Rep. Norm Thurston — Voting Record

Bill

Number

S.B. 147 (2025GS)

Sponsor

Sen. Grover, Keith

Final action

Governor Signed 3/25/2025

Outcome

Became law — signed by Gov. Spencer J. Cox

Summary

What it does

• This bill:
• provides that a youth service organization may require a potential youth worker to provide the individual's full name and, in certain circumstances, a current identification, to facilitate a registered sex offender check; and
• makes technical changes.

Every vote on this bill

Bill text

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80-8-201
Youth Service Organizations Amendments
2025 GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Chief Sponsor: Keith Grover
House Sponsor: Tyler Clancy
LONG TITLE
General Description:
This bill amends provisions related to registered sex offender checks for potential youth 
workers.
Highlighted Provisions:
This bill:
provides that a youth service organization may require a potential youth worker to 
provide the individual's full name and, in certain circumstances, a current identification, 
to facilitate a registered sex offender check; and
makes technical changes.
Money Appropriated in this Bill:
None
Other Special Clauses:
This bill provides a special effective date.
Utah Code Sections Affected:
AMENDS:
80-8-201
, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2024, Chapter 371
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1, Section 
80-8-201
 is amended to read:
80-8-201. Youth protection requirements.
(1)
A youth service organization may not employ a youth worker or allow an individual to 
volunteer as a youth worker unless the youth service organization has completed a 
registered sex offender check for the individual.
(2)
A
To facilitate the registered sex offender check required by Subsection 
(1)
, a
 youth 
services organization 
shall
may
 require a potential youth worker to provide the 
individual's full name and
, if the youth services organization has any question about the 
potential youth worker's identity,
 a current, government-issued identification
 to 
facilitate the registered sex offender check required by Subsection (1)
.
(3)
If an individual is registered on the 
state's Sex and Kidnap Offender Registry
registry 
described in Title 53, Chapter 29, Sex, Kidnap, and Child Abuse Offender Registry,
 or 
the National Sex Offender Public Website, a youth service organization may not employ 
the individual as a youth worker or allow the individual to volunteer as a youth worker.
Section 2. 
Effective Date.
This bill takes effect:
(1)
except as provided in Subsection (2), 
May 7, 2025
; or
(2)
if approved by two-thirds of all members elected to each house, the later of:
(a)
May 1, 2025
; or
(b)
(i)
upon approval by the governor;
(ii)
without the governor's approval, the day following the constitutional time limit of 
Utah Constitution, Article VII, Section 8; or
(iii)
with the governor's veto and a vote of the Legislature to override the veto, the 
date of veto override.
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