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House adopts short-term latchkey children program (HB148) after floor amendment; bill reported to Senate 47–19
Summary
Representative Beverly Evans introduced substitute HB148 to provide seed money for local latchkey-child education programs; the House adopted an amendment limiting funding through June 30, 1995, and the bill passed the House 47–19 and was sent to the Senate.
Substitute House Bill 148 — a program to provide time-limited seed funding for local latchkey-children education and parental information programs — was uncircled and brought before the House.
Representative Beverly Evans explained the program’s purpose, saying roughly “350,000 kids who were latchkey children” in Utah lack supervision during parts of the day, and described the bill as small seed funding to help local PTAs and volunteer groups create educational materials and training. The House adopted an amendment to clarify the program would be a one-time effort and include language limiting the program until June 30, 1995.
Members debated the adequacy of the appropriation; critics said the bill’s $9,000 appropriation (as presented) was too small to meet statewide needs and objected to using small one-time appropriations instead of addressing larger program costs through the normal fiscal process. Supporters said the bill was designed as seed money to be leveraged by volunteers and local contributions.
After debate and amendment, the House recorded the vote in the transcript: HB148 received 47 affirmative and 19 negative votes and was referred to the Senate for further consideration.
