2025 bills / H.B. 353
H.B. 353 Criminal Code Amendments (2025)
- Introduced
- House committee
- House vote
- Senate committee
- Senate vote
- Signed into law
What this bill does
The bill requires certain state agencies to regularly review criminal offenses in state law and recommend changes, with the State Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice compiling those reviews into a report. It also lowers the penalty for unauthorized use of a name in a charity solicitation and repeals the criminal offense of abusing the flag.
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Official description
- defines terms
- requires certain state agencies to regularly review and make recommendations concerning certain statutory criminal offenses
- requires the State Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice to receive, compile, and submit a report on state agency reviews of statutory criminal offenses
- lowers the penalty for criminal violations concerning an unauthorized use of a name in a charity solicitation
- repeals the criminal offense relating to abuse of the flag
- contains a coordination clause to coordinate technical changes between this bill and H.B. 21, Criminal Code Recodification and Cross References, due to the repeal of Section 76-10-604 in H.B. 21
- contains a coordination clause coordinating technical changes between this bill, H.B. 21, Criminal Code Recodification and Cross References, and H.B. 38, Criminal Offenses Modifications
- makes technical and clarifying changes to Section 76-9-803
- makes technical and conforming changes
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Every vote
- 8 yes, 0 no, 3 absentHouse Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee: vote to change the bill · Feb 6, 2025Who voted how
- 8 yes, 0 no, 3 absentHouse Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee: vote to approve it · Feb 6, 2025Who voted how
- 65 yes, 0 no, 10 absentFinal House vote · Feb 18, 2025Who voted how
- 6 yes, 0 no, 3 absentSenate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee: Amendment Recommendation · Feb 25, 2025Who voted how
- 6 yes, 0 no, 3 absentSenate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee: vote to approve it · Feb 25, 2025Who voted how
- 23 yes, 0 no, 6 absentFinal Senate vote · Mar 7, 2025Who voted how
- 70 yes, 0 no, 5 absentHouse vote to accept the other chamber's changes · Mar 7, 2025Who voted how