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S.B. 32 Child Abuse Homicide Corrections

Became lawWritten by Sen. Don L. Ipson · carried in the House by Rep. Ryan D. Wilcox

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

What this bill does

The bill removes one line from last year's child torture law and moves that provision to a different section of the Utah Code, where the sponsor says child torture already appears in the murder section. The bill would take effect immediately once passed.

Plain-English summary written by AI from the sponsor’s presentation in committee and on the floor. Check the official text below.

Official description
  • corrects the erroneous inclusion of the offense of child torture in the child abuse homicide statute, based on the child torture offense already having been included in the offense of murder
  • provides an immediate effective date
  • makes technical and conforming changes
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