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Senate advances juvenile-justice measures, creates new juvenile judgeship effective July 1, 1994
Summary
During the Oct. 11, 1993 special session the Utah Senate debated several juvenile-justice measures — SB11 (timelines for juvenile citations), SB12 (an additional Fourth District juvenile judge, amended to take effect July 1, 1994), SB13 (technical funding correction for Children's Justice Centers) — passed most measures and circled SB14 for later consideration; resolutions urging parental training and discouraging realistic toy guns also passed.
The Utah Senate used its Oct. 11 special session to act on a suite of juvenile-justice measures. Lawmakers debated and approved changes aimed at speeding juvenile filings, expanding judicial capacity in a high-need district, and preserving funding for child-protection services.
Senate Bill 11, sponsored as a way to reduce police paperwork on minor juvenile offenses, would allow officers to issue short-form citations (similar to traffic citations) in lieu of full written reports for certain minor offenses and set timelines for filing (72 hours for citations, 10 days for formal referrals). Proponents said the measure responds to backlogs that delay court processing; the Senate added language clarifying that failure to meet those…
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