Utah senators pass bill to decriminalize polygamy

A bill that would effectively decriminalize polygamy and dispel fears of prosecution for plural marriage among consenting adults sailed through the Utah Senate on Tuesday.Sen. Deidre Henderson’s bill would reclassify bigamy as an infraction, codifying the practice of the Utah Attorney General’s Office not to prosecute otherwise law-abiding polygamists. An infraction, like a traffic ticket, carries no threat of imprisonment.The measure, SB102, cleared the Senate by a unanimous vote af