1.    Committee Business

·         Call to order – Senator Todd Weiler, Senate Chair

·         Approval of the minutes of the June 19, 2019, meeting

 

Text Box: 30 min

2.    Sex and Kidnap Offender Registry

Staff will explain the history and current law regarding Utah’s Sex and Kidnap Offender Registry database. The Utah Department of Corrections will present data regarding the registry. This topic was introduced in the May committee meeting.

·         Senator Todd Weiler

·         Jacqueline Carlton, Committee Staff Attorney

·         Jennifer Calvo, Utah Department of Corrections

·         Public comment

 

Text Box: 15 min

3.    Uniform Guardianship, Conservatorship, and Other Protective Arrangements

To study and compare with existing Utah law the Uniform Law Commission’s proposed Uniform Guardianship, Conservatorship, and Other Protective Arrangements Act (2019 General Session S.B. 53).

·         Senator Lyle W. Hillyard

 

Text Box: 15 min

4.    Uniform Criminal Records Accuracy

To study the Uniform Law Commission’s proposed Uniform Criminal Records Accuracy Act (2019 General Session S.B. 183).

·         Senator Lyle W. Hillyard

 

Text Box: 30 min

5.    Parents Not Paying Child Support

To study how to get parents not paying child support to pay their court ordered child support (2019 General Session H.B. 450). This topic was introduced in the May committee meeting.

·         Shelley Coudreaut, Family Justice Section Director, Utah Attorney General’s Office

·         Public comment

 

Text Box: 30 min

6.    Oversight and Accountability of Prosecutors

To study the appropriate oversight and accountability of prosecutors. This topic was introduced in the May committee meeting.

·         Representative Marsha Judkins

·         Others

·         Public comment

 

 

Text Box: 30 min

7.    Insanity Defense

To study modifying the circumstances under which a defendant may plead not guilty to a criminal offense by reason of insanity (2019 General Session H.B. 225). This topic was introduced in the May committee meeting.

·         Representative Carol Spackman Moss

·         Neal Hamilton, Salt Lake Legal Defender Association

·         Ed Brass, defense attorney

·         Trent Holmberg, President, Utah Psychiatric Association

·         Jeff Buhman, Executive Director, Statewide Association of Prosecutors

·         Paul Cassell, Professor of Law, S.J. Quinney College of Law at the University of Utah

·         Public comment

 

 

8.    Bigamy Reform

Reform of bigamy statutes will be discussed.

·         Senator Deidre Henderson

·         Public comment

 

 

9.    Other Items/Adjourn