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After contentious hearing, committee advances amended bill to shorten review timeline on sex-offender registry
Summary
The committee advanced a substitute to reduce the waiting period for certain registry petitions from 20 to 12 years (and subsequent petitions from 8 to 5 years). The measure drew intense public comment from victims, defense attorneys, prosecutors and family members; the substitute passed the committee 5–3.
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted to favorably recommend a second-substitute version of Senate Bill 155, which amends timing rules for when people on Utah’s sex-offender registry may petition a court for removal or review.
Sponsor Senator Weiler told the committee the substitute narrows the earlier, more expansive proposal and would simply change two timing elements: a person on the lifetime registry could petition the court 12 years after release (instead of 20 years), and a denied petitioner could reapply five years after a denial (instead of eight years). He emphasized the bill does not shorten prison or probation…
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