SALT LAKE CITY — A Utah House committee will consider making it a crime if you do not call 911 in an emergency on Wednesday afternoon.
HB104 makes it a class B misdemeanor to fail to contact emergency services in the event of a crime or another emergency subject to certain exceptions. It also amends provisions of the Good Samaritan Act to provide immunity from liability to an individual who contacts emergency services.
The bill is sponsored by House Minority Leader Brian King, D- Salt Lake City, and is scheduled to be heard by the House Judiciary Committee at 4 p.m.
Other issues in legislative committees today:
• Members of the House Education Committee are discussing removal of the requirement for the State School Board to assign a letter grade in assessing school performance. HB175 comes in light of problems with the state’s testing program last year.
• The House Health and Human Services Committee is looking at adjustments to the state’s safe haven law that allows a parent to relinquish a newborn. HB97 changes the definition of a newborn that can be dropped off from a 3-day-old to a baby born within 30 days.
• Members of the House Transportation Committee are scheduled to consider HB183, which would prohibit the Driver License Division from disclosing personal identifying information of Utah drivers to the University of Utah for data collection in relation to genetic and epidemiologic research unless the licensee consents to the release.