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Utah law currently requires state criminal justice agencies to track "recidivism" — meaning a return to criminal activity after a conviction — using a standard measure of re-imprisonment within three years, and this bill would keep that standard while also requiring agencies to report an "alternative" recidivism metric that additionally counts new arrests and jail admissions, not just re-imprisonment. The bill also creates new definitions and reporting requirements specifically for juveniles, requiring the state to track "juvenile recidivism" (repeat diversions, adjudications, or convictions within six months to three years after a minor's case is resolved) and "school-based recidivism" and referrals for offenses that occur at school, with this data reported annually to legislative committees. Separately, the bill creates a new legal process allowing a prosecutor to ask the Board of Pardons and Parole to move a minor who was convicted as an adult for aggravated murder — committed at age 17 — out of a secure youth facility and into an adult prison before the minor turns 25, if the Board finds the transfer is warranted for safety reasons; if the Board agrees to consider such a request, it must appoint a lawyer, at its own expense, to represent the minor at the hearing.