Utah attorney general’s office largely untouched as lawmakers sidestep reforms

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Despite a lot of buzz in the fall about possible reforms to increase oversight and transparency in the attorney general's office, almost nothing was done in the last legislative session to change the practices in the office.

After controversy in the fall, talk of heightened transparency and changing the way an A.G. is chosen didn’t move, but the Legislature made official calendars secret.

“This is a good policy in the legal world. It’s really easy for us to create conflicts,” Stoddard, who is a lawyer, said during debate on the measure. He said he spoke with other lawyers in the attorney general’s office about it and “they already thought there was a prohibition.”The measure stands out as the rare example of legislation touching on the attorney general that made it through the legislative process.

The bill is not retroactive, so it remains to be seen if it will have any impact on gaining access to Reyes’ calendar. In the future, though, officials’ calendars will be off-limits. Sen. Michael McKell, R-Spanish Fork, chats with Sen. John Johnson, R-Ogden, at the Capitol on Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024.

 

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