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Committee clears governance and operational updates for Utah National Guard
Summary
House Bill 376, a governance update for the Utah National Guard covering adjutant general appointment terms, State Armory Board procedures, staff judge advocate qualifications, rules on use of force briefings and chaplains' authority to solemnize marriages, was favorably recommended 5–0 by the Senate Health and Human Services Committee.
Representative Burton presented House Bill 376, a governance and cleanup bill for the Utah National Guard, and the Senate Health and Human Services Committee favorably recommended the substitute by a 5–0 vote on Feb. 28.
Burton said the bill updates appointment timing for the adjutant general to mirror the Department of Public Safety executive director model, keeping those terms off the election cycle "so you have continuity of government when a governor goes…
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