Rep. Norm Thurston — Voting Record

Bill

Number

H.B. 332 (2024GS)

Sponsor

Rep. Peterson, V.

Final action

Governor Signed 3/12/2024

Outcome

Became law — signed by Gov. Spencer J. Cox

Summary

What it does

• This bill:
• removes language that exists in federal law; and
• makes technical changes.

Every vote on this bill

Bill text

CAMPUS SAFETY AMENDMENTS
GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Chief Sponsor: Val L. Peterson
Senate Sponsor: 
 Michael K. McKell
LONG TITLE
General Description:
This bill removes language that exists in federal law.
Highlighted Provisions:
This bill:
▸ removes language that exists in federal law; and
▸ makes technical changes.
Money Appropriated in this Bill:
None
Other Special Clauses:
None
Utah Code Sections Affected:
AMENDS:
53B-28-401
, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2021, Chapter 332
REPEALS:
53B-28-402
, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2023, Chapter 16
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Section 
53B-28-401
 is amended to read:
53B-28-401.
Campus safety plans and training -- Institution duties -- Governing
board duties.
(1) As used in this section:
(a) "Covered offense" means:
(i) sexual assault;
(ii) domestic violence;
(iii) dating violence; or
(iv) stalking.
(b) "Institution" means an institution of higher education described in Section
53B-1-102
.
(c) "Student organization" means a club, group, sports team, fraternity or sorority, or
other organization:
(i) of which the majority of members is composed of students enrolled in an institution;
and
(ii) (A) that is officially recognized by the institution; or
(B) seeks to be officially recognized by the institution.
(2) An institution shall develop a campus safety plan that addresses:
(a) where an individual can locate the institution's policies and publications related to a
covered offense;
(b) institution and community resources for a victim of a covered offense;
(c) the rights of a victim of a covered offense, including the measures the institution
takes to ensure, unless otherwise provided by law, victim confidentiality throughout all steps in
the reporting and response to a covered offense;
(d) how the institution informs the campus community of a crime that presents a threat
to the campus community;
(e) availability, locations, and methods for requesting assistance of security personnel
on the institution's campus;
(f) guidance on how a student may contact law enforcement for incidents that occur off
campus;
(g) institution efforts related to increasing campus safety, including efforts related to
the institution's increased response in providing services to victims of a covered offense, that:
(i) the institution made in the preceding 18 months; and
(ii) the institution expects to make in the upcoming 24 months;
(h) coordination and communication between institution resources and organizations,
including campus law enforcement;
(i) institution coordination with local law enforcement or community resources,
including coordination related to a student's safety at an off-campus location; and
(j) how the institution requires a student organization to provide the campus safety
training as described in Subsection (5).
(3) An institution shall:
(a) prominently post the institution's campus safety plan on the institution's website and
each of the institution's campuses; and
(b) annually update the institution's campus safety plan.
(4) An institution shall develop a campus safety training curriculum that addresses:
(a) awareness and prevention of covered offenses, including information on institution
and community resources for a victim of a covered offense;
(b) bystander intervention; and
(c) sexual consent.
(5) An institution shall require a student organization, in order for the student
organization to receive or maintain official recognition by the institution, to annually provide
campus safety training, using the curriculum described in Subsection (4), to the student
organization's members.
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(6) The board shall:
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(a) on or before July 1, 2019, establish minimum requirements for an institution's
campus safety plan described in Subsection (2);
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(b) identify resources an institution may use to develop a campus safety training
curriculum as described in Subsection (4); and
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(c) report annually to the Education Interim Committee and the Law Enforcement and
Criminal Justice Interim Committee, at or before the committees' November meetings, on:
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(i) the implementation of the requirements described in this section; and
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(ii) crime statistics aggregated by housing facility as described in Subsection
53B-28-403
(2).
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(6) An institution shall report annually to the Education Interim Committee and the
Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Interim Committee, at or before the committee's
November meetings, on crime statistics aggregated by housing facility as described in
Subsection 
53B-28-403
(2).
Section 2. 
Repealer.
This bill repeals:
Section 
53B-28-402
,
Campus safety study -- Report to Legislature.
Section 3. 
Effective date.
This bill takes effect on May 1, 2024.