Enrolled Copy H.B. 31
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Offender Information Amendments
2025 GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Chief Sponsor: Melissa G. Ballard
Senate Sponsor: Kirk A. Cullimore
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LONG TITLE
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General Description:
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This bill concerns electronic access to personal and financial information for an offender.
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Highlighted Provisions:
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This bill:
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▸ requires the Division of Technology Services to make a version of the single sign-on
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citizen portal available for certain individuals who are or were offenders that contains:
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● if possible, an electronic copy of, or link to, the individual's digital verifiable
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credentials and records; and
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● if available, information on certain debts the individual may have; and
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▸ makes technical and conforming changes.
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Money Appropriated in this Bill:
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None
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Other Special Clauses:
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None
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Utah Code Sections Affected:
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AMENDS:
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63A-16-803, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2023, Chapters 34, 329
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
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Section 1. Section 63A-16-803 is amended to read:
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63A-16-803 . Single sign-on citizen portal -- Creation.
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(1) The division shall, in consultation with the entities described in Subsection (4), design
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and create a single sign-on citizen portal that is:
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(a) a web portal through which an individual may access information and services
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described in Subsection (2), as agreed upon by the entities described in Subsection (4); H.B. 31 Enrolled Copy
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and
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(b) secure, centralized, and interconnected.
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(2) The division shall ensure that the single sign-on citizen portal allows an individual, at a
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single point of entry, to:
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(a) access and submit an application for:
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(i) medical and support programs including:
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(A) a medical assistance program administered under Title 26B, Chapter 3, Health
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Care - Administration and Assistance, including Medicaid;
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(B) the Children's Health Insurance Program under Title 26B, Chapter 3, Part 9,
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Utah Children's Health Insurance Program;
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(C) the Primary Care Network as defined in Section 26B-3-211; and
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(D) the Women, Infants, and Children program administered under 42 U.S.C. Sec.
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1786;
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(ii) unemployment insurance under Title 35A, Chapter 4, Employment Security Act;
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(iii) workers' compensation under Title 34A, Chapter 2, Workers' Compensation Act;
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(iv) employment with a state agency;
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(v) a driver license or state identification card renewal under Title 53, Chapter 3,
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Uniform Driver License Act;
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(vi) a birth or death certificate under Title 26B, Chapter 8, Part 1, Vital Statistics; and
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(vii) a hunting or fishing license under Title 23A, Chapter 4, Licenses, Permits,
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Certificates of Registration, and Tags;
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(b) access the individual's:
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(i) transcripts from an institution of higher education described in Section 53B-2-101;
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and
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(ii) immunization records maintained by the Department of Health and Human
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Services;
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(c) register the individual's vehicle under Title 41, Chapter 1a, Part 2, Registration, with
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the Motor Vehicle Division of the State Tax Commission;
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(d) file the individual's state income taxes under Title 59, Chapter 10, Individual Income
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Tax Act, beginning December 1, 2020;
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(e) access information about positions available for employment with the state; and
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(f) access any other service or information the department determines is appropriate in
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consultation with the entities described in Subsection (4).
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(3) The division shall develop the single sign-on citizen portal using an open platform that:
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(a) facilitates participation in the portal by a state entity;
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(b) allows for optional participation in the portal by a political subdivision of the state;
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and
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(c) contains a link to the State Tax Commission website.
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(4) In developing the single sign-on citizen portal, the department shall consult with:
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(a) each state executive branch agency that administers a program, provides a service, or
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manages applicable information described in Subsection (2);
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(b) the Utah League of Cities and Towns;
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(c) the Utah Association of Counties; and
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(d) other appropriate state executive branch agencies.
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(5) The division shall ensure that the single sign-on citizen portal is fully operational no
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later than January 1, 2025.
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(6)(a) As used in this Subsection (6):
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(i) "Digital verifiable credential" means the same as that term is defined in Section
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63A-16-108.
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(ii) "Digital verifiable record" means the same as that term is defined in Section
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63A-16-108.
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(iii) "Offender" means the same as that term is defined in Section 64-13-1.
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(b) No later than January 1, 2027, the division shall ensure that a version of the single
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sign-on citizen portal is made available to an individual who:
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(i) is a Utah resident; and
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(ii)(A) is an offender; or
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(B) previously was an offender resulting from a conviction that occurred on or
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after January 1, 2027.
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(c) The portal described in Subsection (6)(b) shall include:
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(i) if possible, an electronic copy of, or link to, the individual's digital verifiable
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credentials and digital verifiable records; and
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(ii) if available:
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(A) information on the individual's debts such as restitution, court costs, fines, tax
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obligations, alimony, child support, other court-ordered payments, and similar
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debts; and
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(B) links or another method to access more information concerning the debts
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listed in Subsection (6)(c)(ii)(A).
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Section 2. Effective date.
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This bill takes effect on May 7, 2025.
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