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House adopts substitute to add 'use immunity' option for witnesses in prosecutions

Utah House of Representatives · February 18, 1997
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Representative Gladwell sponsored a substitute to House Bill 78 to introduce use immunity in Utah, allowing compelled testimony while barring prosecutorial use of that testimony or its derivatives; the House accepted a pink‑sheet amendment and passed the substitute.

The House on Feb. 18 approved a substituted version of House Bill 78 that introduces the concept of "use immunity" for witnesses who invoke Fifth Amendment protections. Representative Gladwell, sponsor of the substitute, explained the distinction between absolute (transactional) immunity and the narrower use immunity the bill would…

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