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Utah Senate advances dozens of bills on consent and third reading, including agritourism liability and human-trafficking clarification
Summary
The Utah State Senate moved a large consent calendar and completed third-reading business, unanimously passing agritourism liability protections and approving revised human-trafficking language clarifying that trafficked children are victims. Several concurrence items and consumer-protection measures also passed before the chamber recessed to caucus.
The Utah State Senate convened for a floor session and moved through a packed agenda, passing a string of bills on the consent and third-reading calendars and sending several measures back to the House for signature.
Senators unanimously approved House Bill 102, which extends limited liability protection to farms hosting agritourism events such as corn mazes, pumpkin patches and U-pick orchards, provided the farm posts known hazards. "If a person is picking peaches, climbs a tree, and falls out, the farmer cannot be sued because of their negligence," Senator Okerlund said in explaining the bill, which sponsors said protects farmers from suits tied to ordinary public negligence while preserving liability for reckless conduct.
The chamber also passed first substitute House Bill 252 to clarify human-trafficking law as it applies to children. "When a child is trafficked for sex or labor, the child has no power in the matter," Senator Escamilla said, noting the amendment removes a requirement that prosecutors prove force,…
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