---
type: "Bill"
title: "Use of Polygraph Amendments"
description: "Use of Polygraph Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 89"
citation: "Utah HB 89 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes", "Criminal Procedure", "Judicial Operations", "Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice", "Sexual Offenses", "Victims"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Romero, Angela"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 40
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-12-23T23:29:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-26T19:03:53+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/28950fa6-4361-4932-bb89-971baa92b7b2"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/HB0089.html"
source_hash: "a7e915c58c10c4f91ae9f06464cabc19035f3aeb51daf7746e78d19001d4de8e"
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 89 (2026) — Use of Polygraph 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/HB0089.xml)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/HB0089.xml)

## Votes

- Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension — **27–2** (pass) · upper
- House/ passed 3rd reading — **66–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Romero, Angela — primary (person)
- McKell, Michael K. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-12-23T23:29:00+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2025-12-23T23:29:00+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2025-12-23T23:29:01+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0089
- **2025-12-23T23:29:01+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0089
- **2026-01-13T20:13:55+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0089
- **2026-01-13T20:13:57+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0089
- **2026-01-14T20:45:52+00:00** House/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-01-14T21:23:12+00:00** House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2026-01-20T22:38:23+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-01-29T19:07:19+00:00** House/ to standing committee [House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-11T21:51:51+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-12T17:19:28+00:00** House/ committee report favorable [House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-12T17:19:29+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-19T21:37:33+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-19T21:40:48+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-19T21:40:50+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`
- **2026-02-26T15:29:50+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-26T22:59:39+00:00** Senate/ committee report favorable [Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-26T22:59:40+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`
- **2026-03-05T17:56:34+00:00** Senate/ Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-05T18:34:12+00:00** Senate/ 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
- **2026-03-05T18:34:24+00:00** Senate/ circled
- **2026-03-06T01:39:31+00:00** Senate/ uncircled
- **2026-03-06T01:46:35+00:00** Senate/ floor amendment failed `amendment-failure, failure`
- **2026-03-06T01:49:45+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
- **2026-03-06T01:49:46+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House `passage`
- **2026-03-06T01:49:47+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-03-06T03:10:43+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-03-06T03:10:44+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2026-03-06T21:25:19+00:00** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2026-03-06T21:25:20+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-03-10T21:35:54+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-03-10T21:35:57+00:00** House/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2026-03-11T19:17:23+00:00** House/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2026-03-11T19:17:25+00:00** House/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-26T19:03:53+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/28950fa6-4361-4932-bb89-971baa92b7b2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).