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House adopts conference committee changes to House Bill 2 aimed at intensive early-release parole
Summary
The House adopted the conference committee report on House Bill 2 and gave final passage, narrowing eligibility for intensive early-release parole to certain offenders, adding outpatient mental-health counseling requirements, and recording a 47–25 final vote.
The Utah House adopted the conference committee report on House Bill 2 (intensive early-release parole program) and gave the bill final passage during the Feb. 17, 1993 floor session.
Representative Ellickson moved to adopt the conference committee report. The committee amendments, as read into the record, limited eligibility to particular third-degree felony offenses (with exclusions for repeat offenders), added a requirement that certain individuals be ordered to receive outpatient mental-health counseling as a condition of intensive early-release parole, and made other technical changes to align the bill with parole-board procedures.
Supporters argued the changes would shrink the eligible pool while allowing some inmates to be monitored and treated in the community instead of incarcerated. During debate representatives cited comparative daily costs: approximately $52 per day to incarcerate an inmate, roughly $7 per day for regular parole, and an estimated $20 per day for intensive parole supervision, figures used to argue potential state savings though the intensive program would apply to a smaller population.
The House adopted the report and then recorded final passage on House Bill 2 with 47 affirmative votes and 25 negative votes; the bill was referred to the Senate for the president's signature.
No further details on implementation dates or department assignments were recorded on the floor during this session.
