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Utah Senate approves changes targeting high‑frequency offenders, adds temporary pretrial detention trigger
Summary
The Utah Senate on Feb. 20 passed second substitute Senate Bill 213 to tighten treatment of habitual and high‑frequency offenders, directing the sentencing commission to recommend enhanced sanctions, creating earned‑credit incentives for employment, and allowing temporary pretrial detention in narrowly defined high‑frequency cases; the measure passed 17–5 and moves to the House.
The Utah Senate passed second substitute Senate Bill 213 on Feb. 20, 2024, advancing a package of criminal‑justice changes aimed at consistent implementation of the Justice Reinvestment Initiative and new rules for high‑frequency offenders.
Sponsor Senator Cullimore, presenting the substitute, said the bill directs the Sentencing Commission to establish guidelines recommending enhanced sentences for habitual offenders and creates an earned‑credit program that allows certain parolees or probationers to reduce time for maintaining stable employment. The substitute also defines a habitual offender as someone convicted in six or more felony cases within the previous five years and requires prosecutors to notify the court…
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