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House adopts bill to require committee review before floor passage, with exceptions
Summary
The House passed substitute House Bill 43 requiring that bills be reviewed in a committee before floor passage, with defined exceptions for emergencies and constitutionally permitted fast-tracking; sponsors said the change would increase public input and improve legislative deliberation.
The Utah House adopted substitute House Bill 43, a procedural reform that requires a bill to have had committee review in the legislative process before it may be passed by the full House, subject to limited exceptions (emergency circumstances and constitutional-majority overrides).
Representative Birmingham, the bill sponsor, framed the measure as a response to rushed end-of-session passage of large numbers of…
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