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House passes amended bill to fund governor negotiations on federal retirees settlement, 65-10
Summary
The Utah House voted 65–10 to pass House Bill 8 as amended, empowering the governor to negotiate a settlement with federal retirees and authorizing up to $50 million for negotiations; members also adopted technical amendments and deleted a contested $300k administrative item.
The Utah House of Representatives passed House Bill 8 as amended on the floor, voting 65 to 10 to authorize the governor to negotiate a settlement with federal retirees and to make up to $50,000,000 available for that purpose. The vote followed adoption of several technical amendments and a late change to an administrative funding line.
Representative Proxman, speaking in support, described the bill as a starting point to “get the ball rolling,” saying the measure “simply . . . empowers the governor to negotiate and it gives him a pot of $50,000,000 to use in those negotiations.” He emphasized the bill does not fix an interest rate, set who qualifies for a settlement, or…
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