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Committee votes to open bill file to expand protections for public employees against licensing retaliation
Summary
The Rules Review and General Oversight Committee voted unanimously to open a committee bill file to consider adding threats to professional licensure to the definition of retaliatory actions under the Utah Protection of Public Employees Act.
The Rules Review and General Oversight Committee voted Nov. 6, 2025, to open a bill file to consider amendments to the Utah Protection of Public Employees Act that would broaden the definition of retaliatory action to include threats or actions targeting a professional license.
Chris Williams of the Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel briefed the committee on the existing statute, noting that in recent years the legal definition of retaliatory action had been narrowed to a set of employment actions —…
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