1st Sub. H.B. 254
LEGISLATIVE GENERAL COUNSEL
6 Approved for Filing: J. Rogers 6
6 02-01-23 7:43 AM 6
H.B. 254
1st Sub. (Buff)
Representative Ken Ivory proposes the following substitute bill:
1 PENALTY FOR FALSE STATEMENT DURI NG DRUG
2 ARREST
3 2023 GENERAL SESSION
4 STATE OF UTAH
5 Chief Sponsor: Ken Ivory
6 Senate Sponsor: ____________
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8LONG TITLE
9General Description:
10 This bill modifies offenses related to giving false information to law enforcement
11officers.
12Highlighted Provisions:
13 This bill:
14 <makes it a crime for an actor arrested for a crime to falsely claim the actor ingested
15drugs before the arrest; and
16 <makes technical and conforming changes.
17Money Appropriated in this Bill:
18 None
19Other Special Clauses:
20 None
21Utah Code Sections Affected:
22AMENDS:
23 76-8-506, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2005, Chapter 92
24
25Be 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
28agencies, 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
31officer or [any] a state or local government agency or personnel with a purpose of inducing the
32recipient 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
34state or local government agency or personnel, or to [any person] an individual licensed in this
35state to practice social work, psychology, or marriage and family therapy, information
36concerning the commission of an offense, knowing that the offense did not occur or knowing
37that [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
39local government agency or personnel with a purpose of inducing a change in the [person's]
40actor's licensing or certification status or the licensing or certification status of another
41individual; or
42 (4) (a) at the time of the actor's arrest for an offense, the actor states to a law
43enforcement 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
47in Subsection (4)(a) was false.