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Utah House approves overhaul of sunset reviews and bill‑filing rules
Summary
The House on Jan. 30 approved legislation and companion rules changes that narrow automatic sunsets for major agencies, shift initiation of reviews to management or committees, and lower some refile thresholds — a set of changes backers said will focus reviews on performance and reduce duplicative work.
The Utah House on Jan. 30 passed a package of rule changes and a substantive bill overhauling the state’s sunset review process and related bill‑filing deadlines.
The measure reported as Senate Bill 113, carried to the floor as a legislative‑process package and approved unanimously (71–0), removes major state departments and divisions from automatic repeal, allows reviews to be initiated by management, by a committee chair, or by committee motion, and places the burden on agencies to justify reauthorization, the sponsor said. The House also adopted companion changes to the House rules (H.R.6/H.J.R.9/S.J.R.9) to align filing deadlines…
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