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Senate advances bill clarifying 'pattern of abuse' language after sponsor cites traumatic family case
Utah State Senate · January 31, 2019
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Summary
Senator Weiler said a change to statute in SB57 will limit 'pattern of abuse or chronic neglect' to recurring conduct rather than single isolated incidents; the Senate voted to read the bill for a third time (27–0, 4 absent).
Senate Bill 57 (second substitute), a technical statutory clarification that 'a pattern of abuse or chronic neglect' requires more than a single incident, was presented and advanced on the Utah Senate floor.
Senator Todd Weiler, the bill's sponsor, described a case in which two small children…
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