Rep. Norm Thurston — Voting Record

Bill

Number

H.B. 271 (2025GS)

Sponsor

Rep. MacPherson, Matt

Final action

House/ filed 3/7/2025

Outcome

Failed / filed without passage

Summary

What it does

• This bill:
• modifies the criminal offense concerning disrupting a meeting or procession;
• adds a coordination clause between this bill and H.B. 21, Criminal Code Recodification and Cross References, to provide that the changes to Section 76-9-103 in this bill will supersede the changes to that section in H.B. 21; and
• makes technical and conforming changes.

Every vote on this bill

Bill text

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76-9-103
Meeting or Procession Disruption Amendments
2025 GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Chief Sponsor: Matt MacPherson
LONG TITLE
General Description:
This bill modifies the criminal offense concerning disrupting a meeting or procession.
Highlighted Provisions:
This bill:
modifies the criminal offense concerning disrupting a meeting or procession; and
makes technical and conforming changes.
Money Appropriated in this Bill:
None
Other Special Clauses:
None
Utah Code Sections Affected:
AMENDS:
76-9-103
, as enacted by Laws of Utah 1973, Chapter 196
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1, Section 
76-9-103
 is amended to read:
76-9-103. Disrupting a meeting or procession.
(1)
A person is guilty of 
Terms defined in Section 
76-1-101.5
 apply to this section.
(2)
An actor commits 
disrupting a meeting or procession if
, intending to prevent or disrupt 
a lawful meeting, procession, or gathering, he obstructs or interferes with
 the 
actor, 
acting intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly, prevents or substantially obstructs or 
disrupts a lawful 
meeting, procession, or gathering by
 physical action, verbal utterance, 
or any other means.
:
(a)
(i)
using force, violence, or the threat of violence; or
(ii)
engaging in another unlawful act, if the penalty for the unlawful act is a class B 
misdemeanor or higher;
(b)
interfering with or preventing the ingress or egress to the physical facility where the 
meeting, procession, or gathering is taking place, including through the use of 
threatening language or actions that would put a reasonable person in fear of entering 
or leaving the location; or
(c)
denying the use of the property or facility where the meeting, procession, or 
gathering is taking place through the use of excessive sound.
(2)
(3)
Disrupting a meeting or procession
A violation of Subsection 
(2)
 is a class B 
misdemeanor.
Section 2. 
Effective Date.
This bill takes effect on 
May 7, 2025
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1-20-25 11:44 AM