LEGISLATIVE GENERAL COUNSEL H.B. 254
6 Approved for Filing: J. Rogers 6 1st Sub. (Buff)
6 02-01-23 7:43 AM 6
Representative Ken Ivory proposes the following substitute bill:
1 PENALTY FOR FALSE STATEMENT DURING DRUG
2 ARREST
3 2023 GENERAL SESSION
4 STATE OF UTAH
5 Chief Sponsor: Ken Ivory
6 Senate Sponsor: Derrin R. Owens
7
8 LONG TITLE
9 General Description:
10 This bill modifies offenses related to giving false information to law enforcement
11 officers.
12 Highlighted Provisions:
13 This bill:
14 < makes it a crime for an actor arrested for a crime to falsely claim the actor ingested
15 drugs before the arrest; and
16 < makes technical and conforming changes.
17 Money Appropriated in this Bill:
18 None
19 Other Special Clauses:
20 None 1st Sub. H.B. 254
21 Utah Code Sections Affected:
22 AMENDS:
23 76-8-506, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2005, Chapter 92
24
25 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
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26 Section 1. Section 76-8-506 is amended to read:
27 76-8-506. Providing false information to law enforcement officers, government
28 agencies, or specified professionals.
29 [A person] An actor is guilty of a class B misdemeanor if [he]:
30 (1) the actor knowingly gives or causes to be given false information to [any] a peace
31 officer or [any] a state or local government agency or personnel with a purpose of inducing the
32 recipient of the information to believe that another person has committed an offense;
33 (2) the actor knowingly gives or causes to be given to [any] a peace officer, [any] a
34 state or local government agency or personnel, or to [any person] an individual licensed in this
35 state to practice social work, psychology, or marriage and family therapy, information
36 concerning the commission of an offense, knowing that the offense did not occur or knowing
37 that [he] the actor has no information relating to the offense or danger; [or]
38 (3) the actor knowingly gives or causes to be given false information to [any] a state or
39 local government agency or personnel with a purpose of inducing a change in the [person's]
40 actor's licensing or certification status or the licensing or certification status of another
41 individual; or
42 (4) (a) at the time of the actor's arrest for an offense, the actor states to a law
43 enforcement officer that the actor ingested drugs before the actor's arrest;
44 (b) the law enforcement officer, based on the actor's statement described in Subsection
45 (4)(a), takes the actor to a health care facility for medical treatment; and
46 (c) a medical examination of the actor demonstrates that the actor's statement described
47 in Subsection (4)(a) was false.
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Statutes affected:
H.B. 254 1st Substitute (Not Adopted) Text: 76-8-506