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Committee advances bill setting due‑process steps before prosecutors label officers Brady‑impeachable
Summary
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted unanimously to recommend HB 82, which requires prosecutors to provide notice and allow response before formally treating a law enforcement officer as Brady/Giglio impeachable and restricts agencies from terminating an officer solely on that basis when conduct is not otherwise terminable.
SALT LAKE CITY — The Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Standing Committee on Monday voted to favorably recommend House Bill 82, a bill the sponsor said aims to add due‑process steps when prosecutors or agencies identify officers as Brady/Giglio impeachment risks. The committee approved the bill unanimously.
Representative Gwen, the bill sponsor, told the committee HB 82 grew from concerns that some officers were being labeled as impeachable without an opportunity to respond and that those determinations were…
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