UT HB0090

Removes exceptions for "enticing a minor" (76-5-417), "sexual battery" (76-5-418), "lewdness" (76-5-419), and "lewdness involving a child" (76-5-420) from various definitions of "sexual offense" throughout Utah Code, meaning these offenses will now be included in the broader category of sexual offenses for purposes of enhanced penalties, background checks, protective orders, and other legal provisions

Affects over 30 Utah Code sections spanning nonprofit corporation dissolution, background checks for child/vulnerable adult access, insurance definitions, employment law, criminal sentencing enhancements, victim reparations, domestic violence procedures, child custody matters, and juvenile justice

Changes impact areas including: denial of direct access to children/vulnerable adults based on criminal history, eligibility for treatment programs funded by the Sexually Explicit Business and Escort Service Fund, definitions used in confidentiality clause limitations for sexual misconduct claims, and qualifying offenses for protective orders

Removes the exclusion of sexual battery from the definition of "misconduct claim" for nonprofit corporation dissolution proceedings, and from various "domestic violence" definitions used in protective order and rental termination contexts

Effective date: January 1, 2027