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House approves child-abuse offender registry bill named for a young constituent
Utah House of Representatives · February 21, 2017
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Summary
Lawmakers approved a substitute to HB149 to create a registry for persons convicted of felony child abuse in Utah; sponsor said the registry would link to existing corrections offender systems and help parents and school districts identify risks.
Representative Owens presented the floor substitute of HB149, describing it as a child-abuse offender registry named in part after a 3-year-old constituent, "Miley," whose case illustrated the harms the bill seeks to address. Owens said the registry would register anyone convicted of a felony child-abuse crime in Utah and…
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