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<leg xml:space="preserve" filenumber="2024FL0632" billnumber="SB0228" billnum="SB0228" designation="SB" otherSponsor="Ken Ivory" otherHouse="House" sess="2024GS" fileno="2024FL0632" date="03-01-24" printDate="06-19 07:33" subVer="-2" minVer="0" office="LEGISLATIVE GENERAL COUNSEL" actionDate="" impact="code" track=" " sponsor="Todd D. Weiler">
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    <st numlevel="1" lineno="1" slineno="0-1">PROTECTIVE ORDER AMENDMENTS</st>
    <sessionhead>2024 GENERAL SESSION</sessionhead>
    <statehead>STATE OF UTAH</statehead>
    <sponsorhead>Chief Sponsor: Todd D. Weiler</sponsorhead>
    <otherSponsorhead>House Sponsor: Ken Ivory</otherSponsorhead>
  </tbox>
  <lt numlevel="1" lineno="2" slineno="0-2">
    <lthead lineno="3">LONG TITLE</lthead>
    <gdhead lineno="4">General Description:</gdhead>
    <gd numlevel="1" lineno="5" slineno="0-5">This bill addresses cohabitant abuse protective orders.</gd>
    <hphead lineno="6">Highlighted Provisions:</hphead>
    <hp numlevel="1" lineno="7" slineno="0-7">This bill:
      <hl numlevel="1" lineno="8" slineno="0-8" level="1">clarifies when a court may amend or dismiss the criminal provisions of a cohabitant  
        <ln numlevel="1" lineno="9" slineno="0-9"/>abuse protective order.
      </hl>
    </hp>
    <moni numlevel="1" lineno="10" slineno="0-10" display="none">Money Appropriated in this Bill:</moni>
    <moniNone lineno="11">None</moniNone>
    <oc numlevel="1" lineno="12" slineno="0-12">Other Special Clauses:</oc>
    <ocNone lineno="13">None</ocNone>
    <sa numlevel="1" lineno="14" slineno="0-14">Utah Code Sections Affected:
      <saamd numlevel="1" lineno="15" slineno="0-15">
        <snhead>AMENDS:</snhead>
        <sn num="78B-7-605" src="code" uid="C78B-7-S605_2024050120240501" buid="1" sort="78B07 06050020240501" numlevel="1" lineno="16" slineno="0-16">
          <bold>78B-7-605</bold>, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2021, Chapter 159
        </sn>
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    </sa>
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  <enact numlevel="1" lineno="18" slineno="0-18">Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:</enact>
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    <bsec buid="1" type="amend" src="code" num="78B-7-605" uid="C78B-7-S605_2024050120240501" sort="78B07 06050020240501" fromUID="C78B-7-S605_2021050520210505" numlevel="1" lineno="19" slineno="1-1" sn="1">
      <section number="78B-7-605" numlevel="1" lineno="20" slineno="1-2" type="amend">
        <secline lineno="19">Section 1, Section  
          <bold>78B-7-605</bold> is amended to read:
        </secline>
        <catline lineno="20">
          <bold>78B-7-605. Dismissal.</bold>
        </catline>
        <subsection ssid="1-1" numlevel="1" lineno="21" slineno="1-3" dnum="1-o" placement="noreturn">
          <display>(1)</display>
          <amendoutstart style="5"/>
          <amend anum="0" ea="erase" pairid="1" style="2" owner="admin" level="1" deltag="both">The</amend>
          <amendoutend style="5"/>
          <amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="2" style="1" owner="admin" level="1" amendtag="both" space="true">Except as otherwise provided in Subsection 
            <xref depth="3" refnumber="78B-7-603">78B-7-603</xref>(10) concerning the 
            <ln numlevel="1" lineno="22" slineno="1-4"/>criminal provisions of a cohabitant abuse protective order, the
          </amend> court may amend or  
          <ln numlevel="1" lineno="23" slineno="1-5"/>dismiss a protective order issued in accordance with this part that has been in effect for  
          <ln numlevel="1" lineno="24" slineno="1-6"/>at least one year if the court finds that:
          <subsection ssid="1-2" numlevel="1" lineno="25" slineno="1-7" dnum="a-o">
            <display>(a)</display>the basis for the issuance of the protective order no longer exists;
          </subsection>
          <subsection ssid="1-3" numlevel="1" lineno="26" slineno="1-8" dnum="b-o">
            <display>(b)</display>the petitioner has repeatedly acted in contravention of the protective order provisions  
            <ln numlevel="1" lineno="27" slineno="1-9"/>to intentionally or knowingly induce the respondent to violate the protective order;  
            <ln numlevel="1" lineno="28" slineno="1-10"/>and
          </subsection>
          <subsection ssid="1-4" numlevel="1" lineno="29" slineno="1-11" dnum="c-o">
            <display>(c)</display>the petitioner's actions demonstrate that the petitioner no longer has a reasonable fear  
            <ln numlevel="1" lineno="30" slineno="1-12"/>of the respondent.
