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House amends student-sponsored 'state vegetable' bill to recognize historical and contemporary crops
Summary
A student-originated bill to name a state vegetable prompted floor debate; members adopted amendments designating the sugar beet as the historical vegetable and the Spanish sweet onion as the contemporary vegetable, citing civic-education benefits and precedent concerns over adding state symbols.
A group of students from Lone Peak High School and other classes brought forward a proposal to designate an official state vegetable. On March 4 the Utah House debated Senate Bill 136, which Representative Peterson described as arising from student research and civic engagement.
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