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House rejects lowering threshold to lift bills from Rules Committee after protracted debate
Summary
A floor amendment to reduce the threshold for lifting bills from the House Rules Committee from two-thirds to a simple majority failed after an extensive debate over openness and management of the legislative calendar; the broader rules resolution (HR 1) ultimately passed.
Members of the Utah House engaged in an extended and at times heated debate over proposed changes to House rules contained in HR 1, focusing on whether the Rules Committee should keep the existing two-thirds threshold to "lift" bills or allow a simple majority to do so.
Representative Kim R. Birmingham moved an amendment to replace the two-thirds requirement with a simple-majority standard, arguing that prior practice concentrated too much authority in a small,…
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