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Senate committee rejects bill to expand decontamination rules for lodging 'use' sites
Summary
After extended questioning about scope and resources, the Senate Health Committee voted down HB 388, which would have required law‑enforcement notification and health‑department decontamination for properties where drug use (not only clandestine labs) was detected.
The Senate Health and Human Services Committee declined to advance HB 388 after a contentious discussion over whether state‑level rules should require local health departments to treat certain lodging or rental properties as public‑health hazards when evidence of drug use is present.
The bill, presented by a Representative to the committee, would have expanded the statutory framework so that, when law enforcement had reason to believe a property was contaminated by use (not just a clandestine lab), the local health department would be notified and could require certified decontamination before the property returned to public occupancy.
Provo Police Officer Kalo described law‑enforcement…
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