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Utah House debates ethics report for Rep. Dionne P. Halverson and votes to censure her
Summary
After a multi-hour floor debate over the House Ethics Committee's report on Representative Dionne P. Halverson, the Utah House declined to adopt the committee's recommendation for expulsion and instead voted to censure Halverson and have that censure spread upon the House journal.
The Utah House of Representatives spent most of a floor session considering a Health Ethics Committee report that recommended expulsion of Representative Dionne P. Halverson. The committee's written report, read into the record by the clerk, said members had reviewed news articles, a court order and testimony and concluded Halverson had "violated joint rule 16.02" and engaged in conduct that brought discredit on the House.
Why it matters: The committee recommended expulsion, an action that under Utah rules requires a two-thirds vote of all members, and would remove a seated lawmaker. Representatives debated whether the committee's submitted brief contained a sufficiently detailed statement of evidence as required by joint rule 16.04(7)(c), and whether confidentiality constraints had limited what the committee could place in the public record.
What happened: On the floor, members pressed for options short of…
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