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House concurs with Senate on capital facilities bond after debate over prison purchase
Summary
The Utah House voted to concur with Senate amendments to the capital facilities bond (Second Substitute HB2), 46–27, after members debated added projects and whether purchasing the Oxbow prison was prudent. Sponsors said additions preserve needed projects; opponents warned of added debt and duplicate prison capacity.
The Utah House voted to concur with the Senate amendments to the capital facilities bond package (Second Substitute House Bill 2) after a floor debate that centered on added projects and a proposed purchase of the Oxbow prison.
Representative Pace, the motion’s sponsor, listed Senate restorations to the bill, saying the Senate had “added back in the Weber State University Swenson remodel at 5,569,000,” and restored “the Salt Lake Community College Health Science…
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