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Senate passes licensing and oversight changes for certain residential programs after lengthy floor debate
Summary
Second Substitute S.B. 140, establishing licensing rules for boarding-school-style treatment programs and restricting firearms in some foster homes, passed the Senate after extended debate over definitions and scope. Senators raised concerns over broad terms like "treatment" and whether private property could be unintentionally covered.
The Utah Senate passed Second Substitute Senate Bill 140 on Feb. 11, 2004, after extended floor debate and two amendments that clarified firearms access in certain foster homes and added a definition for "boarding school" that focuses on 24-hour residential treatment programs for four or more unrelated individuals.
Senator Butters placed two amendments: one restricting firearms access in foster homes that house children from the Division of Youth Services or youth corrections populations and one that defined "boarding school" to mean a 24-hour residential setting that provides room, board, education and treatment or behavior modification. The firearms amendment included a clerical correction—changing a misspelled…
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