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House adopts bill creating penalty for violent crime committed in presence of child, after amendments
Summary
HB62 creates a Class B misdemeanor for committing certain violent crimes in the presence of a child under 14 and clarifies overlap with domestic violence statutes; sponsors amended language to avoid duplicative charges and to align restitution provisions with existing law.
SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah House passed HB62 after floor amendments narrowed the bill and clarified its relationship to existing domestic‑violence and restitution laws.
Representative Janice Fisher, the bill sponsor, said the proposal fills a narrow gap in the criminal code by making it a separate offense to commit certain violent acts in the presence of a child younger than 14 when the victim is not a cohabitant of the child. Fisher…
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