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Under current Utah law, judges are presumed to prefer issuing a summons — a notice to appear in court — over an arrest warrant when charges are filed against someone who was previously released from jail. This bill expands the circumstances under which that presumption against a warrant applies, adding a new trigger: if a magistrate issued a "temporary pretrial status order" releasing the accused from jail, courts must also presume a summons is more appropriate than a warrant. The bill also strengthens what counts as a "good faith effort" to serve a summons before a warrant can be issued, specifically requiring prosecutors to attempt to reach the accused through their attorney of record, if one is known.