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House passes HB 22 tightening civil asset‑forfeiture procedures and strengthening protections for property owners
Summary
Lawmakers approved HB 22 to narrow property subject to civil forfeiture, enhance innocent‑owner protections, allow prevailing claimants to recover full defense costs, and direct civil forfeiture proceeds to the school fund; sponsor said the bill restores protections voters approved earlier. (Vote: 56–17)
Representative Green presented HB 22 as a package of reforms intended to restore and strengthen citizen protections in Utah’s civil asset‑forfeiture law. He said the bill narrows the definition of property subject to forfeiture by requiring a direct nexus between the property and alleged criminal conduct, improves innocent‑owner protections by removing implied…
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