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<leg xml:space="preserve" billnum="SB0032" sponsor="Don L. Ipson" designation="SB" otherSponsor="Ryan D. Wilcox" otherHouse="House" sess="2026GS" fileno="2026FL1055" date="02-06-26" printDate="02-06 09:05" subVer="-2" minVer="1" office="LEGISLATIVE GENERAL COUNSEL" actionDate="" impact="code"><info><nextbuid>8</nextbuid><aminfo anum="0" effdate="01/01/1800"><seclist><sect action="A" src="code" buid="3" uid="C76-5-S208_1800010118000101" fromuid="C76-5-S208_2025050720250507" sort="76 05 02080018000101" mtype="section" effdate="01/01/1800">76-5-208</sect><sect src="uncod" untype="effdate" buid="7" uid="EF0000" sort="UZEFF" mtype="uncod" effdate="05/06/2026"/></seclist></aminfo></info><tbox><sinfo><nextpairid>1</nextpairid></sinfo><st numlevel="1" lineno="1" slineno="0-1">Child Abuse Homicide Corrections</st><sessionhead>2026 GENERAL SESSION</sessionhead><statehead>STATE OF UTAH</statehead><sponsorhead>Chief Sponsor: Don L. Ipson</sponsorhead><otherSponsorhead>House Sponsor: Ryan D. Wilcox</otherSponsorhead></tbox><lt numlevel="1" lineno="2" slineno="0-2"><lthead lineno="3">LONG TITLE</lthead><gdhead lineno="4">General Description:</gdhead><gd numlevel="1" lineno="5" slineno="0-5">This bill revises the offense of child abuse homicide.</gd><hphead lineno="6">Highlighted Provisions:</hphead><hp numlevel="1" lineno="7" slineno="0-7">This bill:<hl numlevel="1" lineno="8" slineno="0-8" level="1">corrects the erroneous inclusion of the offense of child torture in the child abuse homicide <ln numlevel="1" lineno="9" slineno="0-9"/>statute, based on the child torture offense already having been included in the offense of <ln numlevel="1" lineno="10" slineno="0-10"/>murder;</hl><hl numlevel="1" lineno="11" slineno="0-11" level="1">provides an immediate effective date; and</hl><hl numlevel="1" lineno="12" slineno="0-12" level="1">makes technical and conforming changes.</hl></hp><moni numlevel="1" lineno="13" slineno="0-13" display="none">Money Appropriated in this Bill:</moni><moniNone lineno="14">None</moniNone><oc numlevel="1" lineno="15" slineno="0-15">Other Special Clauses:<ocl type="effdate" sort="2" numlevel="1" lineno="16" slineno="0-16">This bill provides a special effective date.</ocl></oc><sa numlevel="1" lineno="17" slineno="0-17">Utah Code Sections Affected:<saamd numlevel="1" lineno="18" slineno="0-18"><snhead>AMENDS:</snhead><sn num="76-5-208" src="code" uid="C76-5-S208_1800010118000101" buid="3" sort="76 05 02080018000101" numlevel="1" lineno="19" slineno="0-19"><bold>76-5-208</bold>, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2025, Chapter 284</sn></saamd></sa></lt><enacthead lineno="20"/><enact numlevel="1" lineno="21" slineno="0-21">Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:</enact><bdy><bsec buid="3" num="76-5-208" type="amend" src="code" uid="C76-5-S208_1800010118000101" sort="76 05 02080018000101" numlevel="1" lineno="22" slineno="1-1" sn="1"><section number="76-5-208" numlevel="1" lineno="23" slineno="1-2" type="amend"><secline lineno="22">Section 1. Section <bold>76-5-208</bold> is amended to read:</secline><catline lineno="23"><bold>76-5-208<parens/>. Child abuse homicide -- Penalties.</bold></catline><subsection ssid="3-null-1" dnum="1-o" numlevel="1" lineno="24" slineno="1-3" level="1" placement="noreturn" space="false"><display>(1)</display><subsection ssid="3-null-2" dnum="a-o" level="2" placement="sameline"><display>(a)</display>As used in this section, "child abuse" means an offense described in Section <xref depth="3" refnumber="76-5-109" start="0"><ln numlevel="1" lineno="25" slineno="1-4"/>76-5-109</xref>, <xref depth="3" refnumber="76-5-109.2" start="0">76-5-109.2</xref>, <xref depth="3" refnumber="76-5-109.3" start="0">76-5-109.3</xref>, <amendoutstart style="2"/><amend anum="0" ea="erase" pairid="4" groupid="3" style="2" owner="admin" level="1" deltag="both"><xref depth="3" refnumber="76-5-109.4">76-5-109.4</xref>, </amend><amendoutend style="2"/>or <xref depth="3" refnumber="76-5-114" start="0">76-5-114</xref>.