2018 Bills
SB 58: Lowering Penalties for Failure to Appear
This bill would repeal a crime that makes it a class B misdemeanor for failure to appear in court.
2018 Bills
SB 20: Ending the Flood of Class B Misdemeanors
This bill not only addresses the plague of over-criminalization, but also addresses one of the chief causes of a bloated amount of misdemeanor offenses.
Personal Freedom
Got a Traffic Ticket? Now You’re Much Less Likely to Land in Jail
We have written previously about Utah’s voluminous laws and are pleased to report that after this session, the number of criminal offenses has been reduced significantly due to the comprehensive criminal justice reform effort....