H.B. 220 Public Safety Data Amendments

What this bill does

This bill moves several required public safety reports to the Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice (CCJJ), which would collect, standardize, manage, and publish the data on a statewide public safety data portal. It adds data sets such as campus and student housing crime, sexual assault, prosecutor complaints, and parole, and exempts records submitted solely for the portal from public records requests.

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Every vote

• 10 yes, 0 no, 1 absentHouse Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee: vote to change the bill · Feb 2, 2026Who voted how
• 10 yes, 0 no, 1 absentHouse Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee: vote to approve it · Feb 2, 2026Who voted how
• 69 yes, 1 no, 5 absentFinal House vote · Feb 11, 2026Who voted how
• 6 yes, 0 no, 1 absentSenate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee: vote to approve it · Feb 17, 2026Who voted how
• 24 yes, 0 no, 5 absentFirst of two Senate votes · Feb 19, 2026Who voted how
• 25 yes, 0 no, 4 absentFinal Senate vote · Feb 20, 2026Who voted how

Hearings and debates

• Feb 2, 2026 House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee▶ Watch
  Transcript (15 turns)

  1. Committee chair (presiding)29:20speaker not certain

     Whenever you're ready. Okay.

  2. Rep. Ryan D. Wilcox29:21

     Thank you, Mr. Chair. All right. Um, I will note on this one that I'm gonna speak to the changes that were made in the second substitute. We do need to adopt that. Um, so this is House Bill two 22nd substitute should be online. Primarily the changes. And this from our, uh, our initial committee work, um, has to do with, uh, removing some of the language that directed, uh, researchers to individual agencies rather than through our clearing house at CCJJ. It proved to be far more complicated than we, than we expected to get that done. Um, and we, in this substitute, we've removed that language and, uh, retained the, the rest of the bill that we worked on in the interim. And this is, uh, public safety data portal, uh, update. It will allow us to, uh, publish to the public, and this is probably the most important part. Make sure that the information is divided and that there's an appropriate public access point for criminal justice data that, that we all should have available to us, um, that is anonymized. It is, uh, clear, uh, when we, we have the ability to go to the, to the portal itself and, and look that up so policy makers can make those decisions. And then also, um, protected data that's, uh, relevant to ongoing investigations that that is not shared, uh, when it needs to be protected. So, and we remove the individual agency requirement in the sub, um, with the intent that that would be directed through CCJJ is, is under the current portal. Happy to answer any questions.

  3. Committee chair (presiding)31:00

     Thank you. Uh, any questions from the committee? Oh dear. Seeing none, uh, anyone from the public and none online. Okay. Seeing none. Back to the Committee for Action or discussion. And we do need to adopt the sub. Yes, please. Representative Hall.

  4. Rep. Katy Hall31:34

     Thank you, Mr. Chair. Motion to adopt. Second substitute.

  5. Committee chair (presiding)31:37

     That's in order. Would you like to speak to that?

  6. Rep. Katy Hall31:42speaker not certain

     I would not, I believe. Okay.

  7. Committee chair (presiding)31:45

     Um, to, let's see. Representative Wilcox.

  8. Rep. Ryan D. Wilcox31:52

     Yeah, no, it's, we need to adopt that one for it to work.

  9. Committee chair (presiding)31:56

     Yep. Okay. That's an order. Uh, we'll have a motion before just to approve the HB two 22nd sub. All in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Seeing none. That passes unanimously. And then back to Representative Hall.

  10. Rep. Katy Hall32:13

      Motion to adopt or motion to favorably recommend HB two 22nd substitute public safety data amendments with a favorable recommendation.

  11. Committee chair (presiding)32:25

      Okay. Um, Representative Wilcox or any, anyone from the committee? There's nothing. Okay. Representative Wilcox.

  12. Rep. Ryan D. Wilcox32:34

      Uh, thank you, Mr. Chair. And this is just, uh, the next step in this project and the criminal justice data portal. We are adding a few, um, a few new points of contact, but again, the most important part is, um, not just the, the new data points. It's in making sure that we have appropriate de-identifying data to make relevant decisions.

  13. Committee chair (presiding)32:56

      Okay. Thank you. Uh, back to the maker of the motion.

