This bill:

• creates Title 75E, Criminal and Juvenile Justice Administration;
• creates the Department of Criminal Justice within Title 75E, Criminal and Juvenile Justice Administration;
• recodifies to Title 75E, Criminal and Juvenile Justice Administration:
  • Title 63M, Chapter 7, Criminal Justice and Substance Abuse;
  • Title 77, Chapter 38, Part 6, Safe at Home Program;
  • Title 78B, Chapter 22, Part 4, Utah Indigent Defense Commission;
  • Title 78B, Chapter 22, Part 4a, Office of Indigent Defense Services;
  • Title 78B, Chapter 22, Part 7, Indigent Aggravated Murder Defense Fund;
  • Title 78B, Chapter 22, Part 8, Child Welfare Parental Representation Program;
  • Title 78B, Chapter 22, Part 9, Indigent Appellate Defense Division; and
  • Title 78B, Chapter 22, Part 11, Youth Defense Fund;
• changes the name of:
  • Title 76, Utah Criminal Code, to Title 76, Criminal Offenses; and
  • Title 77, Utah Code of Criminal Procedure, to Title 77, Criminal Procedure;
• defines terms;
• establishes roles and responsibilities of the Department of Criminal Justice and the commissioner of the Department of Criminal Justice;
• reassigns certain responsibilities of the Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice to the Department of Criminal Justice;
• clarifies roles, responsibilities, and administration of certain entities within the Department of Criminal Justice;
• removes obsolete programs, responsibilities, and reporting requirements of certain entities within the Department of Criminal Justice;
• revises the names of certain entities within the Department of Criminal Justice;
• provides that the governor may direct the Department of Criminal Justice to assist with extradition;
• updates terminology;
• makes technical and conforming changes; and
• includes coordination clauses to substantively and technically coordinate changes between this bill and:
  • H.B. 122, Pregnant and Postpartum Inmate Amendments, if both bills pass and become law;
  • H.B. 220, Public Safety Data Amendments, if both bills pass and become law;
  • H.B. 271, Multi-Agency Joint Strike Force Modifications, if both bills pass and become law;
  • H.B. 230, Offender Amendments, if both bills pass and become law;
  • H.B. 114, Adult-oriented Performance and Material Amendments, if both bills pass and become law;
  • S.B. 13, Statutorily Required Reports and Presentations Amendments, if both bills pass and become law;
  • H.B. 34, Victim Rights Amendments, if both bills pass and become law;
  • H.B. 48, Criminal and Juvenile Justice Changes, if both bills pass and become law;
  • H.B. 188, Juvenile Justice Amendments, if both bills pass and become law;
  • H.B. 274, Sentencing Amendments, if both bills pass and become law;
  • H.B. 345, Victim Amendments, if both bills pass and become law;
  • S.B. 233, Judicial Performance Evaluation Amendments, if both bills pass and become law;
  • S.B. 313, Recidivism Amendments, if both bills pass and become law;
  • S.B. 86, Firearm Safe Harbor Amendments, if both bills pass and become law;
  • H.B. 90, Sexual Offenses Amendments, if both bills pass and become law;
  • H.B. 137, Violent Crime Clearance Rate Amendments, if both bills pass and become law;
  • S.B. 145, Lobbying Amendments, if both bills pass and become law;
  • S.B. 67, Law Enforcement Quota Amendments, if both bills pass and become law;
  • H.B. 72, Criminal Use of Cryptocurrency Amendments, if both bills pass and become law;
  • H.B. 338, First Responder Health Amendments, if both bills pass and become law; and
  • S.B. 35, Amendments to Interdisciplinary Parental Representation Pilot Program.