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Utah Code § 53-25-202

Sexual assault offense reporting requirements for law enforcement agencies

Amended by Chapter 173, 2025 General Session; End date 7/1/2026

(1) As used in this section:

(a) "Commission" means the State Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice created in Section 63M-7-201.

(b) "Sexual assault offense" means:

(i) rape, Section 76-5-402;

(ii) rape of a child, Section 76-5-402.1">76-5-402.1;

(iii) object rape, Section 76-5-402.2">76-5-402.2;

(iv) object rape of a child, Section 76-5-402.3">76-5-402.3;

(v) forcible sodomy, Section 76-5-403;

(vi) sodomy on a child, Section 76-5-403.1">76-5-403.1;

(vii) forcible sexual abuse, Section 76-5-404;

(viii) sexual abuse of a child, Section 76-5-404.1">76-5-404.1;

(ix) aggravated sexual abuse of a child, Section 76-5-404.3">76-5-404.3;

(x) aggravated sexual assault, Section 76-5-405; or

(xi) sexual battery, Section 76-5-418.

(2)

(a) Beginning January 1, 2025, a law enforcement agency shall:

(i) annually, on or before April 30, submit a report to the commission for the previous calendar year containing the number of each type of sexual assault offense that:

(A) was reported to the law enforcement agency;

(B) was investigated by a detective; and

(C) was referred to a prosecutor for prosecution; and

(ii) submit a report to the commission on whether the law enforcement agency has created and publicly posted on the law enforcement agency's website:

(A) the policy described in Subsection 53-24-101(1)(a); and

(B) the guide described in Subsection 53-24-101(2)(a).

(b) A law enforcement agency shall:

(i) compile the report described in Subsection (2)(a)(i) for each calendar year in the standardized format developed by the commission under Subsection (3); and

(ii) publicly post the information reported in Subsection (2)(a)(i) on the law enforcement agency's website.

(3) The commission shall:

(a) develop a standardized format for reporting the data described in Subsection (2);

(b) compile the data submitted under Subsection (2); and

(c) annually on or before August 1, publish a report of the data described in Subsection (2) on the commission's website.

Official source: Utah State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Utah statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.