AGENDA

JUDICIARY INTERIM COMMITTEE

UTAH LEGISLATURE

Wednesday, May 17, 2017 • 1:15 p.m. • Room 20 House Building

1. Committee Business

· Call to order – Sen. Todd Weiler

· Introduction of committee members

· Approval of the minutes of the November 16, 2016, meeting

2. Indigent Defense

2016 General Session S.B. 155, Indigent Defense, created the Utah Indigent Defense Commission and appropriated money to the commission. 2017 General Session S.B. 134, Indigent Defense Commission Amendments, expanded the commission to include juvenile and parental defense, and made other changes. The Legislature also appropriated additional money. A representative of the commission will explain: 1) how money has been spent; 2) future plans for the commission; and 3) any needs for legislative action.

· Joanna Landau, Director, Utah Indigent Defense Commission

· Committee questions

· Public comment

· Committee discussion and committee action, as needed

3. DNA

The study sponsors will introduce the study topics.

· Sen. Lyle W. Hillyard

· Rep. Steve Eliason

· Committee questions

· Public comment

· Committee discussion and committee action, as needed

4. Family Law – Conciliation Petition

The study sponsor will introduce the study topic.

· Sen. Lyle W. Hillyard

· Committee questions

· Public comment

· Committee discussion and committee action, as needed

5. Family Law – Parent Time

The study sponsor will introduce the study topic. (2017 General Session H.B. 321, Parenting Plan Amendments)

· Rep. V. Lowry Snow

· Committee questions

· Public comment

· Committee discussion and committee action, as needed

6. Reports to Judiciary Interim Committee

Various reports to the Judiciary Interim Committee are written in statute. Some reports are required. Other reports are required only if requested. Some required reports have report dates that have past. The committee will discuss which reports to request, which reports to receive an oral report in addition to the written report, and which report requirements to eliminate from the statute.

· Committee chairs

· Committee questions

· Public comment

· Committee discussion and committee action, as needed

7. Long-Term Planning

Interim Rule 2-2-103 requires each interim committee to devote part of its May meeting to long-term planning for the areas over which the committee has jurisdiction.

· Committee chairs

· Committee questions

· Public comment

· Committee discussion and committee action, as needed

8. Other Items/Adjourn