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Utah's expungement law — which allows people to seal past criminal records from public view — gets several targeted updates under this bill. Most significantly, it splits the existing rule about protective orders into two separate provisions: a criminal protective order or criminal stalking injunction still automatically disqualifies someone from seeking expungement, but a civil protective order (typically issued in family or domestic situations through a civil court) only blocks expungement if it was issued after July 1, 2020. The bill also expands the 10-year relief provision, which relaxes numerical conviction limits for people who have been offense-free for a decade, to now include drug possession offense conviction counts alongside the existing misdemeanor categories. Additionally, the bill updates the definition of "minor regulatory offense" to specifically list covered offenses — including unsanctioned camping, public intoxication, and allowing a vicious animal to go at large — rather than referencing them only by statute number.