Criminal Justice Revisions
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County attorney offices in second and third class counties must now track prosecution personnel time and submit annual reports on case dispositions, caseloads, and processing times to the Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Interim Committee.
County jails must collect biometric and personal information for all individuals brought to the jail for processing or booking, regardless of whether the jail retains custody of the individual.
Law enforcement agencies must share information with the Department of Public Safety's statewide criminal intelligence system and coordinate memorandums of understanding for information sharing.
Law enforcement agencies must annually report data on lost, stolen, and untraceable firearms, including the number of criminal offenses involving these weapons and the disposition of firearms in agency custody.
All prosecutorial agencies must submit data on prosecutions based on false sexual assault accusations and cases where victims later recant their allegations.
Law enforcement agencies must supply every officer on duty outside agency facilities with a portable biometric capture device starting January 1, 2027.
Software vendors providing services to criminal justice agencies that collect and store data for statutory reporting must establish automated connections to the public safety data portal within one year of system activation.
The Public Safety Data Management Task Force membership was expanded to include additional organizations including the Utah Division of Indian Affairs and any other groups recommended by the Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice.
The Department of Corrections must conduct risk assessments for every sex offender convicted after May 7, 2025, and submit results to the Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice quarterly until January 1, 2030.
Pretrial release data reporting requirements were modified to include more detailed breakdowns by release category and warrant type, with county jails now required to report bail payments and monetary conditions.
A public safety data portal was established as the central repository for statutorily required criminal justice data, including DUI crash data, firearms data, and prosecutorial data.
The Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice must compile and publish law enforcement data concerning firearms annually on the commission's website.
The Department of Public Safety's Criminal Investigations and Technical Services Division must collect DUI crash data from law enforcement agencies and provide it to the Commission for annual reporting.
A repeal provision in Section 63I-2-277 regarding reverse-location search warrant notice requirements is repealed on January 1, 2033.
Several sections have staggered effective dates between May 7, 2025, and July 1, 2025, with some provisions like portable biometric devices and firearm reporting having later implementation dates of 2026 and 2027.
