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House Passes Bill Requiring Law Enforcement to Report Meth Lab Incidents to Health Departments
Summary
First Substitute House Bill 134 requires law enforcement to notify local health departments when arrests involve clandestine meth labs; the House passed the bill 65-5 and members questioned a $5,000 fiscal note during debate.
The Utah House passed First Substitute House Bill 134, a bill requiring law enforcement to report arrests involving clandestine methamphetamine labs and related paraphernalia to the appropriate county or local health department so the department can track contamination and remediation.
Representative Eric Hutchings, sponsor on the floor, told the chamber the bill closes a reporting gap:…
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