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House adopts interim rules, suspends reading of bill titles and accepts rules committee report
Summary
The House temporarily adopted rules from the previous legislature, approved a motion (two‑thirds) to suspend reading full titles of bills and accepted a rules committee report that assigned a large slate of bills to standing committees and set many measures for later reading.
The Utah House voted on organizational motions that will shape how the 1997 session proceeds. Members approved a motion to adopt the same rules used by the prior (50th) legislature until new rules can be drafted and adopted, and later approved a motion to suspend the reading of the full titles of bills and resolutions on the calendar to expedite floor work. The presiding officer noted that suspension of title reading requires a two‑thirds vote; the…
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