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House committee adopts substitute aligning pardons and registry-removal timelines, tightens parole review
Summary
The Utah House Judiciary Committee adopted and favorably recommended a second substitute to HB110 that (1) allows DOC supervision for certain Class B misdemeanants, (2) asks the Board of Pardons and Parole to review case facts before revocation and to find by clear and convincing evidence that an offender no longer poses a threat before re-paroling, and (3) aligns pardon-based registry removal with existing registry-removal timelines.
Representative Brent Clancy presented the second substitute to House Bill 110, saying the measure was the product of stakeholder work including the Board of Pardons and Parole and prosecutors. The substitute allows the Department of Corrections to supervise people convicted of Class B misdemeanors when appropriate and asks the board to review the facts of any new arrests for parolees rather than relying solely on the label of a new charge.
"This allows the Department of Corrections to supervise individuals who have been convicted of class B misdemeanors,"…
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