Judiciary Interim Committee

1. Committee Business

· Call to order and approval of the minutes of the October 16, 2024, meeting

2. Committee Bill on Ritual Child Abuse

The committee will consider draft legislation to address certain crimes committed against children, such as ritual abuse of a minor.

· Representative Kera Birkeland

· Representative Ken Ivory

· Committee discussion

· Public comment

· Committee action

3. Draft Legislation on Health Insurance Modifications

The committee will consider draft legislation to require a health benefit plan to count all payments paid on behalf of an enrollee towards the enrollee’s deductible.

· Representative Kera Birkeland

· Rebecca Yates, President, Ark Insurance Solutions

· Committee discussion

· Public comment

· Committee action

4. Committee Concurrent Resolution Authorizing Sentencing Guidelines

The committee will consider a draft concurrent resolution authorizing the Sentencing Commission’s adult sentencing and supervision length guidelines and juvenile disposition guidelines.

· Jacqueline Carlton, Associate General Counsel, Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel (OLRGC)

· Dan Strong, Director, Utah Sentencing Commission

· Committee discussion

· Public comment

· Committee action

5. Committee Bill on Juvenile Court Procedures

The committee will consider draft legislation clarifying statutes related to custody and guardianship orders in response to the Utah Court of Appeals’ call for legislative action in In re A.S.G.-R. (2023).

· Jacqueline Carlton, Associate General Counsel, OLRGC

· Senator Todd Weiler

· Committee discussion

· Public comment

· Committee action

6. Committee Bill on Foreign Judgment Amendments

The committee will consider draft legislation clarifying statutes related to postjudgment interest rates applied to a foreign judgment in response to the Utah Supreme Court’s call for legislative action in Sunstone Realty Partners X LLC v. Bodell Construction Company (2024).

· Eric Weeks, Managing Associate General Counsel, OLRGC

· Representative Nelson Abbott

· Committee discussion

· Public comment

· Committee action

7. Committee Bill on the Administrative Procedures Act

The committee will consider draft legislation clarifying the definition of “final agency action” in response to the Utah Supreme Court’s call for legislative action in Vote Solar v. Public Service Commission of Utah (2023).

· Eric Weeks, Managing Associate General Counsel, OLRGC

· Representative Karianne Lisonbee

· Committee discussion

· Public comment

· Committee action

8. Other Items/Adjourn