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Read. Follow. Verify.Utah Revises Pretrial Release Rules, Mandates Data Reporting, and Adjusts Sheriff Release Authority
Last action · March 6, 2026: House/ filedSponsors: Matt MacPherson and 1 other
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What This Bill Proposed
This bill addresses bail.
Changes how local jails and courts handle pretrial release decisions for arrested individuals, requiring specific financial and personal data collection at booking while establishing annual legislative oversight of pretrial programs.
- Utah's pretrial release and bail statutes have undergone major legislative restructuring in recent years, including revisions to non-financial release conditions and judicial discretion. context
- The Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice serves as an executive branch agency in Utah that coordinates criminal justice policies and oversees state-level data collection. context
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Law Enforcement Agencies
Required to collect detailed booking information, supervise defendants under specific conditions, and submit annual pretrial release data reports.
Pretrial Services Programs
Must gather individual financial and personal circumstances at booking, monitor released defendants, and report non-compliance or new charges.
Magistrates and Judges
Must follow updated criteria regarding temporary pretrial status orders, restrictions on own-recognizance release, and financial condition assessments.
Individuals Arrested and Booked into Jail
Subject to mandatory financial and personal data collection upon booking, new detention holding periods, and revised pretrial release conditions.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What information must be collected when an individual is booked into a jail facility without a warrant?
Can information collected during the booking process be used in a regular criminal trial against the defendant?
What reporting requirements are established for pretrial release programs?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · passed the House · in the Senate.
Procedural history
34 actions- Mar 6, 2026HouseHouse/ filed
- Mar 6, 2026HouseHouse/ received from Senate
- Mar 6, 2026SenateSenate/ to House
- Mar 6, 2026SenateSenate/ strike enacting clause
- Mar 6, 2026ReleasedLFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0593S02
- Mar 6, 2026Version SponsorLFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0593S02
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- Mar 6, 2026Legislative Fiscal AgencyLFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0593S02
- Mar 6, 2026Legislative Fiscal AnalystLFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0593S02
- Mar 4, 2026SenateIntroducedSenate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- Mar 4, 2026SenateSenate/ received from House
- Mar 3, 2026HouseHouse/ to Senate
- Mar 3, 2026HouseFloorHouse/ passed 3rd reading
- Mar 3, 2026HouseHouse/ uncircled
- Mar 3, 2026HouseHouse/ circled
- Mar 3, 2026HouseHouse/ 3rd reading
- Mar 2, 2026ReleasedLFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0593S01
- Mar 2, 2026Version SponsorLFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0593S01
- Mar 2, 2026HouseHouse/ 2nd reading
- Mar 2, 2026HouseHouse/ comm rpt/ substituted/ amended
- Mar 2, 2026HouseHouse Comm - Favorable Recommendation
- Mar 2, 2026HouseHouse Comm - Amendment Recommendation
- Mar 2, 2026HouseHouse Comm - Substitute Recommendation
- Mar 1, 2026Legislative Fiscal AgencyLFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0593S01
- Mar 1, 2026Legislative Fiscal AnalystLFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0593S01
- Feb 26, 2026HouseCommitteeHouse/ to standing committee
- Feb 25, 2026HouseHouse/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- Feb 25, 2026ReleasedLFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0593
- Feb 25, 2026Version SponsorLFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0593
- Feb 20, 2026HouseIntroducedHouse/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- Feb 20, 2026HouseHouse/ received bill from Legislative Research
- Feb 20, 2026Legislative Fiscal AgencyLFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0593
- Feb 20, 2026Legislative Fiscal AnalystLFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0593
- Feb 20, 2026Legislative Research and General CounselNumbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- Feb 20, 2026Legislative Research and General CounselBill Numbered but not Distributed
Version history
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Mandatory Pretrial Data Tracking and Reporting
The bill introduces statutory reporting requirements obligating law enforcement and pretrial services to track supervision outcomes and submit data annually to the Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice and the Judiciary Interim Committee.
Coordination with S.B. 323
The bill includes a specific coordination clause to seamlessly update agency naming conventions if S.B. 323 (Criminal and Juvenile Justice Recodification) also becomes law on September 1, 2026.
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Sources
le.utah.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 75)
- Controversy40Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz30Current news / social attention level
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