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House adopts amendment to school background-check bill, restoring convictions-only standard
Summary
After debate, the Utah House amended Senate Bill 17 to require criminal background checks of prospective private-school personnel to report convictions rather than arrests and sent the bill back to the Senate. Supporters said the change balances child-safety and individual rights.
The Utah House voted to amend and approve Senate Bill 17 on a floor motion that narrowed the bill’s background-check language to convictions only. The measure, which would align private-school designees with public-school personnel for criminal-record checks, passed the House and was referred back to the Senate.
Representative Waddes, who introduced the bill on the floor, said the measure directs the Bureau of Criminal…
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