SALT LAKE CITY Gov. Spencer Cox signed three bills dealing with policing in Utah, including changes to the state s revenge porn law that arose from the investigation of slain University of Utah student Lauren McCluskey when an officer shared graphic images of her with others.
They were among a batch of 57 bills the governor gave final approval to on Thursday.
The Legislature approved a scaled-back version of HB147 that was inspired by issues surrounding the McCluskey investigation. The new law will specifically outlaw the sharing of intimate images without consent outside legitimate law enforcement investigative purposes, regardless of whether a victim is alive to suffer emotional distress.
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A member of the University of Utah track team reacts during a vigil for Lauren McCluskey at the Park Building on the University of Utah campus in Salt Lake City on Oct. 24, 2018. Gov. Spencer Cox signed three bills dealing with policing in Utah, including changes to the state’s revenge porn law that arose from the investigation of the slain U. student when an officer shared graphic images of her with others.
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SALT LAKE CITY Gov. Spencer Cox signed three bills dealing with policing in Utah, including changes to the state’s revenge porn law that arose from the investigation of slain University of Utah student Lauren McCluskey when an officer shared graphic images of her with others.
The Utah Legislature has given its approval to a bill closing a gap that has rewarded certain juvenile criminals who committed new crimes including two who had been serving time for the death of a West Valley police officer. It now heads to Gov. Spencer Cox for final approval.
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HB67 now advances to the Senate for consideration.
The vote came after the mother of Cody Brotherson, a 25-year-old officer who was killed in the line of duty in 2016, testified in a House committee last week, telling of how it was “both shocking and painful to be told that both brothers had essentially been rewarded for their additional crimes.”
Jenny Brotherson, mother of West Valley police officer Cody Brotherson, who was killed in the line of duty on Nov. 6, 2016, talks with members of the media after speaking in support of HB67 at the Capitol in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021. The bill, sponsored by Rep. Craig Hall, R-West Valley City, would close a gap in Utah’s justice system that has allowed certain juvenile offenders who commit new crimes to actually be released early.