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Utah House debates retirement minimums, adopts substitute raising guaranteed minimum to $11
Summary
On Feb. 17, 1992, the Utah House debated two competing retirement measures and adopted a substitute (House Bill 110) increasing the guaranteed minimum retirement benefit to $11 per year of service; House Bill 53 also passed earlier in the day. Lawmakers disagreed over cost and scope before both measures were referred to the Senate.
SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah House spent much of its Feb. 17 session debating how best to raise the minimum guaranteed benefit for state retirement recipients, ultimately approving a substitute measure that sets the guarantee at $11 per year of service.
The day began with a motion by Representative Glenn Brown to substitute House Bill 53 by inserting the text of Substitute House Bill 110. Opponents, including Representative Evans, said the two bills had different legislative histories and had been vetted differently in committee; supporters said HB 110 was a more straightforward, fundable approach. The motion to substitute failed on a division vote (20 yes, 46 no), returning the chamber to debate and vote on HB 53 itself. After a motion to cut off debate, HB 53 passed the House 58–12 and was referred to…
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