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Senate advances bill reclassifying child-torture offenses as first‑degree felonies
Summary
The Utah Senate advanced First Substitute Senate Bill 24, elevating certain child-torture offenses to first‑degree felonies and adding judicial sentencing discretion; the measure passed committee and cleared third‑reading procedural steps with a roll-call vote.
The Utah Senate advanced First Substitute Senate Bill 24 on the Senate floor, reclassifying certain child‑torture offenses as first‑degree felonies and adding a statutory sentencing range that gives judges greater discretion.
Sponsor Senator Ibsen told colleagues the bill was brought by the Washington County Prosecutor's Office to address cases where defendants who had not previously been convicted could…
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