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Senate Rejects Bill Easing Law‑enforcement Access to Prescription Database After Heated Privacy Debate
Summary
After lengthy debate on privacy, past abuses and law‑enforcement needs tied to the opioid crisis, the Senate failed to pass the first substitute of House Bill 260 on controlled‑substance database access (9 yeas, 18 nays, 2 absent).
The Utah State Senate on March 5 declined to pass a substitute to House Bill 260 that would have modified law-enforcement access to the state’s controlled-substance prescription database.
Sponsor Senator Adams and other supporters said the change was intended to help investigators address the opioid crisis by enabling trained officers to query the database on a limited basis. Opponents pointed to well-documented abuses in earlier years, when…
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