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House Passes Reform Letting Agencies Defer Fingerprints in Child‑Service Background Checks
Summary
Lawmakers approved Senate Bill 84 to align statute with administrative practice: providers who serve children will submit names and identifying information and fingerprints will be taken only if follow‑up cause arises; supporters cited low return rates from mass fingerprinting and opponents urged caution.
The Utah House passed Senate Bill 84, which changes the statutory background‑check process for persons providing services to children so that the Department will collect names and identifying information and pursue fingerprint checks later only when there is reason to investigate.
Representative Hunsaker, the floor sponsor, said administrative rules review revealed a discrepancy between practice and statute. He told the chamber that of about 15,000 fingerprint cards on file, only about 40 led to relevant hits — a return of roughly 0.25 percent — and that the…
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