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January 16, 2020

Research Brief: HB348 Policy Shifts—Trends in Traffic & Drug Filings 2019

Overview HB348 made substantial changes to practices and procedures in Utah’s criminal justice system. Targeted policy shifts included penalty reductions to certain low-level traffic and drug-related offenses to reduce the burden placed on local jails and the state’s prison population. Traffic Filings Policies in the reform bill reclassified certain low-level traffic offenses from a Misdemeanor C to an Infraction. The figure