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Board postpones vote on removing public-education exemptions from Utah's harmful-materials statutes
Summary
Member Boggess proposed removing categorical exemptions for public schools and employees from statutes governing materials harmful to minors; after extended debate about renumbered code citations and legal issues (intent, definitions), the board voted 12–1 to postpone the proposal until tomorrow's unfinished business for AAG review and verification.
Member Boggess moved the board to direct staff and legislators to amend multiple Utah Code provisions to remove categorical exemptions for public schools, libraries, institutions of higher education and public-education employees from statutes addressing materials harmful to minors, and to revise definitions so institutional status or scope of employment could not be asserted as a defense.
"What we're working on here is equality under the law and constitutional fidelity and just basic child protection," Member Boggess said in a lengthy statement arguing the changes would close what he called perceived loopholes that allow institutional actors to avoid…
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