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Senate approves amendments to Department of Public Safety reorganization bill
Summary
Senate Bill 19, recodifying and reorganizing the Department of Public Safety, was advanced with amendments addressing federal-fund compliance and missing-children procedures; sponsors said the changes fit within the current budget.
Senate Bill 19, a recodification and reorganization of the Utah Department of Public Safety, moved forward on Jan. 29 after the Senate adopted technical amendments and agreed that the statutory changes can be implemented within the current budget.
Senator Marine, the bill’s sponsor, said staff work had consolidated multiple statutes into a single code section and that the fiscal note indicated no additional budgetary requirement. Two amendments were adopted: one requires federal funds to be spent in compliance with the federal assistance management act, and the other removes a minimum 48-hour hold referenced in the missing-children section to allow more flexible actions where appropriate. The amendments passed by voice vote and the bill was placed on the third-reading calendar.
