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Committee backs SB150 to preserve Utah's bar on class actions over nonpublic personal information
Summary
The Judiciary Committee unanimously favorably recommended first substitute SB150, a bill that repositions Utah's longstanding bar on class actions over nonpublic personal information as a substantive right after federal courts' procedural rulings raised a conflict in federal litigation.
The Utah House Judiciary Committee on Oct. 12 voted unanimously to favorably recommend first substitute SB150, a bill that restates the state's long-established bar on class actions over nonpublic personal information as a substantive right to prevent federal courts from treating the bar as merely procedural.
Sponsor Senator Kollemore told the committee the measure is "somewhat legally technical in nature," and said it "is not really changing policy of Utah at all." He said a U.S. Supreme Court case, Shady Grove, led some federal courts to…
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