MINUTES OF THE
HOUSE JUDICIARY STANDING COMMITTEE
Monday, March 9, 2020 • 10:00 a.m. • 20 House Building


Members Present:
Rep. Karianne Lisonbee, Chair
Rep. Craig Hall, Vice Chair
Rep. Cheryl K. Acton
Rep. Brady Brammer
Rep. Jon Hawkins
Rep. Eric K. Hutchings
Rep. Brian S. King
Rep. Stephanie Pitcher
Rep. V. Lowry Snow
Rep. Steve Waldrip
Rep. Mark A. Wheatley

Members Absent:
Rep. Travis M. Seegmiller

Staff Present:
Joseph T. Wade, Policy Analyst
Christopher Vizcardo, Committee Secretary

Note: A copy of related materials and an audio recording of the meeting can be found at www.le.utah.gov.

Vice Chair Hall called the meeting to order at 10:07 a.m.
MOTION: Rep. Brammer moved to approve the minutes of the March 6, 2020, meeting. The motion passed with a vote of 8-0-4.
Yeas - 8Nays-0Abs-4
Rep. C. Acton
Rep. B. Brammer
Rep. C. Hall
Rep. J. Hawkins
Rep. E. Hutchings
Rep. B. King
Rep. K. Lisonbee
Rep. M. Wheatley
Rep. S. Pitcher
Rep. T. Seegmiller
Rep. V. Snow
Rep. S. Waldrip
1. S.B. 132 Uniform Foreign-country Money Judgment Recognition Act (Hillyard, L.)
Sen. Hillyard presented the bill.
MOTION: Rep. King moved to favorably recommend S.B. 132. The motion passed with a vote of 8-0-4.
Yeas - 8Nays-0Abs-4
Rep. C. Acton
Rep. B. Brammer
Rep. C. Hall
Rep. E. Hutchings
Rep. B. King
Rep. K. Lisonbee
Rep. V. Snow
Rep. M. Wheatley
Rep. J. Hawkins
Rep. S. Pitcher
Rep. T. Seegmiller
Rep. S. Waldrip
2. 1st Sub. S.B. 170 Indigent Defense Amendments (Weiler, T.)
Sen. Weiler presented the bill.
2a) Common Provisions of SB 139, SB 170, and SB 175
Joanna Landau, Director of the Utah Indigent Defense Commission, spoke in favor of the bill.
MOTION: Rep. Hutchings moved to favorably recommend 1st Substitute S.B. 170. The motion passed with a vote of 9-0-3.
Yeas - 9Nays-0Abs-3
Rep. C. Acton
Rep. B. Brammer
Rep. C. Hall
Rep. E. Hutchings
Rep. B. King
Rep. K. Lisonbee
Rep. V. Snow
Rep. S. Waldrip
Rep. M. Wheatley
Rep. J. Hawkins
Rep. S. Pitcher
Rep. T. Seegmiller
3. 2nd Sub. S.B. 175 Defense Contracts Amendments (Harper, W.)
Sen. Harper presented the bill with support from Joanna Landau, Director of the Utah Indigent Defense Commission.
MOTION: Rep. Acton moved to favorably recommend 2nd Substitute S.B. 175. The motion passed with a vote of 9-0-3.
Yeas - 9Nays-0Abs-3
Rep. C. Acton
Rep. B. Brammer
Rep. C. Hall
Rep. E. Hutchings
Rep. B. King
Rep. K. Lisonbee
Rep. V. Snow
Rep. S. Waldrip
Rep. M. Wheatley
Rep. J. Hawkins
Rep. S. Pitcher
Rep. T. Seegmiller
4. S.B. 139 Amendments to Indigent Defense (Okerlund, R.)
3a) SB 139 Infographic
Sen. Okerlund presented the bill with support from Kim Cordova, Executive Director of the Commission on Criminal & Juvenile Justice.
MOTION: Rep. Brammer moved to replace S.B. 139 with 1st Substitute S.B. 139. The motion passed with a vote of 10-0-2.
Yeas - 10Nays-0Abs-2
Rep. C. Acton
Rep. B. Brammer
Rep. C. Hall
Rep. J. Hawkins
Rep. B. King
Rep. K. Lisonbee
Rep. S. Pitcher
Rep. V. Snow
Rep. S. Waldrip
Rep. M. Wheatley
Rep. E. Hutchings
Rep. T. Seegmiller
MOTION: Rep. Brammer moved to amend 1st Substitute S.B. 139 with Amendment #1. The motion passed with a vote of 10-0-2.
Amendment 1
1st Sub. S.B. 139
1.        Page 6, Lines 156 through 169: 
156                 (1) A court shall advise the following of the individual's right to counsel when the
157         individual first appears before the court:
158                 (a) an adult charged with a criminal offense the penalty for which includes the
159         possibility of incarceration regardless of whether actually imposed;
160                 (b) a parent or legal guardian facing [any] an action initiated by the state under:
161                 (i) Title 78A, Chapter 6, Part 3, Abuse, Neglect, and Dependency Proceedings;
162                 (ii) Title 78A, Chapter 6, Part 5, Termination of Parental Rights Act; or
163                 (iii) Title 78A, Chapter 6, Part 10, Adult Offenses; [or]
164                 [(iv) Section 78B-6-112; or]
165                 (c) a parent or legal guardian facing an action initiated by { a private } any party under:
166                 (i) Title 78A, Chapter 6, Part 5, Termination of Parental Rights Act; or
167                 (ii) Section 78B-6-112; or
168                 [(c)] (d) an individual described in this Subsection (1), who is appealing [a first appeal
169         from] a conviction or other final court action.

