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MINUTES OF THE

SENATE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES STANDING COMMITTEE

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6TH, 2004

ROOM 414, STATE CAPITOL BUILDING



Members Present:    Sen. James M. Evans, Chair
    Sen. Ron Allen
    Sen. Leonard Blackham
    Sen. Scott K. Jenkins     Sen. Paula F. Julander
    Sen. Peter Knudson
    Sen. David L. Thomas

Members Excused:    Sen. Beverly Evans


Staff Present:    Mark Andrews, Policy Analyst
        Jeanne Wride, Secretary


Public Speakers:     Richard Anderson, Division of Child and Family Services
        Laura Poe, Occupational and Professional Licensing


Visitor List on File:

    Sen. J. Evans Called the meeting to order at 8:10

APPROVAL OF MINUTES:

    MOTION: Sen. Allen moved to accept the minutes of February 3, 2004.

    The motion passed with Sen. Blackham, Sen. Jenkins, and Sen. Thomas absent for the     vote.     

1.      H. B. 180 DEATH PENALTY PROVISIONS (By Rep. S. Allen)

    Sen. Knudson moved to amend the bill as follows:     

1.    Page 1, Lines 7 through 8
    House Floor Amendments
    1-26-2004 :    

             7      General Description:
             8          This bill repeals use of a firing squad as a means of carrying out the death penalty
  , except in specified situations       .


2.    Page 1, Lines 9 through 14b
    House Floor Amendments
    1-26-2004 :    

             9      Highlighted Provisions:
             10          This bill:
             11          .    repeals references to the use of a firing squad,
[[   and makes the repeal retroactive; h [ and ] h

             12          .    makes provision for the possibility that the retroactive provision is ruled
             13      unconstitutional, in which case the defendant who has selected the firing squad may
             14      be so executed h ; AND
             14a          .    PROVIDES FOR EXECUTION BY FIRING SQUAD IF   ]]
  unless       EXECUTION BY LETHAL INJECTION IS

             14b      FOUND TO BE UNCONSTITUTIONAL h .

3.    Page 2, Line 33 :    

             33      competent court in executing a penalty of death under Subsection
[[   77-18-5.5 (4)   ]]       77-18-5.5(3) or (4)       ;


4.    Page 2, Line 46 :    

             46          77-18-5.5. Judgment of death --
[[  Defendant to select method -- Time of selection   ]]       Method is lethal injection -- Exceptions for use of firing squad       .


5.    Page 2, Line 52 through Page 3, Line 62 :    

             52          (2) Subsection (1) applies to
[[  :

             53          (a)   ]] any defendant sentenced to death on or after the effective date of this act
[[  ; and

             54          (b) any defendant sentenced to death prior to the effective date of this act, whether or
             55      not that defendant previously chose a different method of execution   ]] .
             56          
[[  (3) (a) If on the effective date of this act any death warrant issued under Section

             57
     77-19-6 specifying the method of execution as a firing squad is pending, the court shall issue
             58      another warrant specifying that the method is lethal intravenous injection.
             59          (b) If a defendant has previously selected a firing squad as the method of execution and
             60      no death warrant is pending, the court, upon issuing a death warrant, shall specify that the
             61      method is lethal intravenous injection.
             62          (4) Notwithstanding Subsection (3), if   ]]
  (3) If       a h [ final judgment ] COURT h holds that a defendant


6.    Page 3, Line 64a
    House Floor Amendments
    1-26-2004 :    

             64a      SHALL BE h a firing squad. This Subsection
[[  (4)   ]]       (3)       applies to


7.    Page 3, Line 65a
    House Floor Amendments
    1-26-2004 :    

             65a          h
[[  (5)   ]]       (4)       (a) IF A COURT HOLDS THAT EXECUTION BY LETHAL INJECTION IS


8.    Page 3, Lines 75 through 77
    House Floor Amendments
    1-26-2004 :    

             75          (2) The warrant shall state the conviction, the judgment, the method of execution,
[[ 

             76      which is lethal injection except under Subsection 77-18-5.5 (4)   ]] and the appointed day the
             77      judgment is to be executed, which may not be fewer than 30 days nor more than 60 days from

9.    Page 4, Lines 95 through 96 :    

             95          (3) If the judgment of death is to be carried out by firing squad under Subsection

             96
[[ 
     77-18-5.5 (4)   ]]
  77-18-5.5(3) or(4)       , the executive director of the department or his designee shall select a five-person


10.    Page 4, Line 99 :    

             99      intravenous injections and for members of a firing squad under Subsection
[[  77-18-5.5 (4)   ]]       77-18-5.5(3) or(4)       shall


    The motion passed with Sen. Blackham and Sen. Jenkins absent for the vote.

    MOTION: Sen. Knudson moved to pass H. B. 180 out of committee, as amended,     with a favorable recommendation.

    The motion passed unanimously with Sen. Blackham and Sen. Jenkins absent for the     vote.
        
2    S.B. 160 CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT AMENDMENTS (By Sen. P.     Julander)

    Sen. Julander presented the bill to the committee.

    Laura Poe, Occupational and Professional Licensing, spoke to the bill.     
    MOTION: Sen. Knudson moved to pass S.B. 160 out of committee with a     favorable recommendation.

    The motion passed unanimously with Sen. J. Evans, Sen. Blackham, and Sen.     Jenkins absent for the vote.

    MOTION: Sen. Knudson moved to place S. B.160 on the Consent Calender.

    The motion passed unanimously with Sen. J. Evans, Sen. Blackham, and Sen.     Jenkins absent for the vote.

3.    H.B. 183 CONDITIONS FOR RELEASE AFTER NOTICE REGARDING     ARREST FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE (By P. Wallace)
    
    Rep. P. Wallace presented the bill to the committee.

    Richard Anderson, Division of Child and Family Services, spoke to the bill.

    MOTION: Sen. Blackham moved to pass H. B.183 out of committee with a     favorable recommendation.


    
The motion passed unanimously with Sen. J. Evans, Sen. Blackham and Sen. Jenkins absent for the vote.

4.     3rd. SUB. S. B. 90 MEDICAL NEGLECT - EXCLUSION (By Sen. D. Thomas)

    MOTION: Sen. Thomas moved to adopt 4th Sub. S. B. 90.

    The motion passed unanimously with Sen. J. Evans and Sen. Jenkins absent for the     vote.

    Sen. Thomas presented the bill to the committee.

     MOTION: Sen. Thomas moved to amend 4th. Sub. S. B.90 as follows:

1.    Page 21, Lines 618 through 624 :    

             618          Section 7. Legislative intent.
             619          The legislature recognizes that there is a fundamental liberty interest of parents in the
             620      care, custody, and management of their child as protected by the 14th Amendment and does not
             621      evaporate simply because they have not been model parents or have lost temporary custody of
             622      their children to the state.
[[   A termination of parental rights proceeding interferes with that

             623      fundamental liberty interest. When the state moves to destroy weakened family bonds, it must
             624      provide the parents with fundamentally fair procedures.   ]]
    
    The motion passed unanimously with Sen. J. Evans and Sen. Jenkins absent at the time of the     vote.

    Richard Anderson, Division of Children and Family Services, spoke to the bill.

     MOTION: Sen. Evans moved to pass 4th Sub. S. B 90, as amended, out of     committee with a favorable recommendation.

    The motion passed with Sen. Allen and Sen. Julander voting against.
    
     MOTION: Sen. Knudson moved to adjourn.

    The motion passed unanimously.
        
     Chair J. Evans adjourned the meeting at 9:00 a.m.

    Minutes reported by Jeanne Wride, Secretary


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Sen. James Evans, Committee Chair