1. (1) There is created a committee within the department known as the Alcohol Abuse Tracking Committee that consists of:

   1. (a) the executive director or the executive director's designee;
   2. (b) the commissioner of the Department of Public Safety or the commissioner's designee;
   3. (c) the director of the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Services or that director's designee;
   4. (d) the executive director of the Department of Workforce Services or that executive director's designee;
   5. (e) the chair of the Utah Behavioral Health Commission or the chair's designee;
   6. (f) the state court administrator or the state court administrator's designee; and
   7. (g) the director of the Division of Technology Services or that director's designee.
2. (2) The executive director or the executive director's designee shall chair the committee.

3. (3)

   1. (a) Four members of the committee constitute a quorum.
   2. (b) A vote of the majority of the committee members present when a quorum is present is an action of the committee.
4. (4) The committee shall meet at the call of the chair.

5. (5) The committee may adopt additional procedures or requirements for:

   1. (a) voting, when there is a tie of the committee members;
   2. (b) how meetings are to be called; and
   3. (c) the frequency of meetings.

6. (6) The committee shall establish a process to collect for each calendar year the following information:

   1. (a) the number of individuals statewide who are convicted of, plead guilty to, plead no contest to, plead guilty in a similar manner to, or resolve by diversion or its equivalent to a violation related to underage drinking of alcohol;
   2. (b) the number of individuals statewide who are convicted of, plead guilty to, plead no contest to, plead guilty in a similar manner to, or resolve by diversion or its equivalent to a violation related to driving under the influence of alcohol;
   3. (c) the number of violations statewide of Title 32B, Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, related to over-serving or over-consumption of an alcoholic product;
   4. (d) the cost of social services provided by the state related to abuse of alcohol, including services provided by the Division of Child and Family Services;
   5. (e) the location where the alcoholic products that result in the violations or costs described in Subsections (6)(a) through (d) are obtained; and
   6. (f) any information the committee determines can be collected and relates to the abuse of alcoholic products.

Amended by Chapter 396, 2026 General Session