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House passes substitute bill to impose 12‑year term limits, 53–19; amendments fail
Summary
The Utah House passed substitute House Bill 305 on term limits after a daylong debate and multiple failed amendments. The measure would impose 12 consecutive years as a limit for elected offices, with a trigger tied to other states for federal offices; it now goes to the Senate.
The Utah House of Representatives on the floor passed substitute House Bill 305, a broadly framed term‑limits measure, by a recorded vote of 53 in favor and 19 opposed and sent the bill to the Senate for further consideration.
Speaker Bishop, the bill’s sponsor, told members the proposal was meant to establish a practical implementation for limits rather than reopen the philosophical debate over whether term limits are desirable: “What I have before you is a simple bill that is easy to understand … It simply says that we will establish what I think is a moderate limitation of 12 years on all offices on the federal…
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