  14. Rep. Katy Hall33:00

      Um, I think it sounds like a good bill. I think it's good to get this data out there and also protect, um, sensitive information that's needed to do investigation. So.

  15. Committee chair (presiding)33:10

      Sounds good. Thank you. So before us, we have HB two 22nd substitute. We'll do a, uh, voice vote on that. I'll, in favor of passing this to the floor, say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Uh, passes unanimously. Thank you. Thank you. Yep.

• Feb 11, 2026 House floor debate▶ Watch
  Transcript (6 turns)

  1. Speaker (presiding)43:08

     Second substitute House bill two 20, public Safety Data Amendments by Representative Wilcox. This bill was heard in law enforcement and criminal justice with the vote. 10 0 1 Representative Wilcox.

  2. Rep. Ryan D. Wilcox43:20

     Thank you Mr. Speaker. Uh, this is our safety data portal bill, uh, for the year. Um, does a handful of things to this. It's a minor adjustment from the commission that centralizes reporting, um, so that we don't have so many disparate sources for that, which again, is the whole point of the bill. Um, strengthens CCJJ oversight by formalizing its role in collecting that information. Um, it expands it a little bit. We added sexual assault data, um, student housing, uh, crime, you know, issues on campus of course. And, uh, strike force activity and parole metrics that were missing. And, um, we also did some work to expand access for our researchers to make sure that when, uh, our universities, for example, are researching, uh, some of this data that, uh, that help us to make the right decisions that they have clarified access to that information, uh, so that they can provide it for us. Happy to answer any questions Mr. Speaker.

  3. Speaker (presiding)44:27

     Thank you Representative Wilcox discussion to the bill. None. Back to Representative Wilcox for summation.

  4. Rep. Ryan D. Wilcox44:37

     I'll waive. Thank you. Patient has been waived.

  5. Speaker (presiding)44:38

     Voting will now be open on six substitute HB two 20. Representative Ivory, would you like to vote? Seeing all present, having voted voting is now closed. Second substitute HB two 20 passes this body with 69 Yes votes one no vote will be sent to the Senate for its consideration.

  6. Speaker (presiding)45:52speaker not certain

     Representative Libe Thank you Mr. Speaker. Motion to encircle HB 2 34.

• Feb 17, 2026 Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee▶ Watch
  Transcript (9 turns)

  1. Committee chair1:46:11

     Um, second substitute House bill two 20 Public Safety Data amendments.

  2. Rep. Ryan D. Wilcox1:46:18

     Understand, this is a really quick one too. It Should be. Yeah, it actually should be. I'm not sure if that was a joke or not, but, uh, public Safety Data portal. This is, uh, from the Public Safety Data Task Force. This is, uh, this our annual update bill. Uh, we're removing, uh, some reports that come to the legislature. We're replacing those with the automatic feeds that go into the portal so that we all have those and we take up less time and 'em, and we can, you know, provide that to the public instead of just the legislature. Um, that's the, the operative part. You'll see a list of several of those reports that will no longer be going, uh, to, uh, just the legislature and instead will be fed into the portal as C-C-J-H-A. That Was the biggest thing I saw as you're changing who they report to, They're making it public. Yeah. Okay. All right. Um, that you got more presentation? No, that's it.

  3. Committee chair1:47:19

     That's it. Okay. Questions for the sponsor? Okay, let's go to public comment. Anyone here that would like to speak to this bill? Nobody on line. So we'll close that and come back for further consideration. Senator Vickers.

  4. Sen. Evan J. Vickers1:47:38

     Thank you Mr. Chair. I would make a motion that we favorably recommend second substitute Hospital two 20.

  5. Committee chair1:47:43

     Alright, discussion to that. Go back to the sponsor for summation.

  6. Unknown speaker1:47:47speaker not certain

     I'll waive Senator Vickers, I'll waive as well.

  7. Committee chair1:47:51

     Okay. All of those in favor of second substitute house Bill two 20 Public Safety Data Amendments. Say aye. Aye. Aye. Any opposed? That is, we need to Get Senator Sandall. Senator Sandall, are you available right there? Up or down?

  8. Sen. Scott D. Sandall1:48:14

     Aye. Okay. Thank you. All right.

