This bill modifies criminal provisions in Title 76, Utah Criminal Code, by redrafting offense statutes into a new structure, reorganizing criminal statutes into a new format, and clarifying existing law.
This bill:
- reorders language into a standardized format and clarifies existing law, including the offenses in Title 76, Chapter 9, Offenses Against Public Order and Decency, and Chapter 10, Offenses Against Public Health, Safety, Welfare, and Morals;
- reorganizes Title 76, Chapters 9 and 10 into a new organization to better align with the contents of the statutes;
- reorganizes offenses to enact an embedded offense as a stand-alone statute or statutes, including offenses concerning:
emergency reporting, interference, and false reports;prohibited use of a party line or public pay telephone;commercial obstruction;electronic communication harassment and disclosure of personal information;cruelty to animals, dog fighting, and police service canines, including aligning exemptions and defenses based on the elements of each offense;voyeurism;abuse or desecration of a dead human body;criminal street gang activities;tobacco sales and related offenses;gambling and related offenses;bus hijacking and related offenses;money laundering and related offenses;the use of a laser pointer;unlawful littering and related offenses;unlawful possession, use, or control of a vehicle with a contraband compartment;unlawful tattooing or piercing of a minor;labeling of explosives and related offenses;weapons offenses and related statutes;corporate fraud and related offenses, including unlawful acts by a director, officer, or agent;nuisances;pornography and related offenses, including placing the definition of pornography in the relevant definition section;prostitution, sexual solicitation, and related offenses; andkickbacks and related offenses;
- for clarity, places contents of Title 76, Chapter 9, Part 5, Libel, into Title 45, Chapter 2, Libel;
- for clarity, places certain contents of Title 76, Chapter 10, Part 5, Weapons, into Title 53, Public Safety Code;
- for clarity, places certain law enforcement requirements concerning gang loitering from Title 76, Chapter 10, Part 9, Prohibition of Gang Activity, into Title 53, Chapter 25, Law Enforcement Requirements;
- for clarity, defines a minor as an individual younger than 21 years old for the offense concerning public intoxication;
- for clarity, provides a more detailed description of an actor for purposes of offenses involving providing a weapon to a minor;
- for clarity, technically revises language concerning vicious animal offense;
- for clarity, removes definition of image in offense concerning failure to report child sexual abuse material by a computer technician;
- adds penalty provisions to offenses concerning high explosives that had been inadvertently omitted;
- repeals certain statutes concerning the Utah Trade Commission, which entity no longer exists;
- for clarity, provides which prostitution-related offenses do not apply to a minor;
- makes technical corrections to certain statutes resulting from inadvertent omissions in the 2024 criminal code recodification, including:reinserting a provision guaranteeing Native American rights in the statute concerning establishment of a prohibited item policy in a correctional or mental health facility;reinserting the penalty to the offense of alteration of proposed legislative bill or resolution;reinserting an element of the offense in the offense of assault or threat of violence against a child welfare worker; andproviding clarifying language regarding the identity of the actor in the offense concerning trafficking in warrants; and
- makes technical and conforming changes.
Recommended by: Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Interim CommitteeStatutes affected:
