2025

LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY

Welcome to our online legislative summary for the 2025 General Session.

Similar to last year, 2025 saw a record-breaking number of criminal justice-related bills introduced and debated in the Utah Legislature. Our organization tracked more than two hundred of these bills, which we summarize here for defense practitioners across the state to review before they become law in May.

As you explore bills from the 2025 General Session using the categories below, please keep in mind that bills may be cross-listed under multiple categories.

Click here to see a list of all passed and failed legislation that our organization tracked in 2025:

LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY

Click here to see our breakdown report of penalty legislation from the 2025 General Session:

2025 LEGISLATIVE REPORT

OUR TOP ISSUES IN 2025

JUDICIARY & PROCEDURE
CRIME & IMMIGRATION
PENALTY REFORM
SEX OFFENSES & TRAFFICKING

BILLS BY PENALTY TYPE

BILLS CREATING NEW PENALTIES
BILLS INCREASING OR EXPANDING PENALTIES
BILLS DECREASING OR REPEALING PENALTIES

BILLS BY SUBJECT

CRIME & IMMIGRATION
DUI, DRUG & ALCOHOL
JUDICIARY & PROCEDURE
SEX OFFENSES
COMPETENCY & HEALTH CARE
FIREARMS
JUVENILE
TRAFFIC OFFENSES
DATA, DNA & RECORDS
HOMELESSNESS
POLICE & PROSECUTION
LABOR & TRAFFICKING
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
INMATES
PROPERTY & THEFT
WELFARE

Click here to see our breakdown of penalty legislation that has been introduced and enacted since JRI:

POST-JRI LEGISLATION