---
type: "Bill"
title: "Capital Felony Case Amendments"
description: "Capital Felony Case Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 495"
citation: "Utah HB 495 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts", "Criminal Procedure", "Death Penalty", "Indigent Counsel", "Insanity Defense/Competency", "Judicial Operations", "Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice", "Punishment", "Sentencing"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pierucci, Candice B."]
version_count: 6
action_count: 57
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-02-04T21:59:56+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-24T19:55:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b55d3843-780e-4446-b8dc-90750ab42425"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/HB0495.html"
source_hash: "924e0440bc719518e1f91c439fa84b99ce9c6db2302e295ebdaac742a2ccc533"
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 495 (2026) — Capital Felony Case 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/HB0495.xml)
2. **Comparison to Original Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP HB0495 To HB0495S01.pdf)
3. **Comparison to Sub #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP HB0495S01 To HB0495S02.pdf)
4. **Substitute #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0495S01.xml)
5. **Substitute #2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0495S02.xml)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/HB0495.xml)

## Votes

- Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension — **20–6** (pass) · upper
- House/ concurs with Senate amendment — **55–12** (pass) · lower
- House/ passed 3rd reading — **56–13** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Pierucci, Candice B. — primary (person)
- McCay, Daniel — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-04T21:59:56+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2026-02-04T21:59:56+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2026-02-04T21:59:57+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0495
- **2026-02-04T21:59:57+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0495
- **2026-02-05T15:48:54+00:00** House/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-02-05T18:21:51+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-13T18:23:07+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0495
- **2026-02-13T18:59:43+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0495
- **2026-02-13T23:12:31+00:00** House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2026-02-17T19:09:03+00:00** House/ to standing committee [House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-19T03:05:16+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0495S01
- **2026-02-19T03:05:16+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0495S01
- **2026-02-19T16:26:44+00:00** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation [House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee]
- **2026-02-19T16:27:13+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-19T21:15:47+00:00** House/ comm rpt/ substituted [House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee]
- **2026-02-19T21:15:48+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-21T00:02:33+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0495S01
- **2026-02-21T00:06:46+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0495S01
- **2026-02-24T22:15:02+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-24T22:15:30+00:00** House/ circled
- **2026-02-25T18:16:42+00:00** House/ uncircled
- **2026-02-25T18:49:28+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-25T18:49:30+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-02-25T20:35:32+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-02-25T21:25:58+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-27T21:18:48+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-03T20:29:30+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0495S02
- **2026-03-03T20:29:30+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0495S02
- **2026-03-03T22:39:44+00:00** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation [Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee]
- **2026-03-03T22:40:04+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-03T22:52:52+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0495S02
- **2026-03-04T01:46:05+00:00** Senate/ comm rpt/ substituted [Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee]
- **2026-03-04T01:46:06+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-04T17:06:29+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0495S02
- **2026-03-05T00:03:14+00:00** Senate/ 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules [Senate Rules Committee] `reading-2`
- **2026-03-05T22:29:59+00:00** Senate/ Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-06T03:31:36+00:00** Senate/ 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
- **2026-03-06T03:31:46+00:00** Senate/ circled
- **2026-03-06T18:55:17+00:00** Senate/ uncircled
- **2026-03-06T19:14:03+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
- **2026-03-06T19:14:04+00:00** Senate/ to House with amendments
- **2026-03-06T19:29:35+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-03-06T19:29:36+00:00** House/ placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2026-03-06T21:48:38+00:00** House/ concurs with Senate amendment `amendment-passage`
- **2026-03-06T21:48:39+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-03-07T03:49:53+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-03-07T03:49:54+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House `passage`
- **2026-03-07T03:49:55+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`
- **2026-03-10T19:12:12+00:00** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2026-03-10T19:12:14+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-03-12T18:15:55+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-03-12T18:16:02+00:00** House/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2026-03-16T22:14:54+00:00** House/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2026-03-16T22:14:56+00:00** House/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-24T19:55:00+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/b55d3843-780e-4446-b8dc-90750ab42425`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).