</subsection><subsection ssid="3-null-3" dnum="b-o" numlevel="1" lineno="26" slineno="1-5" level="2"><display>(b)</display>Terms defined in Section <xref depth="3" refnumber="76-1-101.5" start="0">76-1-101.5</xref> apply to this section.</subsection></subsection><subsection ssid="3-null-4" dnum="2-o" numlevel="1" lineno="27" slineno="1-6" level="1"><display>(2)</display>Unless a violation amounts to aggravated murder as described in Section <xref depth="3" refnumber="76-5-202" start="0">76-5-202</xref>, an <ln numlevel="1" lineno="28" slineno="1-7"/>actor commits child abuse homicide if:<subsection ssid="3-null-5" dnum="a-o" numlevel="1" lineno="29" slineno="1-8" level="2" space="false"><display>(a)</display><subsection ssid="3-null-6" dnum="i-o" level="3" placement="sameline"><display>(i)</display>the actor causes the death of another individual who is younger than 18 years <ln numlevel="1" lineno="30" slineno="1-9"/>old; and</subsection><subsection ssid="3-null-7" dnum="ii-o" numlevel="1" lineno="31" slineno="1-10" level="3"><display>(ii)</display>the individual's death results from child abuse; and</subsection></subsection><subsection ssid="3-null-8" dnum="b-o" numlevel="1" lineno="32" slineno="1-11" level="2" space="false"><display>(b)</display><subsection ssid="3-null-9" dnum="i-o:_-e" ea="erase" anum="0" owner="admin" style="2" level="3" placement="sameline"><display><amendoutstart style="2"/><amend anum="0" ea="erase" pairid="1008" style="2" owner="o" level="1" deltag="start">(i)</amend></display><amend anum="0" ea="erase" pairid="3" groupid="2" style="2" owner="admin" level="1" deltag="end">the child abuse is based on a violation of Section <xref depth="3" refnumber="76-5-109.4">76-5-109.4</xref>, Child Torture;</amend><amendoutend style="2"/></subsection><subsection ssid="3-null-10" dnum="ii-o:i-e" numlevel="1" lineno="33" slineno="1-12" level="3"><display><amendoutstart style="2"/><amend anum="0" ea="erase" pairid="1009" style="2" owner="o" level="1" deltag="both">(ii)</amend><amendoutend style="2"/><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="1010" style="1" owner="e" level="1" amendtag="both" space="true">(i)</amend></display>the child abuse is done recklessly under Subsection <xref depth="4" refnumber="76-5-109.2(3)(b)" start="0">76-5-109.2(3)(b)</xref>;</subsection><subsection ssid="3-null-11" dnum="iii-o:ii-e" numlevel="1" lineno="34" slineno="1-13" level="3"><display><amendoutstart style="2"/><amend anum="0" ea="erase" pairid="1010" style="2" owner="o" level="1" deltag="both">(iii)</amend><amendoutend style="2"/><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="1011" style="1" owner="e" level="1" amendtag="both" space="true">(ii)</amend></display>the child abuse is done with criminal negligence under Subsection <xref depth="4" refnumber="76-5-109.2(3)(c)" start="0"><ln numlevel="1" lineno="35" slineno="1-14"/>76-5-109.2(3)(c)</xref>; or</subsection><subsection ssid="3-null-12" dnum="iv-o:iii-e" numlevel="1" lineno="36" slineno="1-15" level="3"><display><amendoutstart style="2"/><amend anum="0" ea="erase" pairid="1011" style="2" owner="o" level="1" deltag="both">(iv)</amend><amendoutend style="2"/><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="1012" style="1" owner="e" level="1" amendtag="both" space="true">(iii)</amend></display>under circumstances not amounting to the type of child abuse homicide <ln numlevel="1" lineno="37" slineno="1-16"/>described in Subsection <xref depth="4" refnumber="76-5-208(2)(b)(i)" start="0">(2)(b)(i)</xref>, the child abuse is done intentionally, knowingly, <ln numlevel="1" lineno="38" slineno="1-17"/>recklessly, or with criminal negligence, under Subsection <xref depth="4" refnumber="76-5-109(3)(a)" start="0">76-5-109(3)(a)</xref>, <xref depth="4" refnumber="76-5-109(3)(b)" start="0">(b)</xref>, or <xref depth="4" refnumber="76-5-109(3)(c)" start="0"><ln numlevel="1" lineno="39" slineno="1-18"/>(c)</xref>.