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Committee advances recidivism amendments and expands court discretion on juvenile transfers
Summary
The Judiciary Committee favorably recommended first-substitute HB48 to preserve a comparable recidivism metric, add data reporting duties to CCJJ, and allow courts additional discretion to transfer certain youth into adult supervision or detention under defined conditions; the motion passed 7–1.
Representative Lisenby presented House Bill 48 (first substitute), an interim-committee bill to preserve Utah’s recidivism metric for interstate comparison while adding additional data collection points for the Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice to support policymaking. The substitute also modifies juvenile transfer provisions to permit judges greater discretion to move certain individuals to adult supervision under…
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