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Senate advances bigamy reform to reclassify some cases, sponsor says it will help victims report abuse
Summary
First substitute Senate Bill 102 would reclassify bigamy from a felony to an infraction for otherwise law‑abiding polygamous relationships while retaining felony penalties for fraud, coercion or associated serious crimes; sponsor argued decriminalization reduces secrecy and barriers to reporting abuse.
Senator Henderson presented First Substitute Senate Bill 102 on the Senate floor and said the bill rethinks Utah’s long‑standing bigamy statute.
Henderson outlined the history of bigamy enforcement in Utah and described decades of raids and prosecutions that pushed polygamous families into isolation. "After 85 years, I propose it's time to do that with our bigamy statute," Henderson…
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