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Thursday, November 5, 2026

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2026 floor votes

S.B. 290: Victim and Witness Privacy Amendments

2 recorded floor votes in the 2026 General Session. The bill's official page has its text, sponsors, committee votes and full history.

About this bill

Signed by the governor on March 23, 2026. This bill addresses the privacy of a victim and witness in a criminal investigation or action.

  • Defines terms
  • Addresses the requirements for access to nonpublic electronic data or information from a victim or witness when a defendant, or a defendant's attorney, seeks to obtain the nonpublic electronic data or information
  • Requires a law enforcement agency to enact a policy regarding nonpublic victim or witness data

Full bill page: steps, fiscal note and sponsors · Chief sponsor Heidi Balderree

Utah Senate, March 3, 2026

2nd Reading, Passage on 2nd & 3rd Under suspension of the rules · 3rd Sub. SB 290
Result as recorded: Passed, Ayes 26 Nays 0 Abs 3
Official record

Yes (26)

20 Republican, 6 Democratic

Absent or not voting (3)

1 Forward, 2 Republican

Utah House, March 6, 2026

Senate 3rd Reading, Final Passage · 3rd Sub. SB 290
Result as recorded: Passed, Yeas 61 Nays 0 N/V 14
Listed below: the 71 who are on today's roster. Official record

Yes (57)

46 Republican, 11 Democratic

Absent or not voting (14)

3 Democratic, 11 Republican

Votes are listed as the Utah Legislature's floor vote records show them. Names are matched to today's roster, so members who have since left the Legislature aren't in the lists; the totals are the record's own. Committee votes and voice votes aren't included.