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Drug laws in Utah are currently split between Title 58 (Occupations and Professions) and Title 76 (the Utah Criminal Code), which can make it confusing to find and interpret criminal penalties for drug offenses. This bill would reorganize Utah's drug statutes by moving criminal offenses related to controlled substances—such as the Controlled Substances Act, precursor chemical offenses, drug paraphernalia rules, and clandestine drug lab provisions—out of Title 58 and into a newly organized section of Title 76, while renumbering and restructuring the remaining regulatory provisions that stay in Title 58 for clarity. Throughout the Utah Code, cross-references to these renumbered sections would be updated in hundreds of other laws—covering areas like medical cannabis, alcohol regulation, professional licensing, child welfare, and criminal procedure—so they continue to point to the correct, new location of the law. The bill also includes coordination language ensuring its renumbering stays consistent with other 2026 legislation, including a related bill on occupational licensing, but it does not change the underlying substance, penalties, or definitions of Utah's drug laws.