SB0032 • 2026

Child Abuse Homicide Corrections

Children

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor: Sen. Ipson, Don L.
Last action: 2026-03-23
Official status: Governor Signed
Effective date: Not listed

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Child Abuse Homicide Corrections

This bill revises the offense of child abuse homicide.

What This Bill Does

This bill revises the offense of child abuse homicide.

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Bill History

2026-03-23 Lieutenant Governor's office for filing
Governor Signed
2026-03-03 Senate Secretary
Senate/ received enrolled bill from Printing
2026-03-03 Executive Branch - Governor
Senate/ to Governor
2026-02-06 Legislative Research and General Counsel / Enrolling
Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
2026-02-06 Legislative Research and General Counsel / Enrolling
Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
2026-02-06 Senate Secretary
Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
2026-02-06 Senate Secretary
Senate/ enrolled bill to Printing
2026-02-05 House 3rd Reading Calendar for Senate bills
House/ 3rd reading
2026-02-05 House Speaker
House/ passed 3rd reading
2026-02-05 Senate President
House/ signed by Speaker/ returned to Senate
2026-02-05 Senate President
House/ to Senate
2026-02-05 Senate President
Senate/ received from House
2026-02-05 Legislative Research and General Counsel / Enrolling
Senate/ signed by President/ sent for enrolling
2026-02-03 House 3rd Reading Calendar for Senate bills
House/ 2nd reading
2026-02-03 House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee
House/ committee report favorable
2026-02-02 House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee
House Comm - Favorable Recommendation
2026-01-30 House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee
House/ to standing committee
2026-01-21 House Rules Committee
House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
2026-01-21 Clerk of the House
House/ received from Senate
2026-01-20 Senate Rules Committee
Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
2026-01-20 Senate 2nd Reading Calendar
Senate/ 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
2026-01-20 Clerk of the House
Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
2026-01-20 Senate 2nd Reading Calendar
Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
2026-01-20 Clerk of the House
Senate/ to House
2026-01-12 Waiting for Introduction in the Senate
Senate/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
2026-01-07 Waiting for Introduction in the Senate
Senate/ received bill from Legislative Research
2026-01-02 Released
LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0032
2026-01-02 Version Sponsor
LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0032
2025-12-18 Legislative Research and General Counsel
Bill Numbered but not Distributed
2025-12-18 Legislative Fiscal Analyst
LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0032
2025-12-18 Legislative Fiscal Agency
LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0032
2025-12-18 Legislative Research and General Counsel
Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed

Official Summary Text

This bill revises the offense of child abuse homicide.

Current Bill Text

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76-5-208
1
Child Abuse Homicide Corrections
2026 GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Chief Sponsor: Don L. Ipson
House Sponsor: Ryan D. Wilcox
LONG TITLE
General Description:
This bill revises the offense of child abuse homicide.
Highlighted Provisions:
This bill:
corrects the erroneous inclusion of the offense of child torture in the child abuse homicide
statute, based on the child torture offense already having been included in the offense of
murder;
provides an immediate effective date; and
makes technical and conforming changes.
Money Appropriated in this Bill:
None
Other Special Clauses:
This bill provides a special effective date.
Utah Code Sections Affected:
AMENDS:
76-5-208
, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2025, Chapter 284
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Section
76-5-208
is amended to read:
76-5-208
. Child abuse homicide -- Penalties.
(1)
(a)
As used in this section, "child abuse" means an offense described in Section
76-5-109
,
76-5-109.2
,
76-5-109.3
,
76-5-109.4
,
or
76-5-114
.
(b)
Terms defined in Section
76-1-101.5
apply to this section.
(2)
Unless a violation amounts to aggravated murder as described in Section
76-5-202
, an
actor commits child abuse homicide if:
(a)
(i)
the actor causes the death of another individual who is younger than 18 years
old; and
(ii)
the individual's death results from child abuse; and
(b)
(i)
the child abuse is based on a violation of Section
76-5-109.4
, Child Torture;
(ii)
(i)
the child abuse is done recklessly under Subsection
76-5-109.2(3)(b)
;
(iii)
(ii)
the child abuse is done with criminal negligence under Subsection
76-5-109.2(3)(c)
; or
(iv)
(iii)
under circumstances not amounting to the type of child abuse homicide
described in Subsection
(2)(b)(i)
, the child abuse is done intentionally, knowingly,
recklessly, or with criminal negligence, under Subsection
76-5-109(3)(a)
,
(b)
, or
(c)
.
(3)
(a)
A violation of Subsection
(2)
under the circumstances described in Subsection
(2)(b)(i)
is a first degree felony.
(b)
A violation of Subsection
(2)
under the circumstances described in Subsection
(2)(b)(ii)
or
(iii)
is a second degree felony.
Section 2.
Effective Date.
This bill takes effect:
(1)
except as provided in Subsection (2),
May 6, 2026
; or
(2)
if approved by two-thirds of all members elected to each house:
(a)
upon approval by the governor;
(b)
without the governor's signature, the day following the constitutional time limit of
Utah Constitution, Article VII, Section 8; or
(c)
in the case of a veto, the date of veto override.
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