Rep. Norm Thurston — Voting Record

Bill

Number

S.B. 80 First Substitute (2020GS)

Sponsor

Sen. Iwamoto, J.

Final action

Governor Signed 3/28/2020

Outcome

Became law — signed by Gov. Gary R. Herbert

Summary

What it does

• This bill:
• defines terms;
• requires the State Board of Regents to:
• coordinate with government and community organizations to study and make recommendations for providing public safety services on college and university campuses; and
• present a final report of the study and recommendations to the Education Interim Committee and the Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Interim Committee.

Every vote on this bill

Bill text

CAMPUS SAFETY AMENDMENTS
GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Chief Sponsor: Jani Iwamoto
House Sponsor: 
Lee B. Perry
LONG TITLE
General Description:
This bill requires the State Board of Regents to study and make recommendations for
providing public safety services on college and university campuses.
Highlighted Provisions:
This bill:
▸ defines terms;
▸ requires the State Board of Regents to:
• coordinate with government and community organizations to study and make
recommendations for providing public safety services on college and university
campuses; and
• present a final report of the study and recommendations to the Education
Interim Committee and the Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Interim
Committee.
Money Appropriated in this Bill:
None
Other Special Clauses:
This bill provides a coordination clause.
Utah Code Sections Affected:
AMENDS:
53E-1-201
, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2019, Chapter 324 and last amended by
Coordination Clause, Laws of Utah 2019, Chapters 41, 205, 223, 342, 446, and 476
ENACTS:
53B-28-402
, Utah Code Annotated 1953
Utah Code Sections Affected by Coordination Clause:
53E-1-201
, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2019, Chapter 324 and last amended by
Coordination Clause, Laws of Utah 2019, Chapters 41, 205, 223, 342, 446, and 476
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Section 
53B-28-402
 is enacted to read:
 53B-28-402.
Campus safety study -- Report to Legislature.
(1) As used in this section:
(a) "Campus law enforcement" means a unit of an institution that provides public
safety services.
(b) (i) "Institution" means an institution of higher education described in Section
53B-2-101
.
(ii) "Institution" includes an institution's campus law enforcement.
(c) "Local district" means the same as that term is defined in Section 
17B-1-102
.
(d) "Local law enforcement" means a state or local law enforcement agency other than
campus law enforcement.
(e) "Public safety services" means police services, security services, dispatch services,
emergency services, or other similar services.
(f) "Sexual violence" means the same as that term is defined in Section 
53B-28-301
.
(g) "Special service district" means the same as that term is defined in Section
17D-1-102
.
(h) "Student" means the same as that term is defined in Section 
53B-28-301
.
(i) "Student organization" means the same as that term is defined in Section
53B-28-401
.
(2) The board shall:
(a) study issues related to providing public safety services on institution campuses,
including:
(i) policies and practices for hiring, supervision, and firing of campus law enforcement
officers;
(ii) training of campus law enforcement in responding to incidents of sexual violence
or other crimes reported by or involving a student, including training related to lethality or
similar assessments;
(iii) how campus law enforcement and local law enforcement respond to reports of
incidents of sexual violence or other crimes reported by or involving a student, including
supportive measures for victims and disciplinary actions for perpetrators;
(iv) training provided to faculty, staff, students, and student organizations on campus
safety and prevention of sexual violence;
(v) roles, responsibilities, jurisdiction, and authority of local law enforcement and
campus law enforcement, including authority based on:
(A) the type of public safety services provided; or
(B) geographic boundaries;
(vi) how an institution and local law enforcement coordinate to respond to on-campus
and off-campus incidents requiring public safety services, including:
(A) legal requirements or restrictions affecting coordination;
(B) agreements, practices, or procedures governing coordination between an institution
and local law enforcement, including mutual support, sharing information, or dispatch
management;
(C) any issues that may affect the timeliness of a response to an on-campus or
off-campus incident reported by or involving a student;
(vii) infrastructure, staffing, and equipment considerations that impact the effectiveness
of campus law enforcement or local law enforcement responses to an on-campus or off-campus
incident reported by or involving a student;
(viii) the benefits and disadvantages of an institution employing campus law
enforcement compared to local law enforcement providing public safety services on an
institution campus;
(ix) an institution's compliance with federal and state crime statistic reporting
requirements;
(x) how an institution informs faculty, staff, and students about a crime or emergency
on campus;
(xi) national best practices for providing public safety services on institution campuses,
including differences in best practices based on the size, infrastructure, location, and other
relevant characteristics of a college or university; and
(xii) any other issue the board determines is relevant to the study;
(b) make recommendations for providing public safety services on institution campuses
statewide;
(c) produce a final report of the study described in this section, including the
recommendations described in Subsection (2)(b); and
(d) in accordance with Section 
68-3-14
, present the final report described in Subsection
(2)(c) to the Education Interim Committee and the Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice
Interim Committee at or before the committees' November 2021 meetings.
(3) In carrying out the board's duties under this section, the board may coordinate with
individuals and organizations with knowledge, expertise, or experience related to the board's
