JUDICIARY INTERIM COMMITTEE
Wednesday, September 18, 2019 | 1:15 PM | 20 House Building

1.    Committee Business

·         Call to order – Representative Karianne Lisonbee, House Chair

·         Approval of the minutes of the August 21, 2019, meeting

 

Text Box: 25 min

2.    Insanity Defense

This agenda item is to consider 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 discussed in the May and August committee meetings.

·         Representative Carol Spackman Moss

·         Janice Perry Gully

·         Ed Brass, Criminal Defense Attorney at the firm of Brass & Cordova

·         Dr. Trent Holmberg, President, Utah Psychiatric Association

·         Jeff Buhman, Executive Director, Statewide Association of Prosecutors

·         Neal Hamilton, Trial Attorney at Salt Lake Legal Defender Association

·         Public comment

·         Committee discussion and possible action

 

Text Box: 35 min

3.    Oversight and Accountability of Prosecutors

This agenda item is to consider the appropriate oversight and accountability of prosecutors. This topic was discussed in the May committee meeting.

·         Representative Marsha Judkins

·         Kim Cordova, Executive Director, Utah Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice

·         Public comment

·         Committee discussion and possible action

 

Text Box: 15 min

4.    Trauma-Informed Services for Victims

2018 General Session H.B. 177, Trauma-Informed Justice Provisions, charged the Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice (CCJJ) with creating the Multi-Disciplinary Trauma-Informed Committee to conduct a review of current and recommended trauma-informed policies, procedures, programs, or practices in the state's criminal and juvenile justice system. As required by Utah Code Subsection 63M-7-209(5), the CCJJ will report on the Multi-Disciplinary Trauma-Informed Committee’s activities and a performance incentive grant program created to provide advocacy and related services for victims using standards of trauma-informed care.

·         Jenny Livsey

·         Gary Scheller, Director, Utah Office for Victims of Crime, Utah Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice

·         Public comment

·         Committee discussion and possible action

 

Text Box: 10 min

5.    E-cigarettes Workgroup

The committee will receive an update from a workgroup regarding the use of e-cigarettes by minors.

·         Rep. Karianne Lisonbee

·         Public comment

·         Committee discussion and possible action

 

 

6.    Other Items/Adjourn