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House rejects bill designating licensing investigators as 'special function officers'
Summary
House members voted down HB368, which would have expanded certain licensing investigators' authority and imposed elevated penalties for assaults on them; the bill failed 25-48 after lawmakers raised concerns about expanding enforcement powers and about firearm carriage.
The Utah House defeated House Bill 368, a bill that would have designated certain Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing investigators as "special function officers" with search-authority and elevated penalties for assaults against them.
Representative Neil Hendrickson, sponsor of the bill, said the measure was intended as a safety bill: it would…
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