Introduced: 4-2-903, 4-25-303, 4-44-202, 9-7-215, 9-9-403, 9-23-306, 10-8-41.5, 10-8-41.6, 10-8-47, 10-18-103, 11-46-303, 13-39-202, 13-40-102, 13-44-301, 13-45-401, 13-74-101, 17-41-403, 17-50-333, 19-2-114, 19-6-429, 23A-4-1106, 23A-13-303, 26B-2-120, 26B-4-501, 26B-7-205, 26B-7-501, 26B-7-505, 26B-7-508, 26B-7-511, 26B-7-514, 26B-7-516, 26B-7-517, 26B-7-521, 26B-8-208, 31A-21-501, 32B-3-303, 32B-4-423, 32B-5-301, 32B-7-202, 32B-9-204, 34-45-102, 34-45-107, 34-52-201, 34A-5-114, 41-3-413, 47-3-305, 51-9-203, 51-9-801, 53-3-219, 53-3-220, 53-3-229, 53-3-810, 53-5-702, 53-5-704, 53-5-705, 53-5-710, 53-5-711, 53-10-202, 53-10-208.1, 53-10-403, 53-10-801, 53-10-803, 53-13-116, 53-22-105, 53-22-107, 53-25-103, 53-25-202, 53-25-501, 53B-16-601, 53G-1-103, 53G-4-402, 53G-6-204, 53G-8-201, 53G-8-205, 53G-8-209, 53G-8-211, 53G-8-701.8, 53G-10-103, 57-22-5.1, 58-37-8, 58-63-307, 59-14-102, 59-14-507, 59-14-807, 59-14-810, 59-27-105, 63G-7-301, 63G-12-102, 63G-12-106, 63G-31-302, 63G-31-304, 63I-1-276, 63I-2-276, 63M-7-502, 64-13-41, 67-5-22.7, 72-10-901, 73-2-27, 73-29-102, 76-1-301, 76-2-304.5, 76-2-306, 76-3-203.1, 76-3-203.3, 76-3-203.5, 76-3-203.12, 76-3-209, 76-3-402, 76-3-407, 76-4-102, 76-4-202, 76-4-203, 76-5-102.8, 76-5-104, 76-5-106.5, 76-5-107, 76-5-107.1, 76-5-107.3, 76-5-109.3, 76-5-202, 76-5-203, 76-5-302, 76-5-415, 76-6-105, 76-6-206, 76-6-414, 76-6-703.3, 76-6-703.7, 76-6-705, 76-6-1202, 76-7-101, 76-8-107, 76-8-311.1, 76-8-311.2, 76-8-311.3, 76-8-311.4, 76-8-311.7, 76-8-318, 76-8-411, 76-9-101, 76-9-102, 76-9-103, 76-9-104, 76-9-105, 76-9-106, 76-9-107, 76-9-108, 76-9-109, 76-9-601, 76-9-802, 76-9-803, 76-9-804, 77-2-9, 77-20-203, 77-20-204, 77-22-2.5, 77-36-1, 77-36-2.1, 77-37-2, 77-38-3, 77-38-601, 77-39-101, 77-41-102, 77-41-106, 77-41-112, 77-41-113, 77-42-105, 78A-2-203, 78B-4-511, 78B-5-505, 78B-6-111, 78B-6-1101, 78B-6-1103, 78B-6-1107, 78B-6-1701, 78B-6-2102, 78B-6-2105, 78B-6-2301, 78B-7-502, 78B-7-801, 78B-8-503, 78B-9-104, 80-1-102, 80-2-301, 80-4-302, 80-6-103, 80-6-104, 80-6-302, 80-6-303.5, 80-6-304, 80-6-305, 80-6-503, 80-6-605, 80-6-608, 80-6-707, 80-6-712, 80-6-804, 80-6-1002, 80-6-1004.1, 80-6-1004.5, 81-9-202, 81-9-204, 81-9-208
Substitute #1: 4-2-903, 4-25-303, 4-44-202, 9-7-215, 9-9-403, 9-23-306, 10-8-41.5, 10-8-41.6, 10-8-47, 10-18-103, 11-46-303, 13-39-202, 13-40-102, 13-44-301, 13-45-401, 13-74-101, 17-41-403, 17-50-333, 19-2-114, 19-6-429, 23A-4-1106, 23A-13-303, 26B-2-120, 26B-4-501, 26B-7-205, 26B-7-501, 26B-7-505, 26B-7-508, 26B-7-511, 26B-7-514, 26B-7-516, 26B-7-517, 26B-7-521, 26B-8-208, 31A-21-501, 32B-3-303, 32B-4-423, 32B-5-301, 32B-7-202, 32B-9-204, 34-45-102, 34-45-107, 34-52-201, 34A-5-114, 41-3-413, 47-3-305, 51-9-203, 51-9-801, 53-3-219, 53-3-220, 53-3-229, 53-3-810, 53-5-702, 53-5-704, 53-5-705, 53-5-710, 53-5-711, 53-10-202, 53-10-208.1, 53-10-403, 53-10-801, 53-10-803, 53-13-116, 53-22-105, 53-22-107, 53-25-103, 53-25-202, 53-25-501, 53B-16-601, 53G-1-103, 53G-4-402, 53G-6-204, 53G-8-201, 53G-8-205, 53G-8-209, 53G-8-211, 53G-8-701.8, 53G-10-103, 57-22-5.1, 58-37-8, 58-63-307, 59-14-102, 59-14-507, 59-14-807, 59-14-810, 59-27-105, 63G-7-301, 63G-12-102, 63G-12-106, 63G-31-302, 63G-31-304, 63I-1-276, 63I-2-276, 63M-7-502, 64-13-41, 67-5-22.7, 72-10-901, 73-2-27, 73-29-102, 76-1-301, 76-2-304.5, 76-2-306, 76-3-203.1, 76-3-203.3, 76-3-203.5, 76-3-203.12, 76-3-209, 76-3-402, 76-3-407, 76-4-102, 76-4-202, 76-4-203, 76-5-102.8, 76-5-104, 76-5-106.5, 76-5-107, 76-5-107.1, 76-5-107.3, 76-5-109.3, 76-5-202, 76-5-203, 76-5-302, 76-5-415, 76-6-105, 76-6-206, 76-6-414, 76-6-703.3, 76-6-703.7, 76-6-705, 76-6-1202, 76-7-101, 76-8-107, 76-8-311.1, 76-8-311.2, 76-8-311.3, 76-8-311.4, 76-8-311.7, 76-8-318, 76-8-411, 76-9-101, 76-9-102, 76-9-103, 76-9-104, 76-9-105, 76-9-106, 76-9-107, 76-9-108, 76-9-109, 76-9-601, 76-9-802, 76-9-803, 76-9-804, 77-2-9, 77-20-203, 77-20-204, 77-22-2.5, 77-36-1, 77-36-2.1, 77-37-2, 77-38-3, 77-38-601, 77-39-101, 77-41-102, 77-41-106, 77-41-112, 77-41-113, 77-42-105, 78A-2-203, 78B-4-511, 78B-5-505, 78B-6-111, 78B-6-1101, 78B-6-1103, 78B-6-1107, 78B-6-1701, 78B-6-2102, 78B-6-2105, 78B-6-2301, 78B-7-502, 78B-7-801, 78B-8-503, 78B-9-104, 80-1-102, 80-2-301, 80-4-302, 80-6-103, 80-6-104, 80-6-302, 80-6-303.5, 80-6-304, 80-6-305, 80-6-503, 80-6-605, 80-6-608, 80-6-707, 80-6-712, 80-6-804, 80-6-1002, 80-6-1004.1, 80-6-1004.5, 81-9-202, 81-9-204, 81-9-208