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House passes amended bill tightening enticement and child-lewdness provisions
Summary
The Utah House on Feb. 17 passed First Substitute House Bill 223 to narrow and strengthen statutes on enticing children and lewd acts in a child's presence, adopting targeted amendments to limit unintended coverage of parental behavior; vote: 64-0 to send the substitute to the Senate.
The Utah House passed First Substitute House Bill 223 on Feb. 17, moving provisions on enticing a child and related lewd conduct into sections describing offenses against a person and inserting limiting language intended to avoid criminalizing parental acts. The chamber recorded 64 yes votes and 0 no votes, and the bill was returned to the Senate for further action.
Sponsor Marta Gilroy, who introduced the substitute and drove floor amendments, told colleagues the measure was “an important piece of legislation” aimed at…
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