          </subsection>
        </subsection>
        <subsection ssid="1-5" numlevel="1" lineno="31" slineno="1-13" dnum="2-o">
          <display>(2)</display>The court shall enter sanctions against either party if the court determines that either  
          <ln numlevel="1" lineno="32" slineno="1-14"/>party acted:
          <subsection ssid="1-6" numlevel="1" lineno="33" slineno="1-15" dnum="a-o">
            <display>(a)</display>in bad faith; or
          </subsection>
          <subsection ssid="1-7" numlevel="1" lineno="34" slineno="1-16" dnum="b-o">
            <display>(b)</display>with intent to harass or intimidate the other party.
          </subsection>
        </subsection>
        <subsection ssid="1-8" numlevel="1" lineno="35" slineno="1-17" dnum="3-o">
          <display>(3)</display>If a divorce proceeding is pending between parties to a protective order action, the court  
          <ln numlevel="1" lineno="36" slineno="1-18"/>shall dismiss the protective order when the court issues a decree of divorce for the  
          <ln numlevel="1" lineno="37" slineno="1-19"/>parties if:
          <subsection ssid="1-9" numlevel="1" lineno="38" slineno="1-20" dnum="a-o">
            <display>(a)</display>the respondent files a motion to dismiss a protective order in both the divorce action  
            <ln numlevel="1" lineno="39" slineno="1-21"/>and the protective order action and personally serves the petitioner; and
          </subsection>
          <subsection ssid="1-10" numlevel="1" lineno="40" slineno="1-22" dnum="b-o" space="false">
            <display>(b)</display>
            <subsection ssid="1-11" dnum="i-o" placement="sameline">
              <display>(i)</display>the parties stipulate in writing or on the record to dismiss the protective order; 
              <ln numlevel="1" lineno="41" slineno="1-23"/>or
            </subsection>
            <subsection ssid="1-12" numlevel="1" lineno="42" slineno="1-24" dnum="ii-o">
              <display>(ii)</display>based on evidence at the divorce trial, the court determines that the petitioner no 
              <ln numlevel="1" lineno="43" slineno="1-25"/>longer has a reasonable fear of future harm, abuse, or domestic violence.
            </subsection>
          </subsection>
        </subsection>
        <subsection ssid="1-13" numlevel="1" lineno="44" slineno="1-26" dnum="4-o">
          <display>(4)</display>When the court dismisses a protective order, the court shall immediately:
          <subsection ssid="1-14" numlevel="1" lineno="45" slineno="1-27" dnum="a-o">
            <display>(a)</display>issue an order of dismissal to be filed in the protective order action; and
          </subsection>
          <subsection ssid="1-15" numlevel="1" lineno="46" slineno="1-28" dnum="b-o">
            <display>(b)</display>transmit a copy of the order of dismissal to the statewide domestic violence network  
            <ln numlevel="1" lineno="47" slineno="1-29"/>as described in Section  
            <xref depth="3" refnumber="78B-7-113">78B-7-113</xref>.
          </subsection>
        </subsection>
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        <secline lineno="48">Section 2.   
          <bold>Effective date.</bold>
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          <amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="1" style="1" owner="admin" level="1" amendtag="both">
            <tab numlevel="1" lineno="49" slineno="2-2"/>This bill takes effect on May 1, 2024.
          </amend>
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      </section>
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