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Utah's murder law currently allows prosecution under a "depraved indifference to human life" theory when someone knowingly engages in extremely reckless conduct that creates a grave risk of death to "another individual" and causes that individual's death. This bill would change the wording so the risk of death applies to "any individual" rather than "another individual," clarifying that a person can be charged with murder under this provision even without intending to kill a specific, particular person. In practice, this would make it easier for prosecutors to bring murder charges in cases involving broadly dangerous or indiscriminate conduct, such as firing a weapon into a crowd, where the defendant did not target one specific victim.