2.        Page 15, Lines 453 through 454: 
453                 (1) (a) "Appellate defense services" means the representation of an indigent individual
454         facing an appeal under Section 77-18a-1.
        (b) "Appellate defense services" does not include the representation of an indigent individual facing an appeal in a case where the indigent individual was prosecuted for aggravated murder in a county participating in the Indigent Aggravated Murder Defense Trust Fund created in Section 78B-22-701.

Yeas - 10Nays-0Abs-2
Rep. C. Acton
Rep. B. Brammer
Rep. C. Hall
Rep. J. Hawkins
Rep. B. King
Rep. K. Lisonbee
Rep. S. Pitcher
Rep. V. Snow
Rep. S. Waldrip
Rep. M. Wheatley
Rep. E. Hutchings
Rep. T. Seegmiller
MOTION: Rep. Brammer moved to favorably recommend 1st Substitute S.B. 139, as amended. The motion passed with a vote of 10-0-2.
Yeas - 10Nays-0Abs-2
Rep. C. Acton
Rep. B. Brammer
Rep. C. Hall
Rep. J. Hawkins
Rep. B. King
Rep. K. Lisonbee
Rep. S. Pitcher
Rep. V. Snow
Rep. S. Waldrip
Rep. M. Wheatley
Rep. E. Hutchings
Rep. T. Seegmiller
5. S.B. 76 Governmental Immunity Revisions (Weiler, T.)
Sen. Weiler presented the bill.
MOTION: Rep. King moved to amend S.B. 76 with Amendment #2. The motion passed with a vote of 7-1-4.
Amendment 2
S.B. 76
1.        Page 10, Lines 286 through 288: 
286                 { (5) A party to an action under this chapter may not waive immunity from suit and may
287         not be determined to have waived immunity from suit unless immunity from suit is waived
288         under a provision of this chapter. }

Yeas - 7Nays-1Abs-4
Rep. C. Acton
Rep. C. Hall
Rep. J. Hawkins
Rep. B. King
Rep. K. Lisonbee
Rep. S. Waldrip
Rep. M. Wheatley
Rep. B. Brammer
Rep. E. Hutchings
Rep. S. Pitcher
Rep. T. Seegmiller
Rep. V. Snow
MOTION: Rep. Lisonbee moved to amend S.B. 76 with Amendment #1. The motion passed with a vote of 8-0-4.
Amendment 1
S.B. 76
1.        Page 4, Line 90: 
90         hospital, college, { [ } university, { ] } [Children's Justice Center,] or other instrumentality of the state[.];

