Rep. Norm Thurston — Voting Record

Bill

Number

S.B. 220 First Substitute (2022GS)

Sponsor

Sen. Cullimore, K. A.

Final action

Governor Signed 3/24/2022

Outcome

Became law — signed by Gov. Spencer J. Cox

Summary

What it does

• This bill:
• creates the Missing Child Identification Program to be administered by the attorney general to provide a fingerprint and DNA collection kit to a parent or legal guardian of a child entering kindergarten.

Every vote on this bill

Bill text

MISSING CHILD IDENTIFICATION PROGRAM
GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Chief Sponsor: Kirk A. Cullimore
House Sponsor: 
Mike Schultz
LONG TITLE
General Description:
This bill creates the Missing Child Identification Program to be administered by the
attorney general.
Highlighted Provisions:
This bill:
▸ creates the Missing Child Identification Program to be administered by the attorney
general to provide a fingerprint and DNA collection kit to a parent or legal guardian
of a child entering kindergarten.
Money Appropriated in this Bill:
None
Other Special Clauses:
This bill provides a special effective date.
Utah Code Sections Affected:
ENACTS:
67-5-38
, Utah Code Annotated 1953
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Section 
67-5-38
 is enacted to read:
 67-5-38.
Missing Child Identification Program.
(1) As used in this section:
(a) "Kit" means a fingerprint and DNA identification kit that may be used to collect
and store fingerprint and DNA information.
(b) "Program" means the Missing Child Identification Program created in this section.
(2) (a) There is created the Missing Child Identification Program to be administered by
the attorney general as described in this section.
(b) The purpose of the program is to provide a kit to a parent or legal guardian of a
kindergarten student, to be distributed by the student's elementary school, which the parent or
guardian may use to collect and store a child's fingerprint and DNA information for potential
use by law enforcement in the event that the child is missing.
(c) If the Legislature does not appropriate funds specifically for the program, the
attorney general may implement the program using other available appropriations.
(3) (a) The attorney general shall provide kits to each Utah elementary school to be
distributed to the parent or legal guardian of each student entering kindergarten in the
elementary school.
(b) The attorney general shall obtain the kits in compliance with Title 63G, Chapter 6a,
Utah Procurement Code.
(c) The kits described in Subsection (3)(a) may be delivered to an elementary school
directly through the supplier of the kits.
(d) The State Board of Education, or the State Board of Education's designee, shall
coordinate with the attorney general to determine how many kits are needed each year at each
elementary school.
(e) An elementary school that receives a supply of kits shall offer a kit to a parent or
legal guardian for a student entering kindergarten at the elementary school.
(4) The attorney general may make rules in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah
Administrative Rulemaking Act, to carry out the program.
Section 2. 
Effective date.
This bill takes effect on July 1, 2022.