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House floor rejects substitute on criminal-justice council reorganization, keeps anti-violence focus

Utah House of Representatives · February 26, 1997
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Summary

The House debated and rejected a substitute that would have reorganized the anti-violence subcommittee into the Utah Substance Abuse and Violence Coordinating Council (USAID Council); members argued the change would dilute focus on school and youth violence. The main bill then proceeded and passed (68–3), according to floor announcements.

Lawmakers on the House floor debated a contested substitute to House Bill 121 on Feb. 26 that would integrate the anti-violence subcommittee into the Utah Substance Abuse and Violence Coordinating Council to align substance-abuse and violence priorities.

Representative (floor proponent) said the integration would strengthen attention to violence by ensuring it appeared on every subcommittee agenda and drawing on the relationship between substance abuse and violence. "The…

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