College student counsel bill fails in committee vote

SALT LAKE CITY — A bill that would codify college students' legal right to active counsel in campus sexual assault hearings was narrowly struck down in committee Tuesday.The House Judiciary Committee voted 5-6 against a measure to send HB82 to the House floor after a hearing that lasted for more than two hours.The bill's sponsor, Rep. Kim Coleman, R-West Jordan, explained that since her bill passed the same committee last year, the Utah System of Higher Education created a policy that does