REVISED AGENDA
JUDICIARY INTERIM COMMITTEE
UTAH
LEGISLATURE
Wednesday, July 18, 2018 • 8:00 a.m. • Room
20 House Building
1. Committee Business
·
Call
to order – Senator Todd Weiler, Senate Chair
·
Approval
of the minutes of the June 20, 2018, meeting
2. Grand Juries
The Committee will discuss federal and Utah constitutional
provisions, history of Utah's grand jury system, grand juries in other states, how
grand juries are convened in Utah, and the role of grand juries in Utah.
·
Patricia
Owen, Associate General Counsel, Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel
·
Jacey
Skinner, Deputy Court Administrator, Administrative Office of the Courts
·
William
Carlson, Salt Lake County District Attorney's Office
·
Criminal
Defense Lawyers
·
Committee
questions
·
Public
comment
·
Committee
discussion and committee action, as needed
3. Diversity on Utah's Bench
The issue of diversity on Utah's bench has been raised. The
Committee will discuss issues relating to diversity in Utah's legal profession,
particularly diversity on Utah's bench.
·
Introduction:
Senator Todd Weiler
·
Former
Justice Christine Durham, Utah Center for Legal Inclusion
·
Utah
Minority Bar Association
·
Women
Lawyers of Utah
·
LGBT
and Allied Lawyers of Utah
·
Kim
Cordova, Executive Director, Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice, and
staff to Utah's nine judicial nominating commissions
·
Committee
questions
·
Public
comment
·
Committee
discussion and committee action, as needed
4. Change of Legal Sex
2018 General Session S.B. 138, "Sex Change Amendments" [bill did NOT pass], would
have addressed a process for legally changing an individual's legal sex. The
Committee will discuss issues relating to this topic.
·
Senator
Todd Weiler
·
Rich
Oborn, State Registrar, Office of Vital Records and Statistics, Department of
Health
·
Chris
Karas, Director, Driver License Division, Department of Public Safety
·
Committee
questions
·
Public
comment
·
Committee
discussion and committee action, as needed
5. Other Items/Adjourn