More than a year has passed since Tausha Haight, her mother Gail Earl and her five children were shot and killed by her husband before he killed himself in Enoch, Iron County.
“Domestic violence is absolutely just a destroyer of our communities,” Rep. Tyler Clancy, R-Provo, said in an interview. “And it’s not just one family that’s impacted by the scores of domestic violence. It’s an entire community.”
In response to the devastation, Utah legislators have introduced bills aimed at holding perpetrators accountable, providing resources to victims and shifting the culture. But no single policy holds the solution and work remains, lawmakers and advocates agree.
The Utah Legislature is considering bills that lawmakers and advocates consider important in the fight against domestic violence.