---
type: "Bill"
title: "Victim and Witness Privacy Amendments"
description: "Victim and Witness Privacy Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 290"
citation: "Utah SB 290 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Procedure", "Electronic Privacy", "Judicial Operations", "Protective Orders/Stalking Injuctions", "Technology", "Victims"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Balderree, Heidi"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 55
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-12T16:05:39+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-23T13:59:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/81e111ca-d3c1-4717-8903-1ba79efc543d"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/SB0290.html"
source_hash: "20581ceebe5c860484d14097532efd36dadf0c1f5d5a13322c6933ef26fb6049"
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 SB 290 (2026) — Victim and Witness Privacy 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/SB0290.xml)
2. **Comparison to Original Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP SB0290 To SB0290S01.pdf)
3. **Comparison to Sub #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP SB0290S01 To SB0290S02.pdf)
4. **Comparison to Sub #2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP SB0290S02 To SB0290S03.pdf)
5. **Substitute #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/SB0290S01.xml)
6. **Substitute #2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/SB0290S02.xml)
7. **Substitute #3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/SB0290S03.xml)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/SB0290.xml)

## Votes

- Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- House/ passed 3rd reading — **61–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Balderree, Heidi — primary (person)
- Defay, Ariel — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-12T16:05:39+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2026-02-12T16:05:39+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2026-02-12T16:05:40+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0290
- **2026-02-12T16:05:40+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0290
- **2026-02-12T17:23:13+00:00** Senate/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-02-12T17:38:14+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-17T17:22:53+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-17T21:01:43+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0290
- **2026-02-17T21:01:44+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0290
- **2026-02-17T21:55:52+00:00** Senate/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2026-02-18T23:00:00+00:00** Senate Comm - Not Considered [Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee]
- **2026-02-20T15:00:00+00:00** Senate Comm - Not Considered [Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee]
- **2026-02-20T15:38:06+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0290S01
- **2026-02-20T15:38:06+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0290S01
- **2026-02-24T04:53:34+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0290S02
- **2026-02-24T04:53:34+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0290S02
- **2026-02-24T06:43:43+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0290S01
- **2026-02-24T06:43:44+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0290S01
- **2026-02-24T22:40:44+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0290S02
- **2026-02-24T22:40:45+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0290S02
- **2026-02-25T00:00:46+00:00** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation [Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee]
- **2026-02-25T00:06:12+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-25T17:20:48+00:00** Senate/ comm rpt/ substituted [Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee]
- **2026-02-25T17:20:49+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-02T18:18:11+00:00** Senate/ 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
- **2026-03-02T18:18:24+00:00** Senate/ circled
- **2026-03-03T01:09:34+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0290S03
- **2026-03-03T01:09:34+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0290S03
- **2026-03-03T18:44:43+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0290S03
- **2026-03-03T18:44:44+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0290S03
- **2026-03-03T18:57:38+00:00** Senate/ uncircled
- **2026-03-03T18:58:10+00:00** Senate/ substituted
- **2026-03-03T19:05:20+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
- **2026-03-03T19:05:21+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-03-03T20:22:57+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-03-04T01:39:15+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-03-04T03:11:48+00:00** House/ to standing committee [House Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-04T20:51:40+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-05T00:25:04+00:00** House/ committee report favorable [House Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-05T00:25:05+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-03-05T01:36:53+00:00** House/ 3rd Reading Calendar to Rules [House Rules Committee]
- **2026-03-06T01:41:39+00:00** House/ Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-06T23:52:15+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-03-06T23:54:27+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-03-06T23:54:28+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ returned to Senate `passage`
- **2026-03-06T23:54:29+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-03-07T03:59:01+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-03-07T03:59:02+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2026-03-10T16:06:28+00:00** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2026-03-10T16:06:31+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-03-11T21:32:43+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-03-11T21:32:46+00:00** Senate/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2026-03-13T17:11:51+00:00** Senate/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2026-03-13T17:11:53+00:00** Senate/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-23T13:59:00+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/81e111ca-d3c1-4717-8903-1ba79efc543d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).