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Utah House opens 1998 session with prayer, MLK commemoration and procedural votes
Summary
The Utah House opened its 1998 general session with an invocation by Elder Robert c Hales, a Martin Luther King Jr. commemoration program and a series of procedural motions: the House retained prior leadership arrangements, adopted last year’s rules, and suspended formal first-reading title recitals for bills (members may still request a full reading).
The Utah House of Representatives convened its 1998 general session in Salt Lake City with ceremonial remarks, a prayer and unanimous procedural actions that set the legislature’s business schedule.
Elder Robert c Hales offered the opening prayer, asking for guidance for “those who have been elected to represent the people of this great state” and invoking protections for freedoms of assembly, the press and religion. The Murray High School madrigals then sang the national anthem.
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