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This bill makes several changes to how Utah courts and state agencies supervise, parole, pardon, and expunge records for people convicted of crimes. Courts could order state probation officers to supervise people convicted of certain class B misdemeanors — specifically those who are homeless and have five or more prior class B misdemeanor convictions — if the supervising agency agrees. The Board of Pardons and Parole would be required to weigh the specific facts of a new crime when deciding whether to re-parole someone whose earlier parole was revoked for committing a new offense, and before releasing anyone early (before their minimum prison term is served), the board would now have to find clear and convincing evidence that the person no longer poses a threat to public safety, in addition to existing requirements. The bill also sets waiting periods before the board may even consider a pardon for someone on the sex offender registry — 10 years after re-entering the community for those on the 10-year registry, and 20 years for those on the lifetime registry — with exceptions for people whose convictions were later overturned or who were found factually innocent. Finally, it bars anyone required to register on the Sex, Kidnap, and Child Abuse Offender Registry at the time of sentencing from receiving a certificate of eligibility to expunge their record, closing a previous gap that only looked at registry status at the time of the expungement application.