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Senate advances revised child-protection registry after debate over privacy, payment incentives
Summary
A second substitute to SB206 passed through substitution after lengthy debate. Sponsors expanded the registry to include mobile contact points and revised vendor payment and fee structures to incentivize enrollment, while senators raised security and implementation concerns.
Senators on the Utah Senate floor debated and advanced a second substitute to Senate Bill 206, revisions to the state's child-protection registry, after extended discussion about privacy risks and vendor incentives.
Senator Chris Stevenson (floor sponsor) said the substitute broadens the registry to include mobile telephone contact points and changes vendor payment so it is based on the number of names on the registry rather than the number of vendor queries. Stevenson described the payment change as an effort to incentivize promotion of the registry to parents, noting the…
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