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Utah Senate advances wide package of bills, passes genetic‑genealogy limits and other measures
Summary
On Feb. 21, 2023 the Utah Senate advanced a large third‑reading calendar, passing a suite of bills that include limits on law‑enforcement use of genetic genealogy, changes to human services and pharmaceutical rules, and several education and transportation measures; one notable proposal to create a medical‑debt relief account failed.
The Utah Senate met Feb. 21, 2023, and moved a heavy third‑reading calendar, approving multiple bills to send to the House while amending and circling several substitutes for later consideration.
At the top of the agenda, senators advanced the third substitute of Senate Bill 156, limiting law‑enforcement access to consumer genetic genealogy databases to violent felonies and missing‑person cases, with additional prosecutor consent and certain warrant and data‑use safeguards. The measure passed the Senate 24‑2.
Lawmakers also approved first substitute Senate Bill 198 to create a Human Services Fund and Account Amendments to place licensing fines into a restricted account for…
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