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House Energy endorses joint resolution supporting Utah’s constitutional question on federal land
Summary
The committee voted 8-6 to pass House Joint Resolution 25, a resolution supporting Utah’s petition on a constitutional question related to federal lands and jurisdiction; members debated legal precedent and whether the resolution implied land transfer.
Representative (unnamed on record) moved that House Joint Resolution 25 do pass; members debated whether the resolution was a narrow request to get a constitutional question answered or an attempt at land transfer.
Representative Millett provided historical context when asked about the Seventeenth Amendment: "The seventeenth amendment was ratified in 1913," she said. Representative Griffith urged caution…
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