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S.B. 74 Corrections Modifications (2025)

Became lawWritten by Sen. Derrin R. Owens · carried in the House by Rep. Melissa G. Ballard

  1. Introduced
  2. Senate committee
  3. Senate vote
  4. House committee
  5. House vote
  6. Signed into law

What this bill does

AI summary from the official description

The bill would bar people in Department of Corrections custody from filing a court petition to legally change their name, and would limit who may petition to change the sex designation on a birth certificate. It would also let the department investigate criminal allegations against inmates and, within limits, its employees, add revenue from inmate tablets and electronic devices to the prison phone surcharge account, change the drugs used in lethal injections, and require probationers and parolees subject to drug testing to sign a waiver letting the testing provider notify their supervising officer of results.

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Official description
  • amends which individuals in the custody of the Department of Corrections (the department) may petition to have a sex designation change on a birth certificate
  • prohibits an individual in the custody of the department from filing a petition in district court to legally change the individual's name
  • includes individuals on parole on the list of individuals to whom a government entity is not required to respond regarding certain records requests
  • clarifies that the department may independently investigate criminal allegations against:
  • individuals in the custody of the department
  • subject to certain limitations, employees of the department
  • amends the prison telephone surcharge account to allow revenue generated from offenders using department tablets and other electronic devices to be placed in the account
  • amends provisions regarding the substances administered by the department when carrying out a judgment of death by lethal intravenous injection
  • requires an individual on probation or parole who is required to undergo drug testing as a condition of probation or parole to sign a waiver allowing the provider undertaking the testing to notify the individual's supervising officer regarding the results of the testing
  • makes technical and conforming changes
Full text and history on le.utah.gov →

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