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Senate advances Drug Offender Reform Act for third reading after sponsor says it could free thousands of prison beds
Summary
The Utah Senate voted 25–0 (4 absent) to place Senate Bill 22, the Drug Offender Reform Act (DORA), on the third-reading calendar after sponsors said the measure could divert nonviolent drug offenders to treatment and reduce prison bed demand; senators questioned timing and budget links.
The Utah Senate on Jan. 17 voted 25–0, with four senators absent, to place Senate Bill 22 — the Drug Offender Reform Act — on the third-reading calendar, advancing the measure to the floor for final consideration.
Senator Butters, the bill sponsor, told colleagues the measure had extensive bipartisan hearings and executive-branch support and estimated that, if implemented, DORA “could empty…
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