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(Steve Griffin | The Salt Lake Tribune) Sen. Daniel Thatcher, R-West Valley City, who sits on the Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee, talks about HB 86 at the State capitol in Salt Lake City Monday February 12, 2018. The bill makes it an offense to aid another to commit suicide.

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