</subsection></subsection></subsection><subsection ssid="3-null-13" dnum="3-o" numlevel="1" lineno="40" slineno="1-19" level="1" space="false"><display>(3)</display><subsection ssid="3-null-14" dnum="a-o" level="2" placement="sameline"><display>(a)</display>A violation of Subsection <xref depth="4" refnumber="76-5-208(2)" start="0">(2)</xref> under the circumstances described in Subsection <xref depth="4" refnumber="76-5-208(2)(b)(i)" start="0"><ln numlevel="1" lineno="41" slineno="1-20"/>(2)(b)(i)</xref> is a first degree felony.</subsection><subsection ssid="3-null-15" dnum="b-o" numlevel="1" lineno="42" slineno="1-21" level="2"><display>(b)</display>A violation of Subsection <xref depth="4" refnumber="76-5-208(2)" start="0">(2)</xref> under the circumstances described in Subsection <xref depth="4" refnumber="76-5-208(2)(b)(ii)" start="0"><ln numlevel="1" lineno="43" slineno="1-22"/>(2)(b)(ii)</xref> or <xref depth="4" refnumber="76-5-208(2)(b)(iii)" start="0">(iii)</xref> is a second degree felony.</subsection></subsection></section></bsec><bsec buid="7" type="uncod" untype="effdate" src="uncod" uid="EF0000" sort="UZEFF" langlock="true" numlevel="1" lineno="44" slineno="2-1" sn="2"><section type="uncod" untype="effdate" display="false" src="uncod"><secline lineno="44">Section 2.  <bold>Effective Date.</bold></secline><sectionText lineno="45"><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="1" groupid="1" style="1" owner="admin" level="1" amendtag="both">This bill takes effect:</amend></sectionText><subsection ssid="7-1" dnum="_-o:1-e" numlevel="1" lineno="46" slineno="2-3" ea="amend" anum="0" owner="admin" style="1" level="1"><display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="1015" style="1" owner="e" level="1" amendtag="start">(1)</amend></display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="4" groupid="3" style="1" owner="admin" level="1" m-anum="0" m-ea="amend" m-pairid="6" m-groupid="5" m-style="1" m-owner="admin" m-level="1" amendtag="end">except as provided in Subsection (2), <effdate uid="code" date="5/6/2026">May 6, 2026</effdate>; or</amend></subsection><subsection ssid="7-2" dnum="_-o:2-e" numlevel="1" lineno="47" slineno="2-4" ea="amend" anum="0" owner="admin" style="1" level="1"><display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="1016" style="1" owner="e" level="1" amendtag="start">(2)</amend></display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="9" groupid="7" style="1" owner="admin" level="1" amendtag="end">if approved by two-thirds of all members elected to each house:</amend><subsection ssid="7-3" dnum="_-o:a-e" numlevel="1" lineno="48" slineno="2-5" ea="amend" anum="0" owner="admin" style="1" level="2"><display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="1017" style="1" owner="e" level="1" amendtag="start">(a)</amend></display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="12" groupid="9" style="1" owner="admin" level="1" amendtag="end">upon approval by the governor;</amend></subsection><subsection ssid="7-4" dnum="_-o:b-e" numlevel="1" lineno="49" slineno="2-6" ea="amend" anum="0" owner="admin" style="1" level="2"><display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="1018" style="1" owner="e" level="1" amendtag="start">(b)</amend></display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="15" groupid="11" style="1" owner="admin" level="1" amendtag="end">without the governor's signature, the day following the constitutional time limit of <ln numlevel="1" lineno="50" slineno="2-7"/>Utah Constitution, Article VII, Section 8; or</amend></subsection><subsection ssid="7-5" dnum="_-o:c-e" numlevel="1" lineno="51" slineno="2-8" ea="amend" anum="0" owner="admin" style="1" level="2"><display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="1019" style="1" owner="e" level="1" amendtag="start">(c)</amend></display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="18" groupid="13" style="1" owner="admin" level="1" amendtag="end">in the case of a veto, the date of veto override.</amend></subsection></subsection></section></bsec></bdy><foot><rev><tm>2-6-26 7:38 AM</tm></rev></foot></leg>