---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 26 Correctional Facility Amendments"
description: "H.B. 26 Correctional Facility Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 26"
citation: "Utah HB 26 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcohol", "Controlled Substances", "Department of Corrections", "Electronic Cigarettes", "Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice", "Mental Health Facilities", "Telecommunications", "Weapons"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burton, Jefferson S."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 41
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-12-19"
last_action: "2024-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/835fb86c-76a2-4333-b8bb-aefa38eb3191"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/static/HB0026.html"
source_hash: "11b0c946cf975f611604ac401dc95a722e83ba9f2e38dfd16a7403c8bde6fd0d"
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 26 (2024) — H.B. 26 Correctional Facility 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/~2024/bills/hbillint/HB0026S01.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/hbillamd/HB0026S01.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/hbillenr/HB0026.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **72–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **4–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd reading — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **7–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Burton, Jefferson S. — primary (person)
- Owens, Derrin R. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-19** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2023-12-19** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2024-01-10** received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2024-01-16** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2024-01-16** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-01-16** to House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee
- **2024-01-17** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2024-01-18** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2024-01-18** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2024-01-18** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-01-18** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-19** comm rpt/substituted/amended `amendment-passage`
- **2024-01-19** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2024-01-22** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2024-01-22** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2024-01-22** to Senate
- **2024-01-22** received from House `receipt`
- **2024-01-23** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-01-24** to Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee
- **2024-01-26** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-29** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-29** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2024-02-01** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2024-02-01** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-01** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2024-02-01** placed on 3rd Reading Calendar table
- **2024-02-27** 3nd Reading Calendar to Rules
- **2024-03-01** Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2024-03-01** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2024-03-01** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2024-03-01** signed by President/returned to House `passage`
- **2024-03-01** to House
- **2024-03-01** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2024-03-01** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2024-03-01** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2024-03-01** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2024-03-11** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2024-03-11** received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2024-03-11** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-13** 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/835fb86c-76a2-4333-b8bb-aefa38eb3191`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).