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Legislators debate tightening rules for resolutions to preserve impact and save floor time
Summary
Members of the Legislative Process Committee discussed drafting rules to narrow when the legislature should use resolutions versus citations, aiming to reduce routine, nonbinding resolutions that consume committee and floor time and to preserve resolutions for matters that require a legislative voice.
The Legislative Process Committee met Aug. 22 to discuss proposed rule changes meant to narrow when the Utah Legislature should use formal resolutions instead of shorter citations. Representative Roberts opened the discussion by saying, “resolutions exist to communicate, the position of the legislature to other entities on issues or matters, on which things the legislature can't or chooses not to take some kind of legislative action.” He and Senator Filmore said the goal is to keep resolutions for high‑weight matters and use citations for recognitions and short acknowledgements. The committee debated tradeoffs.…
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