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Effort to bring tuition tax‑credit substitute to the floor fails after heated debate
Summary
A motion to move first substitute House Bill 271 (tuition tax credits) to the third reading calendar failed on the House floor after a protracted debate (31 yes, 39 no). Lawmakers split over using committee rules to control calendar access.
A bid to advance first substitute House Bill 271, a tuition tax‑credit measure, failed on the Utah House floor after an extended and at times heated debate over procedure and policy. Representative Farren urged members to bring the substitute to the floor for an open debate — “If it's a bad bill, then kill it. If it's a good bill, then let's vote it forward,” he said — but the motion to place the bill on the…
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