(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Rep. Angela Romero, D-Salt Lake City, pictured in 2019, proposed a bill, HB78, in the 2021 general session that supporters say would close a gap in how sexual assault cases are prosecuted in Utah. It failed to pass out of committee on Monday, Feb. 22, 2021.
Becky Jacobs is a Report for America corps member and writes about women’s issues and the status of women in Utah for The Salt Lake Tribune.