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Committee splits on debate-committee bill; substitute fails, motion to hold succeeds
Summary
HB 557, which would create a debate committee at Utah Valley University to organize statewide debates, drew testimony from the existing Utah Debate Commission and media/university representatives. The committee rejected a substitute recommendation and ultimately voted to hold the bill for further study.
Representative Abbott presented HB 557, debate committee amendments, proposing a debate committee housed at the Utah Valley University (UVU) Herbert Institute to organize, produce and sponsor mostly statewide debates (governor, attorney general, congressional races) and to fund that committee. He said universities provide educational synergies for student involvement in organizing and producing debates.
Justin Jones, director of the Herbert Institute at Utah Valley…
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