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House rejects substitute bill to reinstate mandatory meal and rest breaks for full‑time workers
Summary
After a day‑long debate on Jan. 27, 1995 the Utah House rejected the first substitute for House Bill 38, a proposal to reinstate a 30‑minute meal period and 10‑minute rest breaks for full‑time employees. Supporters framed the measure as a minimal health standard; opponents warned of government overreach and unfunded costs. The substitute failed 34–38.
Representative Jensen, the bill sponsor, urged colleagues to restore a “minimal health standard” for workers and described constituent cases that, she said, showed the human cost of long working shifts. She told the House that a version of these protections had existed in the Utah Administrative Code until 1990 and argued the substitute represented a modest reinstatement of those rules.
The substitute for House Bill 38 would have required a non‑compensated 30‑minute meal period for full‑time employees who cannot be relieved of duty and a compensated 10‑minute rest period roughly every four hours, while carving out broad exemptions (emergencies, written collective or regulatory agreements, certain agricultural and construction…
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