republic-os/legislation/us/states/ut/2026/sb-71.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Evidence Retention Amendments	Evidence Retention Amendments	us/states/ut	Utah Legislature	2026	SB 71	Utah SB 71 (2026)	bill	Abuse Neglect or Dependency Assault and Battery Attorneys Crimes Homicide Kidnapping Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Sexual Offenses Weapons	enacted	Harper, Wayne A.	2	39	3	2026-01-05T18:15:53+00:00	2026-03-23T13:32:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/0aa4d596-8ebc-4e80-bc5b-3fc642c9ec03	https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/SB0071.html	f5021de244e2b87a157c6bb8c8ff669ea741bf95e8e78bc9993ecc53bf1927af	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ut

Utah SB 71 (2026) — Evidence Retention Amendments

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Senate/ passed 3rd reading — 24–0 (pass) · upper
• Senate/ passed 2nd reading — 21–0 (pass) · upper
• House/ passed 3rd reading — 72–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Harper, Wayne A. — primary (person)
• Ivory, Ken — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-05T18:15:53+00:00 Bill Numbered but not Distributed
• 2026-01-05T18:15:53+00:00 Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
• 2026-01-05T18:15:55+00:00 LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0071
• 2026-01-05T18:15:55+00:00 LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0071
• 2026-01-07T17:09:08+00:00 Senate/ received bill from Legislative Research receipt
• 2026-01-15T20:53:46+00:00 LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0071
• 2026-01-15T20:53:48+00:00 LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0071
• 2026-01-16T16:14:18+00:00 Senate/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst receipt
• 2026-01-20T18:07:24+00:00 Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
• 2026-01-20T22:08:34+00:00 Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee] referral-committee
• 2026-01-27T21:54:35+00:00 Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee] committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-01-29T18:43:58+00:00 Senate/ committee report favorable [Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee] committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-01-29T18:43:59+00:00 Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
• 2026-02-13T18:12:31+00:00 Senate/ 2nd reading
• 2026-02-13T18:14:48+00:00 Senate/ passed 2nd reading reading-2
• 2026-02-17T17:50:28+00:00 Senate/ 3rd reading
• 2026-02-17T18:09:33+00:00 Senate/ circled
• 2026-02-17T21:37:45+00:00 Senate/ uncircled
• 2026-02-17T21:39:28+00:00 Senate/ passed 3rd reading passage
• 2026-02-17T21:39:29+00:00 Senate/ to House
• 2026-02-17T23:08:53+00:00 House/ received from Senate receipt
• 2026-02-18T17:10:45+00:00 House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
• 2026-02-19T19:13:18+00:00 House/ to standing committee [House Judiciary Committee] referral-committee
• 2026-02-25T16:22:04+00:00 House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Judiciary Committee] committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-02-25T21:07:48+00:00 House/ committee report favorable [House Judiciary Committee] committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-02-25T21:07:49+00:00 House/ 2nd reading
• 2026-02-26T22:09:31+00:00 House/ 3rd reading
• 2026-02-26T22:11:38+00:00 House/ passed 3rd reading passage
• 2026-02-26T22:11:39+00:00 House/ signed by Speaker/ returned to Senate passage
• 2026-02-26T22:11:40+00:00 House/ to Senate
• 2026-02-27T01:13:30+00:00 Senate/ received from House receipt
• 2026-02-27T01:13:31+00:00 Senate/ signed by President/ sent for enrolling passage
• 2026-03-02T16:24:59+00:00 Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
• 2026-03-02T16:25:00+00:00 Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
• 2026-03-03T18:12:38+00:00 Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate enrolled
• 2026-03-03T18:12:41+00:00 Senate/ enrolled bill to Printing
• 2026-03-11T16:58:18+00:00 Senate/ received enrolled bill from Printing receipt
• 2026-03-11T16:58:20+00:00 Senate/ to Governor executive-receipt
• 2026-03-23T13:32:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0aa4d596-8ebc-4e80-bc5b-3fc642c9ec03. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).