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House adopts rule allowing single‑phase ethics hearings using a lower evidence standard
Summary
The Utah House passed a joint rules amendment (SJR 2) permitting a person charged with ethics violations to waive a two‑phase process and have a single hearing, with the House adopting an amendment to set the standard at a preponderance of the evidence rather than clear and convincing.
The Utah House on the floor this morning adopted Senate Joint Resolution 2, a rules change that allows a person charged with legislative ethics violations to waive the usual two‑phase hearing and proceed in a single phase to resolution by the ethics committee and the full House.
Representative Cohen, who introduced the measure, said the resolution formalizes an option the ethics committee previously operated under and described the two phases: a preliminary closed hearing followed, if…
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