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Senate opens extended debate on criminal-homicide/abortion technical bill; privacy and criminal-intent amendments advance
Summary
Senate Bill 1 (Criminal Homicide Clarification & Abortion Act) was presented and extensively amended. Sponsors removed potential criminal-homicide exposure for abortions, added medical-definition clarifications, proposed an immediate $100,000 appropriation for counsel, and adopted a confidentiality amendment for victim names; contentious amendments narrowed criminal intent language and passed by roll call (26-3). Final passage was deferred pending a consolidated substitute bill.
Senate Bill 1, described by sponsor Senator McAllister as technical amendments to the Criminal Homicide Clarification and Abortion Act, drew sustained debate in the Utah Senate on April 11, 1991. McAllister explained that the bill deletes a criminal-homicide cause-of-action related to abortion and makes technical and definitional edits (including adding "osteopathic physician" to the physician definition and harmonizing medical terminology to "grave"). He also proposed making $100,000 appropriated earlier immediately available for legal counsel and set an April 29 effective date contingent on a two-thirds vote.
Several amendments were offered and debated at length. Senator Scott Howell introduced an amendment to keep the name of a victim reported under certain subsections confidential and prevent disclosure by law enforcement…
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