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Using the Utah Legislature's power to amend court rules by a two-thirds vote, this resolution changes two procedural rules that govern death penalty cases. First, it explicitly bars courts from sending a capital case back to the trial court to gather facts about whether a defendant's attorney was ineffective — a legal process previously available in other criminal appeals. Second, it replaces a broad, simple rule that automatically stayed (paused) a death sentence whenever any appeal or relief petition was pending, replacing it with a detailed framework that specifies exactly when a court must issue a temporary stay, when it may not, and when an existing stay must be lifted — including provisions tied to whether the condemned person is pregnant, incompetent to be executed, or filing a second or later postconviction petition.