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Utah House advances bills on taxes, schools, courts and public safety; key votes recorded
Summary
On Feb. 21, 1998 the Utah House passed a slate of bills and one resolution on topics including cigarette-tax funding for youth prevention, school-district boundary rules, justice-court procedures, property-tax relief for seniors and incentives for affordable housing. Several measures passed unanimously; others drew close floor votes.
The Utah House of Representatives met Feb. 21 and approved a broad package of measures touching taxes, education, courts and public safety, concluding a day of committee reports and floor debate that left multiple bills ready for Senate consideration.
Votes at a glance
- HJR 17 (resolution urging cooperation on siting of radioactive waste facilities): Passed 68-0; sponsor: Representative Anderson. The resolution encourages officials and stakeholders — including local landowners — to be brought into siting discussions that involve private fuel-storage negotiations with the Goshute tribe in Skull Valley.
- HB 404 (Use of Cigarette Tax): Passed 60-6; sponsor: Representative Steve Barth. The bill directs $1,000,000 of cigarette-tax revenue to prevention and education programs targeted to youth; Barth said teen smoking is "up almost 19%" and urged the body to increase prevention funding.
- HB 386 (School-district boundary/annexation amendments): Passed 26-23. The bill separates city annexation from mandatory school-district boundary changes in…
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