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Senate adopts amendment requiring clearer exigent-circumstances guidance in child-removal bill
Utah Senate · February 22, 2001
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Summary
The Senate adopted an amendment to House Bill 117 to reinstate language defining exigent circumstances for child removals and voted to advance the bill to third reading after debate about fiscal and procedural impacts; backers said the change clarifies existing broad code section 78-3-801.
Senator Wright opened floor debate on House Bill 117, explaining the amended language would require a court-ordered warrant in cases where the statutory circumstances enumerated in 78-3-801 do not plainly apply. "What this does is require a warrant, court ordered…
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