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Senate advances bill to restrict access and require notice for state child‑abuse registry
Summary
The Utah Senate passed SB168 to limit public access to the state child‑abuse registry, notify people with substantiated findings, and create an administrative appeal path; sponsors said the registry had more than 205,000 names, many unsubstantiated.
The Utah Senate on Feb. 24 advanced legislation (SB168) to change how the state stores and notifies individuals listed in its child‑abuse registry, moving the measure to the third‑reading calendar.
Sponsor Senator Peterson said the registry now contains "over 205,000 names on it," many of which were never notified and in many cases were never substantiated. Under the bill, unsubstantiated entries would be encrypted and removed from routine accessibility; those…
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