The measure now advances to the Senate. Clark said the senior citizens often become victims of lottery promoters, that they end up on industry mailing lists and are inundated with requests for money. It just advises them of the law in Utah. The measure is meant to ensure the state doesn't remove children from their homes on child abuse allegations if the children only have been reasonably spanked, swatted or paddled. The bill says spanking is considered reasonable unless the discipline is excessive enough to cause physical or mental harm to a child.
Physical harm is defined as bruising, sustained soft tissue swelling or fractures of bone or skull.
The proposal will now go to the Senate for consideration.