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House advances substitute for HB39 to extend statute of limitations in child-abuse prosecutions
Summary
Lawmakers debated and adopted a first-substitute to House Bill 39 that changes time limitations for prosecuting certain offenses, focusing sponsor remarks on child-abuse cases while opponents warned about incremental criminalization and fiscal trade-offs. Outcome: substitute explained and left open for further action (procedural actions in session).
The Utah House considered a first-substitute for House Bill 39 on statute-of-limitations amendments, with sponsor Representative Bryson saying the change primarily affects child-abuse cases and would permit prosecutions back to a four-year window (not reaching decades into the past). Bryson argued the substitute limits…
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