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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Evidence Retention Amendments"
description: "Evidence Retention Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 71"
citation: "Utah SB 71 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Abuse", "Neglect", "or Dependency", "Assault and Battery", "Attorneys", "Crimes", "Homicide", "Kidnapping", "Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice", "Sexual Offenses", "Weapons"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harper, Wayne A."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 39
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-05T18:15:53+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-23T13:32:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0aa4d596-8ebc-4e80-bc5b-3fc642c9ec03"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/SB0071.html"
source_hash: "f5021de244e2b87a157c6bb8c8ff669ea741bf95e8e78bc9993ecc53bf1927af"
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 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](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/SB0071.xml)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/SB0071.xml)
## Votes
- Senate/ passed 3rd reading — **240** (pass) · upper
- Senate/ passed 2nd reading — **210** (pass) · upper
- House/ passed 3rd reading — **720** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0aa4d596-8ebc-4e80-bc5b-3fc642c9ec03`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).