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JUSTICE REINVESTMENT INITIATIVE MODIFICATIONS

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2022 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Chief Sponsor: Ryan D. Wilcox

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Senate Sponsor: ____________

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7     LONG TITLE
8     General Description:
9          This bill requires the Division of Technology Services and the State Commission on
10     Criminal and Juvenile Justice to collaborate on and create a Criminal Justice Database
11     as a repository for statutorily required data collection.
12     Highlighted Provisions:
13          This bill:
14          ▸     defines terms;
15          ▸     requires the Division of Technology Services to create a database for data required
16     to be reported to the State Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice;
17          ▸     provides parameters and standards for the database; and
18          ▸     requires the State Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice to assist with the
19     development and management of the database.
20     Money Appropriated in this Bill:
21          None
22     Other Special Clauses:
23          None
24     Utah Code Sections Affected:
25     ENACTS:
26          63A-16-1001, Utah Code Annotated 1953
27          63A-16-1002, Utah Code Annotated 1953

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29     Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
30          Section 1. Section 63A-16-1001 is enacted to read:
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Part 10. Criminal Justice Database

32          63A-16-1001. Definitions.
33          As used in this part:
34          (1) "Commission" means the State Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice
35     created in Section 63M-7-201.
36          (2) "Criminal justice agency" means an agency or institution directly involved in the
37     apprehension, prosecution, and incarceration of an individual involved in criminal activity,
38     including law enforcement, correctional facilities, jails, courts, probation, and parole.
39          (3) "Database" means the Criminal Justice Database created in this part.
40          (4) "Division" means the Division of Technology Services created in Section
41     63A-16-103.
42          Section 2. Section 63A-16-1002 is enacted to read:
43          63A-16-1002. Criminal Justice Database.
44          (1) The division shall create a Criminal Justice Database, organized by county, and
45     accessible to all criminal justice agencies in the state.
46          (2) The commission shall assist with the development and management of the
47     database.
48          (3) The division, in collaboration with the commission, shall create:
49          (a) master standards and formats for information submitted to the database;
50          (b) a portal, bridge, website, or other method for reporting entities to provide the
51     information;
52          (c) an index or cataloguing system to assist in the retrieval of information in the
53     database; and
54          (d) a protocol for accessing information in the database.
55          (4) The database shall be the repository for the statutorily required data described in:
56          (a) Section 17-22-32, county jail reporting requirements;
57          (b) Section 24-4-118, forfeiture reporting requirements;
58          (c) Section 41-6a-511, courts to collect and maintain data;

59          (d) Section 63M-7-214, law enforcement agency grant reporting;
60          (e) Section 63M-7-216, prosecutorial data collection;
61          (f) Section 64-13-21, supervision of sentenced offenders placed in community;
62          (g) Section 64-13-25, standards for programs;
63          (h) Section 64-13-45, department reporting requirements;
64          (i) Section 64-13e-104, housing of state probationary inmates or state parole inmates;
65          (j) Section 77-7-8.5, use of tactical groups;
66          (k) Section 77-20-103, release data requirements;
67          (l) Section 77-22-2.5, court orders for criminal investigations;
68          (m) Section 78A-2-109.5, court demographics reporting;
69          (n) Section 78B-7-120, lethality assessments; and
70          (o) any other statutes which require the collection of specific data and the reporting of
71     that data to the commission.