JUDICIARY INTERIM COMMITTEE
Wednesday, September 16, 2020 | 9:00 AM | 30 House Building

1.    Committee Business

·         Call to order

·         Approval of the minutes of the August 19, 2020, meeting

 

2.    Review of Anti-SLAPP Law

Committee will discuss the use of Anti-SLAPP laws and related issues.

·         Rep. Karianne Lisonbee

·         Eric Goldman, Professor, Santa Clara University School of Law; and Co-Director, High Tech Law Institute; and Supervisor, Privacy Law Certificate

·         Public Comment

 

3.    Withdrawing Guilty Pleas

Committee will discuss S.B. 252 from the 2020 General Session and recommend changes to the bill.

·         Sen. Todd Weiler

·         Joanna Landau, Director, Utah Indigent Defense Commission

·         Thomas Brunker, Utah Attorney General’s Office

·         Deondra Brown, Musician with The 5 Browns, Victim of Childhood Abuse

·         Public Comment

 

4.    School Children Access to Pornography

Committee will study how to protect Utah's public-school children from digital dangers.

·         Rep. Travis Seegmiller

·         Michelle Boulter, Utah State School Board; Gathering Families

·         Nicholeen Peck, President, The Worldwide Organization for Women; and President, Utah Empowered Families Coalition

·         Robert Gowans, Educator and CTE Specialist for Tooele County School District; and Past President of Tooele Education Association

·         Public Comment

 

5.    Paycheck Garnishments

Committee will discuss issues related to paycheck garnishments.

·         Rep. Eric Hutchings

·         Public Comment