Rules of Evidence – Comment Period Closed February 26, 2022
URE0412. Admissibility of Victim’s Sexual Behavior or Predisposition (AMEND). The proposed amendment clarifies that the rule is applicable to juvenile delinquency proceedings.
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Posted: January 12, 2022
URE0412. Admissibility of Victim’s Sexual Behavior or Predisposition (AMEND). The proposed amendment clarifies that the rule is applicable to juvenile delinquency proceedings.
Posted: June 7, 2021
URE0504. Lawyer – Client. Extends the lawyer-client privilege to cover Licensed Paralegal Practitioners and Regulatory Sandbox participants.
Posted: April 12, 2021
URE0512. Victim Communications (AMEND). Clarifies that URE 510 applies to this rule. Disclosures of the following confidential communications will now waive the privilege: 1) disclosures required under Title 62A, Chapter 4a, Child and Family Services or UCA § 62A-3-305, 2) evidence of a victim being in clear and immediate danger to the victim’s self or others, and 3) evidence that the victim has committed a crime, plans to commit a crime, or intends to conceal a crime.
URE1101. Applicability of Rules (AMEND). Amends the committee note following State v. Weeks, 61 P.3d 1000. Clarifies that the Utah Rules of Evidence are inapplicable to proceedings for revoking probation, unless the court for good cause otherwise orders.
Posted: February 8, 2021
URE0507.01. (NEW). Behavioral Or Medical Emergency Services Technician-Patient. New evidentiary privilege covering confidential communications between a patient and a medical or behavioral emergency services technician, made during the provision of behavioral emergency services. This rule is a companion to proposed Senate Bill 53 (SB 53), creating a new first responder position—Behavioral Emergency Services Technician (“BEST”)—and its adoption is dependent upon the passage of that bill. The effective date of the rule would coincide with the effective date of Department of Health guidelines governing the function and scope of the BEST position.
Posted: September 26, 2018
URE0617. Eyewitness Identification. This new rule provides criteria and procedures to be used by a factfinder to evaluate a contested eyewitness identification.
URE0902. Evidence That Is Self-Authenticating. Amend. Adopts provisions similar to the recently adopted FRE 902(13) and (14) regarding electronic records.
Posted: March 1, 2018
URE0504 Lawyer – Client. Amended. The amendments to the rule define new terms and
amend existing terms and modify the statement of privilege.
URE0507 New. A person receiving peer support services from a peer support team member has a privilege to refuse to disclose and to prevent another person from disclosing peer support communications.
Posted: June 28, 2017
URE 0511 Amend. The 2017 amendments reflect 2017 legislative changes to the underlying statute. Minor style and other non-substantive edits were also made.
URE 1102 Amend. Amends the definition of reliable hearsay. Removes the requirement that a statement made by a child victim must be “promptly reported.”
Posted: August 19, 2016
URE 0412 Amend. Changes the classification of records described in subparagraph (c)(3) from sealed to protected.
URE 0504 Amend. The definition of “Representative of the client” has been revised to be more grammatically correct, and to clarify the application of the term “specifically authorized” in subparagraph (a)(4).
Posted: January 11, 2016
URE 0511. Insurance Regulators. New. Creates a privilege for insurance regulators.
Posted: January 27, 2015
URE 0616. Statements Made During Custodial Interrogations. New. Outlines the requirements for admissibility of statements made during custodial interrogations and provides exceptions.