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Utah's rules of evidence generally prohibit prosecutors from introducing evidence of a defendant's past bad acts simply to suggest they have a bad character — but this resolution expands exceptions to that rule in two types of cases. In child molestation cases (involving victims under 14), prosecutors can now introduce not only evidence of a defendant's other acts of child molestation, but also evidence that the defendant committed sexual exploitation or aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor. The resolution also adds an entirely new section allowing prosecutors in sexual assault cases to introduce evidence that a defendant committed other acts of sexual assault — including similar offenses from other states — to show the defendant has a propensity to commit the crime charged.