---
type: "Bill"
title: "Rescue Tracking Equipment Offense Amendments"
description: "Rescue Tracking Equipment Offense Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 354"
citation: "Utah HB 354 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes", "Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice", "Public Safety", "Punishment", "Technology"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hawkins, Jon"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 39
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-23T17:08:03+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-24T19:40:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aea2286f-3408-40b1-840b-4a8d2dac7223"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/HB0354.html"
source_hash: "f673db6447e5e29cfcf0a795e8b4060adf6cffc8b982431421cba948f9440da7"
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 354 (2026) — Rescue Tracking Equipment 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/HB0354.xml)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/HB0354.xml)

## Votes

- Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- House/ passed 3rd reading — **63–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hawkins, Jon — primary (person)
- Ipson, Don L. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-23T17:08:03+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2026-01-23T17:08:03+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2026-01-23T17:08:06+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0354
- **2026-01-23T17:08:06+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0354
- **2026-01-23T17:51:15+00:00** House/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-01-23T18:18:05+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-01-27T18:37:06+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0354
- **2026-01-27T18:40:51+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0354
- **2026-01-28T17:10:11+00:00** House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2026-01-29T19:07:19+00:00** House/ to standing committee [House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-11T22:29:42+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-12T17:19:30+00:00** House/ committee report favorable [House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-12T17:19:31+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-19T22:08:54+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-19T22:09:20+00:00** House/ circled
- **2026-02-19T22:30:21+00:00** House/ uncircled
- **2026-02-19T22:33:59+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-19T23:04:19+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-02-19T23:19:02+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`
- **2026-02-26T16:58:42+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-26T22:59:40+00:00** Senate/ committee report favorable [Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-26T22:59:41+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-05T00:03:05+00:00** Senate/ 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules [Senate Rules Committee] `reading-2`
- **2026-03-06T23:39:50+00:00** Senate/ Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-07T05:29:25+00:00** Senate/ 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
- **2026-03-07T05:31:05+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
- **2026-03-07T05:31:06+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House `passage`
- **2026-03-07T05:31:07+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-03-07T07:16:35+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-03-07T07:16:36+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2026-03-10T20:47:24+00:00** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2026-03-10T20:47:26+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-03-12T18:32:56+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-03-12T18:32:59+00:00** House/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2026-03-16T21:47:09+00:00** House/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2026-03-16T21:47:11+00:00** House/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-24T19:40:00+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/aea2286f-3408-40b1-840b-4a8d2dac7223`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).