Utah police departments must now conduct lethality assessments in domestic violence cases

How it works: The 12-question survey includes questions like whether an aggressor has access to a firearm or if strangulation has occurred.

Context: SB 117 was first introduced during the 2023 legislative session in response to a number of high-profile cases involving women who were killed by a present or former intimate partner.

• The bill's co-sponsor, state Sen. Todd Weiler (R-Woods Cross), crafted the bill with Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson after her 34-year-old cousin, Amanda Mayne, was fatally shot by her ex-husband near a bus stop in 2022.
• The parents of Gabby Petito, who was killed by her fiancé in 2021 before he died by suicide, backed the bill.