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House creates restricted account for offender reentry programs, shortens hiring-lookback timeline
Summary
House Bill 167 passed the Utah House unanimously, establishing a restricted account to fund small-scale reentry innovations and reducing the time employers may automatically deny job interviews for applicants with convictions from seven years to five years. The bill passed 71–0 and will be sent to the Senate.
House Bill 167, the Offender Reintegration Amendments sponsored by Representative Clancy, passed the Utah House on a 71–0 vote and will be transmitted to the Senate.
Representative Clancy told colleagues the bill responds to community and corrections stakeholders’ requests to allow the Department of Corrections to pilot and fund small, community-led reentry initiatives without…
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