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House approves substitute to identification-request bill allowing officers to ask for date of birth during lawful stops
Summary
The Utah House on Feb. 7 approved a first substitute to Senate Bill 10, which clarifies that, during a lawful stop, officers may request a person’s name, address and date of birth to positively identify individuals, particularly those without stable addresses; the substitute passed 65–3 and goes to the Senate.
The Utah House on Feb. 7 approved a first substitute to Senate Bill 10 that clarifies the information officers may request during a lawful stop. Representative Lee Perry, the floor sponsor, said the substitute reconciles two related sections of code and was prompted by law-enforcement needs in Operation Rio Grande.
"Right now, the way it works when you approach somebody and ask them to identify themselves, you can ask for name and address," Perry said. "A lot of people don't have an address to give. One of the things they asked is can we ask for name and date of birth?" He said the date of birth helps give "a positive identification on who the person is."
Perry moved to delete and replace the bill with a first substitute after committee work identified the need to attach the clarification to the actual crime sections in code; the motion to substitute was approved on the floor. Discussion on the substitute was waived and the House recorded a roll-call vote: the first substitute passed 65–3. The bill will be transmitted to the Senate for further consideration.
The sponsor and floor discussion emphasized that the measure is limited to information officers may request during a legitimate stop (name, address and date of birth) and is not framed in the transcript as authorizing broader searches or detention. The sponsor described the change as a technical but practical clarification to assist identification when an address is unavailable.
Implementation and next steps: the House vote clears the measure to return to the Senate for concurrence or further action; the transcript does not specify whether the substitute changes any enforcement protocols, training requirements, or data-handling procedures. Those details were not specified on the floor and would be resolved in later committee or Senate consideration.
The House also adopted numerous other committee reports and measures during the Feb. 7 session; the first substitute to SB10 was one of several bills the chamber transmitted to the Senate that day.
