UtahUtah public safety agencies would share reports through a public portal
Starting May 6, 2026, Utah agencies and colleges would send specified public safety reports to a state portal, with de-identified information available online.
What it does
A state commission would manage a public safety portal that collects required reports and offers the public a searchable display of data with identities removed.
Colleges and public safety agencies would send facility-level crime and other required reports to the commission, generally on annual schedules set by law.
People requesting portal records from the commission would be directed to the original government agency instead of receiving those records from the commission.
Argument forA searchable, de-identified portal could help residents and agencies compare public safety information without exposing personal identities.
Argument againstPeople may face an extra step when seeking portal records because the commission would direct them to the agency that originally supplied them.
More detail
The State Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice would oversee a public safety portal, with help from the division. The portal would contain data and reports that state law requires agencies and institutions to send to the commission. The commission and division would set data standards, reporting methods, access rules, and privacy protections. The public portion would show de-identified data, meaning information with personal identities removed. These provisions would take effect on May 6, 2026.
Covered agencies and colleges would send specified public safety reports and data to the commission for the public safety portal. Institutions with student housing would report crime statistics by housing facility; other covered entities would report information such as sexual assault kits, correctional-facility assaults, juvenile-facility assaults, parole metrics, prosecutor complaints, and strike-force activities. Student housing reports would be grouped by individual on-campus, institution-owned or managed noncampus, and student-organization housing facilities when those facilities exist. Reports would remain subject to privacy rules and other limits in the law. Student housing statistics would be sent to the commission by November 1 each year; other reports would follow the deadlines stated in their governing sections.
The commission would not have to provide records it received for the public safety portal in response to a records request. The rule would apply to records received by the commission under the public safety portal law, not necessarily to the same records held by the original government agency. A requester would be directed to the government agency that originally provided the record. Other public-records rules would continue to govern access to records held by that original agency. This rule would take effect on May 6, 2026.
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- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
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History
- 2026
- Mar 26Governor Spencer Cox SignedBecame Law
- Mar 3House/ to GovernorTo Governor
- Mar 3House/ received enrolled bill from PrintingMinor
- Feb 25House/ enrolled bill to Printing
- Feb 25Enrolled Bill Returned to House or SenateMinor
- Feb 24Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- Feb 24Bill Received from House for EnrollingMinor
- Feb 20House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrollingMajor
- Vote recorded Senate/ passed 3rd reading. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 20House/ received from SenateMinor
- Feb 20Senate/ to House
- Feb 20Senate/ signed by President/ returned to HouseMajor
- Feb 20Senate/ passed 3rd readingPassed Senate
- Feb 20Senate/ 3rd readingMinor
- Feb 19Senate/ passed 2nd readingMinor
- Vote recorded Senate/ passed 2nd reading. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 19Senate/ uncircled
- Feb 19Senate/ circled
- Feb 19Senate/ 2nd readingMinor
- Feb 18Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- Feb 18Senate/ committee report favorable [Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee]Minor
- Feb 17Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee]Minor
- Feb 17Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee]Minor
- Feb 12Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)Minor
- Feb 11Senate/ received from HouseMinor
- Vote recorded House/ passed 3rd reading. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 11House/ to Senate
- Feb 11House/ passed 3rd readingPassed House
- Feb 11House/ 3rd readingMinor
- Feb 4LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0220S02
- Feb 4LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0220S02
- Feb 3House/ 2nd readingMinor
- Feb 3House/ comm rpt/ substituted [House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee]
- Feb 2House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee]Minor
- Feb 2House Comm - Substitute Recommendation [House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee]Major
- Feb 2LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0220S02
- Feb 2LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0220S02
- Jan 30House/ to standing committee [House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee]Minor
- Jan 30Bill Substituted by Sponsor in House Rules Comm [House Rules Committee]Major
- Jan 22House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal AnalystMinor
- Jan 22LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0220
- Jan 21LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0220S01
- Jan 21LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0220S01
- Jan 21LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0220S01
- Jan 20House/ 1st reading (Introduced)Minor
- Jan 17LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0220
- Jan 14House/ received bill from Legislative ResearchMinor
- Jan 9LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0220
- Jan 9LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0220
- Jan 9Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- Jan 9Bill Numbered but not DistributedIntroduced
Public SafetyGovernment & EthicsCriminal Justice