Yeas - 8Nays-0Abs-4
Rep. C. Acton
Rep. B. Brammer
Rep. C. Hall
Rep. J. Hawkins
Rep. B. King
Rep. K. Lisonbee
Rep. S. Waldrip
Rep. M. Wheatley
Rep. E. Hutchings
Rep. S. Pitcher
Rep. T. Seegmiller
Rep. V. Snow
MOTION: Rep. Lisonbee moved to favorably recommend S.B. 76, as amended. The motion passed with a vote of 9-0-3.
Yeas - 9Nays-0Abs-3
Rep. C. Acton
Rep. B. Brammer
Rep. C. Hall
Rep. J. Hawkins
Rep. B. King
Rep. K. Lisonbee
Rep. S. Pitcher
Rep. S. Waldrip
Rep. M. Wheatley
Rep. E. Hutchings
Rep. T. Seegmiller
Rep. V. Snow
6. S.B. 167 Judiciary Amendments (Weiler, T.)
Sen. Weiler presented the bill.
MOTION: Rep. Brammer moved to favorably recommend S.B. 167. The motion passed with a vote of 9-0-3.
Yeas - 9Nays-0Abs-3
Rep. C. Acton
Rep. B. Brammer
Rep. C. Hall
Rep. J. Hawkins
Rep. B. King
Rep. K. Lisonbee
Rep. S. Pitcher
Rep. S. Waldrip
Rep. M. Wheatley
Rep. E. Hutchings
Rep. T. Seegmiller
Rep. V. Snow
7. S.B. 208 Liability for Providing Services to Disabled Adults (Weiler, T.)
Sen. Weiler presented the bill with support from Marc Christensen, CEO of Chrysalis, Inc.
Rep. Brammer moved to hold S.B. 208.
SUBSTITUTE MOTION: Rep. Waldrip moved to favorably recommend S.B. 208. The substitute motion failed with a vote of 4-5-3.
Yeas - 4Nays-5Abs-3
Rep. C. Hall
Rep. K. Lisonbee
Rep. V. Snow
Rep. S. Waldrip
Rep. C. Acton
Rep. B. Brammer
Rep. J. Hawkins
Rep. B. King
Rep. M. Wheatley
Rep. E. Hutchings
Rep. S. Pitcher
Rep. T. Seegmiller
Rep. Brammer withdrew the motion to hold S.B. 208.
8. S.B. 188 Plea in Abeyance Amendments (Thatcher, D.)
Sen. Thatcher presented the bill.
MOTION: Rep. Snow moved to favorably recommend S.B. 188. The motion passed with a vote of 9-0-3.
Yeas - 9Nays-0Abs-3
Rep. C. Acton
Rep. B. Brammer
Rep. C. Hall
Rep. J. Hawkins
Rep. B. King
Rep. K. Lisonbee
Rep. V. Snow
Rep. S. Waldrip
Rep. M. Wheatley
Rep. E. Hutchings
Rep. S. Pitcher
Rep. T. Seegmiller
9. 2nd Sub. S.B. 206 Judicial Election Amendments (McCay, D.)
Sen. McCay presented the bill.
Sen. Todd Weiler spoke in favor of the bill.
David Roth, retired 2nd District Court judge, and Commission Chair, Utah Judicial Performance Evaluation Commission, spoke in favor of the bill.
Ricky Hatch, Chair of the County Clerk's Legislative Policy Committee, and President of the Utah Association of Counties, spoke against the bill.
Rep. Acton moved to favorably recommend 2nd Substitute S.B. 206.
Rep. Brammer moved to amend 2nd Substitute S.B. 206 by adding the letters "www." at the beginning of the word "judges.utah.gov" on line 169.
Rep. Brammer withdrew his motion to amend S.B. 206.
Rep. Acton's motion to favorably recommend 2nd Substitute S.B. 206passed with a vote 10-1-1.
Yeas - 10Nays-1Abs-1
Rep. C. Acton
Rep. B. Brammer
Rep. C. Hall
Rep. J. Hawkins
Rep. E. Hutchings
Rep. B. King
Rep. K. Lisonbee
Rep. S. Pitcher
Rep. V. Snow
Rep. S. Waldrip
Rep. M. Wheatley
Rep. T. Seegmiller
10. 1st Sub. S.B. 197 Consanguinity Amendments (Mayne, K.)
Sen. Mayne presented the bill with support from Will Carlson, Salt Lake County District Attorney's Office.
MOTION: Rep. Snow moved to favorably recommend 1st Substitute S.B. 197. The motion passed with a vote of 10-0-2.
Yeas - 10Nays-0Abs-2
Rep. C. Acton
Rep. B. Brammer
Rep. C. Hall
Rep. J. Hawkins
Rep. E. Hutchings
Rep. B. King
Rep. S. Pitcher
Rep. V. Snow
Rep. S. Waldrip
Rep. M. Wheatley
Rep. K. Lisonbee
Rep. T. Seegmiller
MOTION: Rep. Hawkins moved to adjourn. The motion passed with a vote of 10-0-2.
Yeas - 10Nays-0Abs-2
Rep. C. Acton
Rep. B. Brammer
Rep. C. Hall
Rep. J. Hawkins
Rep. E. Hutchings
Rep. B. King
Rep. S. Pitcher
Rep. V. Snow
Rep. S. Waldrip
Rep. M. Wheatley
Rep. K. Lisonbee
Rep. T. Seegmiller
Vice Chair Hall adjourned the meeting at 11:46 a.m.