- **2026-02-04T22:56:17+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0289
- **2026-02-06T00:07:56+00:00** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation [House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee] `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-02-06T00:08:41+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-06T18:22:19+00:00** House/ comm rpt/ amended [House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee] `amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-06T18:22:20+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-17T22:00:20+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-17T22:02:28+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-17T22:02:30+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-02-17T23:12:41+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-02-18T17:27:28+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`
- **2026-02-28T00:27:16+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **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`
- **2026-03-06T03:08:53+00:00** Senate/ Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-06T22:43:01+00:00** Senate/ 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
- **2026-03-06T22:48:09+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
- **2026-03-06T22:48:10+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House `passage`
- **2026-03-06T22:48:11+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-03-07T04:08:38+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-03-07T04:08:39+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2026-03-10T18:15:29+00:00** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2026-03-10T18:15:32+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-03-12T17:39:54+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-03-12T17:40:01+00:00** House/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2026-03-16T21:12:21+00:00** House/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2026-03-16T21:12:23+00:00** House/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-24T20:03:00+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/5056d62b-2d36-4adc-b069-cd788e3dbf6d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).