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Committee advances corrections 'cleanup' bill changing name-change rules, record requests, tablet revenue and execution protocol
Summary
The Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously advanced 1st Substitute Senate Bill 74, a corrections "cleanup" package that revises name-change and records-request rules, clarifies internal-investigation notification, authorizes tablet revenue collection, and updates execution protocol language.
The Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Standing Committee on Wednesday voted unanimously to favorably recommend 1st Substitute Senate Bill 74, a package of corrections-related changes sponsored by Senator Todd Owens.
The bill responds to operational issues identified by the Department of Corrections. "There's really 5 changes that are occurring, different changes in the bill," said Brian Red, executive director of the Utah Department of Corrections, during the committee presentation.
SB 74 would (1) broaden the definition of "offender" so the current exception that allows a person on probation or parole to seek a name or gender-marker change on a birth certificate also explicitly includes incarcerated people, and it would bar an offender from petitioning a district court for a name change while incarcerated or while on probation or…
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