Rep. Norm Thurston — Voting Record

Bill

Number

H.B. 470 (2018GS)

Sponsor

Rep. Hutchings, E.

Final action

House/ filed 3/8/2018

Outcome

Failed / filed without passage

Summary

What it does

• This bill:
• increases the membership of the commission on criminal and juvenile justice from 21 to 24.

Every vote on this bill

Bill text

COMMISSION ON CRIMINAL AND JUVENILE JUSTICE
AMENDMENTS
GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Chief Sponsor: Eric K. Hutchings
Senate Sponsor: 
 J. Stuart Adams
LONG TITLE
General Description:
This bill increases the membership of the commission on criminal and juvenile justice
from 21 to 24.
Highlighted Provisions:
This bill:
▸ increases the membership of the commission on criminal and juvenile justice from
21 to 24.
Money Appropriated in this Bill:
None
Other Special Clauses:
None
Utah Code Sections Affected:
AMENDS:
63M-7-202
, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2017, Chapter 163
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Section 
63M-7-202
 is amended to read:
63M-7-202.
Composition -- Appointments -- Ex officio members -- Terms --
United States Attorney as nonvoting member.
(1) The commission on criminal and juvenile justice shall be composed of [
] 
voting members as follows:
(a) the chief justice of the supreme court, as the presiding officer of the judicial
council, or a judge designated by the chief justice;
(b) the state court administrator 
or the state court administrator's designee
;
(c) the executive director of the Department of Corrections 
or the executive director's
designee
;
(d) the director of the Division of Juvenile Justice Services 
or the director's designee
;
(e) the commissioner of the Department of Public Safety 
or the commissioner's
designee
;
(f) the attorney general 
or the attorney general's designee
;
(g) the president of the chiefs of police association or a chief of police designated by
the association's president;
(h) the president of the sheriffs' association or a sheriff designated by the association's
president;
(i) the chair of the Board of Pardons and Parole or a member designated by the chair;
(j) the chair of the Utah Sentencing Commission 
or a member designated by the chair
;
(k) the chair of the Utah Substance Use and Mental Health Advisory Council 
or a
member designated by the chair
;
(l) the chair of the Utah Board of Juvenile Justice 
or a member designated by the chair
;
(m) the chair of the Utah Council on Victims of Crime [
or the chair's designee
] 
or a
member designated by the chair
;
(n) the director of the Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health 
or the director's
designee
; [
and
]
(o) the executive director of the Salt Lake Legal Defender Association or the executive
director's designee;
(p) the chair of the Utah Indigent Defense Commission or the chair's designee;
(q) the Salt Lake County District Attorney or another attorney designated by the district
attorney; and
[
(o)
] 
(r)
 the following members designated to serve four-year terms:
(i) a juvenile court judge, appointed by the chief justice, as presiding officer of the
Judicial Council;
(ii) a representative of the statewide association of public attorneys designated by the
association's officers;
(iii) one member of the House of Representatives who is appointed by the speaker of
the House of Representatives; and
(iv) one member of the Senate who is appointed by the president of the Senate.
(2) The governor shall appoint the remaining three members to four-year staggered
terms as follows:
(a) one criminal defense attorney appointed from a list of three nominees submitted by
the Utah State Bar Association;
(b) one representative of public education; and
(c) one citizen representative.
(3) In addition to the members designated under Subsections (1) and (2), the United
States Attorney for the district of Utah may serve as a nonvoting member.
(4) In appointing the members under Subsection (2), the governor shall take into
account the geographical makeup of the commission.
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