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Votes at a glance: Senate approves education, natural resources, criminal justice and social service base budgets and several bills
Summary
On Jan. 29, 2025, the Utah Senate passed multiple base budget bills and several third-reading House bills, advancing them to the House or to third reading as appropriate. Several routine sunset extensions and a measure expanding EMT practice also cleared the chamber.
The Utah State Senate on Jan. 29, 2025, approved a group of base budget bills and advanced several House bills to third reading or final passage on largely voice and roll-call votes.
Major budget and policy actions announced on the floor included passage of the public education base budget amendments (Senate Bill 1), the natural resources and agriculture budget (Senate Bill 5), the criminal-justice base budget (Senate Bill 6), and the social services base budget (Senate Bill 7). The chamber also advanced House bills and substitutes concerning the Native American Remains Review Committee (House Bill 11), several public education program sunset extensions (House Bill 43), an expansion of where EMTs may practice within their training (First Substitute House Bill 14), and an extension of the Health Facility Administrator Act (House Bill 16). Several measures had been placed “circled” or “uncircled” as part of routine floor scheduling; First…
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