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Utah House reads U.S. Bill of Rights, hosts Martin Luther King Jr. program and adopts rules committee report
Summary
The Utah House resolved into the Committee of the Whole to read the U.S. Bill of Rights aloud and host a Martin Luther King Jr. program featuring Bill Haley and Rev. Dr. Franz Davis; earlier the chamber adopted a rules committee report placing numerous bills on the third‑reading calendar and recessed until 2 p.m.
The Utah House of Representatives resolved into the Committee of the Whole on the first day of the 2002 general session to hear a full reading of the U.S. Bill of Rights and a Martin Luther King Jr. program, and earlier adopted a rules committee report placing dozens of measures on the third‑reading calendar.
The rules committee recommended that, under suspension of the rules, a long list of bills and resolutions be considered read for the second time and placed on the third‑reading calendar. A member moved to approve the committee’s report and the motion was adopted by the House, after which the Speaker called for the scheduled ceremonial program and the Chamber moved into the Committee of the Whole for the Bill of Rights reading and the commemoration.
Representative (name not specified), speaking on a point of personal privilege, noted HJR 10 from the prior session and…
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