Law / United States / 
Utah
Campus sexual violence reports: an institution keeps a victim's covered allegation confidential from law enforcement and discloses the minimum when it engages
In force since .
A sensitive categories rule binding government bodies.
- Obligation class
- Prohibition, Consent
What it requires
- If you are a Utah public college, university or technical college, keep confidential from a law enforcement agency a covered allegation of sexual violence that a student reports to the institution, unless the victim consents or the institution determines that the information creates an articulable and significant threat to individual or campus safety (Utah Code 53H-7-503(1) and (2)).
- Before engaging with a law enforcement agency on that threat determination, notify the victim of the institution's intent, the agency, and the reason for the determination, and in engaging maintain the victim's confidentiality and disclose the minimum information required to address the threat (Utah Code 53H-7-503(3)).
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What this law does
An institution must keep confidential from a law enforcement agency a covered allegation reported to the institution by the victim of the covered allegation. An institution may engage with a law enforcement agency in response to a covered allegation if the victim consents, or in accordance with the threat determination the section describes.
Before engaging with a law enforcement agency on a threat determination, an institution must give the victim notice of its intent, the agency, and the reason for its determination, and in engaging it must maintain the victim's confidentiality and disclose the minimum information required to address the threat.
A covered allegation is an allegation made to an institution that an individual committed an act of sexual violence, and a victim is a student who alleges that the student was a victim of sexual violence. Senate Bill 1001 of the 2025 First Special Session renumbered section 53B-28-303 as section 53H-7-503. House Bill 346 of the 2019 General Session enacted the section on institution engagement with a law enforcement agency. House Bill 346 of the 2019 General Session took effect on .
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