Enforcement Activities Amendments
This Utah bill restricts state and local law enforcement from assisting federal immigration authorities in sensitive locations (like schools or hospitals) or houses of worship, with limited exceptions for emergencies or facility owner requests. It also prohibits law enforcement officers from wearing opaque face coverings during official duties, except for tactical units, undercover operations, or if their agency has a publicly posted facial covering policy. Violations could result in a class C misdemeanor penalty for officers, unless their agency had a compliant policy in place. The bill requires law enforcement agencies to create and publish such policies to avoid criminal liability for officers.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 20, 2026
Last action Mar 7, 2026
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The bill was reformatted from a standard legislative text to a substitute version with updated formatting and page numbering, but the substantive policy content remains unchanged. The core provisions regarding law enforcement assistance restrictions, facial covering policies, and immigration detention facility restrictions are identical between versions.
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Formatting and layout changes including page headers, timestamps, and line numbering were updated to reflect the substitute version format.
The House Sponsor field was left blank in the substitute version, though it was previously listed as 'LONG TITLE' in the original text.
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Actions timeline
Total actions
24
Key actions
2
Committee
3
Jan 29, 2026
Upper · Passed
Senate/ comm rpt/ sent to Rules [Senate Rules Committee]
upper
Jan 23, 2026
Upper · Passed
Senate Comm - Held [Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee]
upper
Jan 21, 2026
Committee
Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee]
upper
Jan 20, 2026
Introduced
Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Nate Blouin
DDemocratic
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