---
type: "Bill"
title: "Victim Rights Amendments"
description: "Victim Rights Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 34"
citation: "Utah HB 34 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice", "Judicial Operations", "Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice", "Victims"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mauga, Verona"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 38
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-12-05T23:25:51+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-25T15:38:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fa99c33f-cf26-42dd-b54b-ebf911431a7e"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/HB0034.html"
source_hash: "ff52772f6f9f6f18ffdd8703ece4b154d230c964156857f96639e6bc562013a6"
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 34 (2026) — Victim Rights 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/HB0034.xml)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/HB0034.xml)

## Votes

- House/ passed 3rd reading — **72–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate/ passed 2nd reading — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate/ passed 3rd reading — **25–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mauga, Verona — primary (person)
- Wilson, Chris H. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-12-05T23:25:51+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2025-12-05T23:25:51+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2025-12-05T23:25:55+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0034
- **2025-12-05T23:25:55+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0034
- **2026-01-14T20:37:41+00:00** House/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-01-16T11:28:40+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0034
- **2026-01-19T17:42:51+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0034
- **2026-01-20T16:17:03+00:00** House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2026-01-20T17:43:19+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-01-20T18:20:03+00:00** House/ Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2026-01-20T18:21:00+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-01-20T23:35:06+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-01-20T23:38:49+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-01-20T23:38:51+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-01-21T00:14:11+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-01-21T18:19:42+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-01-23T18:12:01+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-27T22:30:42+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
- **2026-02-04T21:29:54+00:00** Senate/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-04T21:32:22+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2026-02-04T21:32:33+00:00** Senate/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-04T21:32:58+00:00** Senate/ placed on 3rd Reading Calendar table
- **2026-03-04T03:04:58+00:00** Senate/ circled
- **2026-03-04T16:55:57+00:00** Senate/ uncircled
- **2026-03-04T16:57:51+00:00** Senate/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-03-04T16:57:52+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House `passage`
- **2026-03-04T16:57:53+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-03-04T19:24:37+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-03-04T19:24:38+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2026-03-06T16:36:36+00:00** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2026-03-06T16:36:39+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-03-11T15:54:58+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-03-11T15:55:00+00:00** House/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2026-03-12T16:47:06+00:00** House/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2026-03-12T16:47:08+00:00** House/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-25T15:38:00+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/fa99c33f-cf26-42dd-b54b-ebf911431a7e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).