HB 547 — Transnational Repression Amendments

Transnational repression law enforcement training and awareness campaign.

(1) Subject to Subsection (2), the department shall create a transnational repression recognition and response training offered to all certified law enforcement officers in the state.

(2) The training described in Subsection (1):

(a) may be offered through an online course developed by the department;

and (b) shall include the following:

(i) how to identify different tactics and signs of transnational repression;

(ii) descriptions of the foreign governments and terrorist organizations that are commonly known to employ transnational repression;

(iii) the tools foreign governments and terrorist organizations use to undertake transnational repression;

- 3 - HB0547 compared with HB0547S01 (iv) best practices for local and state law enforcement prevention, reporting, and response tactics to transnational repression;

(v) information about communities typically targeted by transnational repression;

and (vi) any other information or training the department determines is necessary.

(3) The department shall regularly update the training described in Subsection (1) to ensure the training is up to date on emerging threats and the tactics used by foreign governments and terrorist organizations when undertaking transnational repression.

Section 3.

Section 3 is enacted to read:

53-10-1103.

Transnational repression public awareness campaign and reporting.

(1) The department shall develop a public awareness campaign to provide information to the public about:

(a) how to identify and report instances of transnational repression;

and (b) the tools and remedies that are available for victims of transnational repression.

(2) (a) The department shall create a readily accessible public website and hotline for reporting instances of transnational repression.

(b) The department shall make the website and hotline described in Subsection (2)(a) available in multiple languages, including in the languages of communities the department determines are commonly victimized through transnational repression.

(3) The department shall report the number of complaints received, and the outcomes of the complaints, to the State Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice created in Section 63M-7-201.

Section 1.

53H-1-201.53H-1-201 .

[Reserved.]As[Reserved.] As used in this part, "transnational repression" means conduct by an agent of a foreign government or agent of a foreign terrorist organization that is:

- 4 - HB0547 compared with HB0547S01 (e) financial coercion, including a threat or use of confiscation, expropriation, or denial of access to property or financial services;

53H-1-203.53H-1-203 .

(1)(1)(a) (a) There is established the Utah Board of Higher Education, which:

(b)(b)(i) (i) The University of Utah shall provide administrative support for the board.

(ii)- Notwithstanding2 Subsection- (1)(b)(i),Enrolled theCopy boardH.B. shall maintain the board's independence, including in relation to the powers and responsibilities granted to the board.

547 (ii) Notwithstanding Subsection (1)(b)(i), the board shall maintain the board's independence, including in relation to the powers and responsibilities granted to the board.

- 5 - HB0547 compared with HB0547S01 (i) performance related to the goals;

(iii) setting the terms of employment for an institution of higher education president, including- performance-based3 compensation,- throughH.B. an employment contract or another method of establishing employment;

547 Enrolled Copy including performance-based compensation, through an employment contract or another method of establishing employment;

- 6 - HB0547 compared with HB0547S01 (k) create and annually report to the Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee on a seamless articulated education system for Utah students that responds to changing demographics and workforce, including by:

and (ii) to ensure that an institution of higher education providing technical education serves- secondary4 students- inEnrolled theCopy publicH.B. education system;

547 serves secondary students in the public education system;

- 7 - HB0547 compared with HB0547S01 (iii) information technology services;

and (v) require that institutions provide information to international students regarding transnational repression{,repression as that term is defined in Section 53-10-1101, } and how to report instances of transnational repression to law enforcement as described in Section 53-10-1103.

(3)- The5 board- shallH.B. submit an annual report of the board's activities and performance against the board's goals and metrics to:

547 Enrolled Copy (3) The board shall submit an annual report of the board's activities and performance against the board's goals and metrics to:

and - 8 - HB0547 compared with HB0547S01 (iii) earnings;

(b)- on6 or- beforeEnrolled OctoberCopy 1,H.B. 2025, evidence of implementation of at least two shared administrative services;

547 (b) on or before October 1, 2025, evidence of implementation of at least two shared administrative services;

{Section 5.

Section 63A-16-1002 is amended to read:

} 63A-16-1002.

Public safety portal.

(1) The commission shall oversee the creation and management of a public safety portal for information and data required to be reported to the commission and accessible to all criminal justice agencies in the state.