  9. Committee chair1:48:17

     So that's, that's five to zero. Thank You, Senator. Thank you. Actually, oh, We got five here And oh six. Alright, so can't count. We got five fingers Slate a day. Alright. Okay.

• Feb 19, 2026 Senate floor debate▶ Watch
  Transcript (5 turns)

  1. Senate President Adams (presiding)1:07:47

     Thank you. Go ahead Bill.

  2. Rep. Ryan D. Wilcox1:07:49

     So this bill was, uh, well first off, for the past couple years we've been working on getting, uh, unified data in the criminal justice space to help us inform, to help inform the legislature and policy makers on criminal justice, uh, decisions and, and where, where to best place our resources. So we created the public safety data, uh, database and we are just building upon that. This was recommended by law enforcement and criminal justice inter the Interim committee. It updates how public safety data is reported and centralized by shifting multiple required reports to CCJJ for inclusion in the statewide public safety portal. Uh, so in addition to centralizing the reporting, it strengthens CCJJ oversight by formalizing its role in collecting, standardizing, managing, and publishing the portal data. It expands the public safety portal, uh, to include additional data sets such as student housing, crime, sexual assault data, prosecutorial complaints, and parole. It clarifies public access limits by exempting S-C-C-J-J from grandma requests for records submitted solely for the portal and then makes other technical and conforming cha uh, changes to the database. So it's got an annual update public access point To publish this data and make it available to, to everybody, make sure we're it's treated appropriately. It's divided, anonymized, ensures data that pertains to current investigations remains protected and removes individual agency requirements, uh, in the latest substitute.

  3. Senate President Adams (presiding)1:09:25

     Thank you for that presentation. Is there a discussion to this bill? Saying none. Senator Comer back chief for summation or a motion

  4. Sen. Kirk A. Cullimore1:09:34

     I waive summation. My motion is that we read second substitute house bill two 20 for a third time.

  5. Senate President Adams (presiding)1:09:40

     And the question is, shall second substitute house bill two 20? Be read for a third time. Roll call vote. Senator Spery Lewin Aye. Brammer bus? Aye. Colmore Aye. Escamilla Fillmore Aye. Grover Aye. Harper? Aye. Hankins Aye. Ipson Aye. Johnson. Aye. Quan McKay Mikel Milner Musman Owens pitcher Plum Rebi Sandal Stevenson Stratton stickers. Aye. This time you may vote Yes. Weiler Aye. Wilson Aye. Winterton Aye. President Adams Second substitute house Bill two 20. Having received 24 yay votes, zero na votes five being absent will be read for a third time.

• Feb 20, 2026 Senate floor debate▶ Watch
  Transcript (8 turns)

  1. Sen. Kirk A. Cullimore1:13:40

     database that we've been working on for a couple years. This particular bill was recommended by the Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Interim Committee. It updates how public safety is reported and centralized by shifting multiple required reports to CCJJ for inclusion in a statewide public safety portal. And then it standardizes reporting requirements across agencies improves public access to anonymous data and makes, uh, other technical changes to the database.

  2. President (presiding)1:14:08

     Thank you for the presentation. See you No discussion. Back to you for a motion.

  3. Sen. Kirk A. Cullimore1:14:12speaker not certain

     I'll move that we pass. Second substitute house bill two 20.

  4. President (presiding)1:14:16

     Thank you. The question is, shall second substitute house bill two 20 pass. Roll call vote.

  5. Unknown speaker1:14:20speaker not certain

     Senator Vickers Baldy Aye. Lein Brammer bus Colmore Aye. Escamilla Fillmore Grover Harper Hankins Ipson Johnson. K Juab McKay Mikel Milner Musselman Owens Cher Lum. Rebe Aye. Sandal Stevenson Stratton Bickers Bier Wilson Aye. Winterton Aye. President Adams Aye. Second

  6. President (presiding)1:15:03

     substitute house Bill two 20. Having received 25 yay votes. Zero nay votes. Four being absent passes his body will be signed by the President. And return to the house with a signature of the speaker.

  7. President (presiding)1:15:21

     Senator Brammer. Senator Brammer.

  8. President (presiding)1:15:48

     Thank you. Senator. Say you no questions to you for a motion