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Committee advances a package of criminal-justice and election-law bills
Summary
In a single session the committee favorably recommended a series of bills by voice or roll call, including measures on emergency-reporting abuse, initiative-signature safeguards, a technical murder-offense fix, diversion adjustments, family-law changes, victim-device protections and other housekeeping items.
Salt Lake City — The Senate Judiciary Committee wrapped a packed hearing by moving several bills to the Senate floor with favorable recommendations.
Among the items advanced were:
- HB 113 (second substitute) — emergency-reporting abuse amendments to criminalize knowing, repeated misuse of 911 and create mandatory accountability for repeat offenders; committee recommended the substitute unanimously.
- HB 242 —…
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