duties under this section, including:
(a) the Utah System of Technical Colleges Board of Trustees;
(b) the Utah Department of Health;
(c) the Utah Office for Victims of Crime;
(d) the Utah Council on Victims of Crime;
(e) institutions;
(f) local law enforcement;
(g) local districts or special service districts that provide 911 and emergency dispatch
service; and
(h) community and other non-governmental organizations.
Section 2. Section 
53E-1-201
 is amended to read:
53E-1-201.
Reports to and action required of the Education Interim Committee.
(1) In accordance with applicable provisions and Section 
68-3-14
, the following
recurring reports are due to the Education Interim Committee:
(a) the report described in Section 
9-22-109
 by the STEM Action Center Board,
including the information described in Section 
9-22-113
 on the status of the computer science
initiative and Section 
9-22-114
 on the Computing Partnerships Grants Program;
[
(a)
] 
(b)
 the prioritized list of data research described in Section 
35A-14-302
 and the
report on research described in Section 
35A-14-304
 by the Utah Data Research Center;
[
(b)
] 
(c)
 the report described in Section 
35A-15-303
 by the State Board of Education on
preschool programs;
[
(c)
] 
(d)
 the report described in Section 
53B-1-103
 by the State Board of Regents on
career and technical education issues and addressing workforce needs;
[
(d)
] 
(e)
 the report described in Section 
53B-1-107
 by the State Board of Regents on
the activities of the State Board of Regents;
[
(e)
] 
(f)
 the report described in Section 
53B-2a-104
 by the Utah System of Technical
Colleges Board of Trustees on career and technical education issues;
[
(f)
] 
(g)
 the reports described in Section 
53B-28-401
 by the State Board of Regents and
the Utah System of Technical Colleges Board of Trustees regarding activities related to campus
safety;
[
(g)
] 
(h)
 the State Superintendent's Annual Report by the state board described in
Section 
53E-1-203
;
[
(h)
] 
(i)
 the annual report described in Section 
53E-2-202
 by the state board on the
strategic plan to improve student outcomes;
[
(i)
] 
(j)
 the report described in Section 
53E-8-204
 by the state board on the Utah
Schools for the Deaf and the Blind;
[
(j)
] 
(k)
 the report described in Section 
53E-10-703
 by the Utah Leading through
Effective, Actionable, and Dynamic Education director on research and other activities;
[
(k)
] 
(l)
 the report described in Section 
53F-4-203
 by the state board and the
independent evaluator on an evaluation of early interactive reading software;
[
(l)
] 
(m)
 the report described in Section 
53F-4-407
 by the state board on UPSTART;
and
[
(m)
] 
(n)
 the report described in Section 
53F-5-405
 by an independent evaluator of a
partnership that receives a grant to improve educational outcomes for students who are low
income[
; and
]
.
[
(n) the report described in Section 
63N-12-208
 by the STEM Action Center Board,
including the information described in Section 
63N-12-213
 on the status of the computer
science initiative and Section 
63N-12-214
 on the Computing Partnerships Grants Program.
]
(2) In accordance with applicable provisions and Section 
68-3-14
, the following
occasional reports are due to the Education Interim Committee:
(a) the report described in Section 
35A-15-303
 by the School Readiness Board by
November 30, 2020, on benchmarks for certain preschool programs;
(b) the report described in Section 
53B-28-402
 by the State Board of Regents on or
before the Education Interim Committee's November 2021 meeting;
[
(b)
] 
(c)
 the report described in Section 
53E-3-519
 by the state board regarding
counseling services in schools;
[
(c)
] 
(d)
 the reports described in Section 
53E-3-520
 by the state board regarding cost
centers and implementing activity based costing;
[
(d)
] 
(e)
 if required, the report described in Section 
53E-4-309
 by the state board
explaining the reasons for changing the grade level specification for the administration of
specific assessments;
[
(e)
] 
(f)
 if required, the report described in Section 
53E-5-210
 by the state board of an
adjustment to the minimum level that demonstrates proficiency for each statewide assessment;
[
(f)
] 
(g)
 the report described in Section 
53E-10-702
 by Utah Leading through Effective,
Actionable, and Dynamic Education;
[
(g)
] 
(h)
 the report described in Section 
53F-2-502
 by the state board on the program
evaluation of the dual language immersion program;
[
(h)
] 
(i)
 if required, the report described in Section 
53F-2-513
 by the state board
evaluating the effects of salary bonuses on the recruitment and retention of effective teachers in
high poverty schools;
[
(i)
] 
(j)
 upon request, the report described in Section 
53F-5-207
 by the state board on
the Intergenerational Poverty Intervention Grants Program;
[
(j)
] 
(k)
 the report described in Section 
53F-5-210
 by the state board on the Educational
Improvement Opportunities Outside of the Regular School Day Grant Program;
[
(k)
] 
(l)
 the reports described in Section 
53G-11-304
 by the state board regarding
proposed rules and results related to educator exit surveys;
[
(l)
] 
(m)
 upon request, the report described in Section 
53G-11-505
 by the state board
on progress in implementing employee evaluations;
[
(m)
] 
(n)
 the report described in Section 
62A-15-117
 by the Division of Substance
Abuse and Mental Health, the State Board of Education, and the Department of Health
regarding recommendations related to Medicaid reimbursement for school-based health
services; and
[
(n)
] 
(o)
 the reports described in Section 
63C-19-202
 by the Higher Education Strategic
Planning Commission.
(3) In accordance with Section 
53B-7-705
, the Education Interim Committee shall
complete the review of the implementation of performance funding.
Section 3. 
 Coordinating S.B. 80 with S.B. 72 -- Technical amendment.
If this S.B. 80 and S.B. 72, Revisor's Technical Corrections to Utah Code, both pass
and become law, it is the intent of the Legislature that the amendments to Section 
53E-1-201
 in
S.B. 80 supersede the amendments to Section 
53E-1-201
 in S.B. 72, when the Office of
Legislative Research and General Counsel prepares the Utah Code database for publication.