- 9 - HB0547 compared with HB0547S01 (2) The division shall assist with the development and management of the public safety portal.

(3) The division, in collaboration with the commission, shall create:

(a) master standards and formats for information submitted to the public safety portal;

(b) a gateway, bridge, website, or other method for reporting entities to provide the information;

(c) a master data management index or system to assist in the retrieval of information from the public safety portal;

(d) a protocol for accessing information in the public safety portal that complies with state privacy regulations;

and (e) a protocol for real-time audit capability of all data accessed from the public safety portal by participating data source, data use entities, and regulators.

(4) The public safety portal shall be the repository for the statutorily required data described in:

(a) Section 13-53-111, Recidivism reporting requirements;

(b) Section 17-72-408, County jail reporting requirements;

(c) Section 17E-2-201, Criminal Justice Coordinating Councils reporting;

(d) Section 26B-1-427, Alcohol Abuse Tracking Committee;

(e) Section 41-6a-511, Courts to collect and maintain data;

(f) Section 53-10-118, [Regarding] regarding driving under the influence data;

(g) Section 53-10-1103, regarding complaints of transnational repression;

[(g)] (h) Section 53-25-301, Reporting requirements for reverse-location warrants;

[(h)] (i) Section 53-25-202, Sexual assault offense reporting requirements for law enforcement agencies;

[(i)] (j) Section 53E-3-516, School disciplinary and law enforcement action report;

[(j)] (k) Section 53-25-501, Reporting requirements for seized firearms;

[(k)] (l) Section 53-25-502, Law enforcement agency reporting requirements for certain firearm data;

[(l)] (m) Section 63M-7-214, Law enforcement agency grant reporting;

[(m)] (n) Section 63M-7-216, Prosecutorial data collection;

[(n)] (o) Section 63M-7-216.1, Prosecutorial data collection regarding certain prosecutions, dismissals, and declinations to prosecute;

[(o)] (p) Section 63M-7-220, Domestic violence data collection;

[(p)] (q) Section 64-14-204, Supervision of sentenced offenders placed in community;

[(q)] (r) Section 64-13-25, Standards for programs;

- 10 - HB0547 compared with HB0547S01 [(r)] (s) Section 64-13-45, Department reporting requirements;

[(s)] (t) Section 64-13e-104, County correctional facility reimbursement program for state probationary inmates and state parole inmates;

[(t)] (u) Section 77-7-8.5, Use of tactical groups;

[(u)] (v) Section 77-11b-404, Forfeiture reporting requirements;

[(v)] (w) Section 77-20-103, Release data requirements;

[(w)] (x) Section 77-22-2.5, Court orders for criminal investigations;

[(x)] (y) Section 78A-2-109.5, Court data collection on criminal cases;

[(y)] (z) Section 80-6-104, Data collection on offenses committed by minors;

and [(z)] (aa) any other statutes that require the collection of specific data and the reporting of that data to the commission.

(5) Before October 1, 2025, the commission shall report all data collected to the Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Interim Committee.

(6) The commission may:

(a) enter into contracts with private or governmental entities to assist entities in complying with the data reporting requirements of Subsection (4);

and (b) make, in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, rules to administer this section, including establishing requirements and procedures for collecting the data described in Subsection (4).

Section 376-3-203.21 is enacted to read:

76-3-203.21.76-3-203.21 .

(a) "Agent of a foreign government" means {the same at that term is defined in Section 53-10-1101} an individual who acts at the direction of, under the control of, or as a proxy for, a foreign government.

(b) "Agent of a foreign terrorist organization" means an individual who acts at the {same at that term is defined in Section 53-10-1101} direction of, under the control of, or as a proxy for, a foreign terrorist organization designated by the federal government in accordance with 8 U.S.C.

(a)(a)(i) (i) is an agent of a foreign government or an agent of a foreign terrorist organization;

or - 11 - HB0547 compared with HB0547S01 (ii) acted at the direction, request, command, or otherwise under the influence of, a foreign government or foreign terrorist organization;

(i)(i)(A) (A) cause an individual to act on behalf of a foreign government or foreign terrorist organization;

(b)- for7 a- classH.B. B misdemeanor, as a class A misdemeanor;

547 Enrolled Copy (b) for a class B misdemeanor, as a class A misdemeanor;

Effective date.

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