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Senate passes change to restitution enforcement for parolees, replacing automatic revocation with order-to-show-cause process
Summary
The Senate passed first substitute Senate Bill 71 to require an order to show cause when a parolee fails to make restitution payments within 90 days, shifting courts away from automatic parole revocation and aiming to distinguish willful nonpayment from inability to pay.
SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Senate on the floor approved the first substitute of Senate Bill 71, a Sentencing Commission-backed measure that limits automatic parole revocation for failure to pay restitution.
Senator Thatcher, sponsor of the bill, told colleagues the bill is meant to prevent what he described as the ‘‘de facto debtor’s prison’’ effect when parolees are sent back to…
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