Adult Sentencing Guidelines
The 2026 Sentencing & Release Guidelines are effective May 6th, and determine the presumptive sentence for offenses committed on or after the effective date. The Guidelines remain in effect until the next publication. An individual’s guideline calculations will be based on the version of the sentencing guidelines that govern on the date the individual was sentenced.
Juvenile Disposition Guidelines
The 2026 Juvenile Disposition Guidelines are effective May 6th and was a cooperative venture. The effort is to provide a mechanism for communication and improvement of key policy rather than to dictate practice by statute or rule. For the Juvenile Disposition Guidelines to function well, several policies are important.
Annual Offense List Report
This report provides details regarding the 2026 Legislative Session's decisions on adding, redacting and enhancing offenses. The legislative session created 44 substantive new offenses, removed 7 offenses, enhanced 2 offenses, reduced 7 offenses, expanded the elements of 5 offenses, and reduced the elements of 5 offenses. These numbers are intended to reflect substantive changes to criminal charges and penalties.
2025 Collateral Consequences Guide
This guide was created in response to 2021’s Senate Bill 215, which directed the Utah Sentencing Commission to create a guide that “identif[ies] any provision of state law, including the Utah Constitution, and any administrative rule that imposes a collateral consequence.”
