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Senate passes amended House Bill 77 defining indecent-liberties offenses after lengthy floor debate
Summary
The Senate adopted a forced substitute to House Bill 77 to replace vague "indecent liberties" language with a detailed statutory definition; sponsors cited recent appellate decisions finding the prior term too vague and said prosecutors collaborated on the new definition.
On March 7 the Utah Senate adopted a forced substitute to House Bill 77 that replaces a generic "indecent liberties" statutory term with more specific language intended to address recent court rulings that the prior term was too vague for enforcement.
Senator Weiler, who described his work with local prosecutors…
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