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House backs state payment boost to counties for jail costs after heated debate
Summary
The Utah House approved second substitute HB220 to increase state reimbursement to counties for felon incarceration costs after lawmakers debated fiscal shifts that could push roughly $8 million onto local budgets; the bill passed 70–0.
The Utah House on March 11 approved second substitute House Bill 220, a measure that alters state payment and reimbursement to county correctional facilities, after lawmakers debated how much of the state’s incarceration costs should be borne by counties.
Representative Michael Noel, the sponsor, told colleagues the Senate amendment under consideration would shift roughly "$8,000,000 of costs for prisoners that are classified as felons and state prisoners on the…
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