Section 1, Section 53-6-107 is amended to read: 53-6-107. General duties of council. (1)The council shall: (a)advise the director regarding: (i)the approval, certification, or revocation of certification of any certified academy established in the state; (ii)minimum courses of study, attendance requirements, and the equipment and facilities to be required at a certified academy; (iii)minimum qualifications for instructors at a certified academy; (iv)the minimum basic training requirements that peace officers shall complete before receiving certification; (v)the minimum basic training requirements that dispatchers shall complete before receiving certification; and (vi)categories or classifications of advanced in-service training programs and minimum courses of study and attendance requirements for the categories or classifications; (b)recommend that studies, surveys, or reports, or all of them be made by the director concerning the implementation of the objectives and purposes of this chapter; (c)make recommendations and reports to the commissioner and governor from time to time; (d)choose from the sanctions to be imposed against certified peace officers as provided in Section 53-6-211, and dispatchers as provided in Section 53-6-309; (e)establish and annually review : (i) minimum use of force standards for all peace officers in the state; (f) (ii) establish and annually review minimum standards for officer intervention and the reporting of police misconduct based on Section 53-6-210.5; and (iii) the best practices for investigating sexual assaults; (f) in consultation with the Utah Victim Services Commission's subcommittee on rape and sexual assault created in Subsection 63M-7-903(5)(b), create and, if necessary, annually update a model sexual assault investigation policy based on the best practices established in Subsection (1)(e)(iii) that can be adopted and used by a law enforcement agency; and (g)perform other acts as necessary to carry out the duties of the council in this chapter. (2)The council may approve special function officers for membership in the Public Safety Retirement System in accordance with Sections 49-14-201 and 49-15-201.

Section 2, Section 53-6-109 is amended to read: 53-6-109. Mandatory compliance with minimum use of force standards. Peace officers and the agencies that employ peace officers shall comply with, and enforce compliance with, the minimum use of force standards described in Subsection 53-6-107 (1)(e) 53-6-107(1)(e)(i) .

Section 3, Section 53-24-102 is amended to read: 53-24-102. Sexual assault offense reporting requirements for law enforcement agencies. (1)As used in this section: (a)"Commission" means the State Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice created in Section 63M-7-201. (b)"Sexual assault offense" means: (i)rape, Section 76-5-402; (ii)rape of a child, Section 76-5-402.1; (iii)object rape, Section 76-5-402.2; (iv)object rape of a child, Section 76-5-402.3; (v)forcible sodomy, Section 76-5-403; (vi)sodomy on a child, Section 76-5-403.1; (vii)forcible sexual abuse, Section 76-5-404; (viii)sexual abuse of a child, Section 76-5-404.1; (ix)aggravated sexual abuse of a child, Section 76-5-404.3; (x)aggravated sexual assault, Section 76-5-405; or (xi)sexual battery, Section 76-9-702.1. (2) (a)Beginning January 1, 2025, a law enforcement agency shall : (i) annually, on or before April 30, submit a report to the commission for the previous calendar year containing the number of each type of sexual assault offense that: (i) (A) was reported to the law enforcement agency; (ii) (B) was investigated by a detective; and (iii) (C) was referred to a prosecutor for prosecution ; and (ii) submit a report to the commission on whether the law enforcement agency has created and publicly posted on the law enforcement agency's website: (A) the policy described in Subsection 53-24-101(1)(a); and (B) the guide described in Subsection 53-24-101(2)(a) . (b)A law enforcement agency shall: (i)compile the report described in Subsection (2)(a) (2)(a)(i) for each calendar year in the standardized format developed by the commission under Subsection (3); and (ii)publicly post the information reported in Subsection (2)(a) (2)(a)(i) on the law enforcement agency's website. (3)The commission shall: (a)develop a standardized format for reporting the data described in Subsection (2); (b)compile the data submitted under Subsection (2); and (c)annually on or before August 1, publish a report of the data described in Subsection (2) on the commission's website.

Section 4. Effective date. This bill takes effect on May 1, 2024.