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House passes bonding bill after contentious floor fight over Antelope Island, fairgrounds and road bond allocations
Summary
After extensive debate and multiple pink‑sheet amendments, the House passed substitute Senate Bill 238 (bonding) as amended; members argued over reducing the bond total, inserting road and park projects, and whether to split the Antelope Island Causeway funding into a separate vote.
Lawmakers spent several hours on the floor debating a major bonding bill (substitute Senate Bill 238), with multiple amendments proposed to change totals and to add or remove specific projects.
Representative Ryan and other sponsors initially discussed a multi‑page amendment that added or specified uses for transportation bond proceeds and allocations for engineering and environmental studies. A large floor fight centered on whether to reduce the overall bonding total (motions to reduce $20,000,000 to $15,000,000 were made and debated) and whether to separately fund the Antelope Island…
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