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Crane‑operator licensing bill fails after extensive floor amendments and safety debate
Summary
Senate Bill 29, a proposal to license crane operators, was amended repeatedly (including changing a tonnage exemption ultimately to 100 tons and adding employer‑equivalent certification language) before failing on final passage in the House 35–39.
Senate Bill 29, a bill to license crane operators in Utah, reached the House floor on March 1 and became the chamber's most contested item of the day. After motions to circle and uncircle, representatives debated a sequence of amendments addressing tonnage thresholds, industry exemptions and certification mechanisms. The final recorded vote was 35 yes and 39 no, and the bill failed.
Key amendment sequence
Representative Huer initially moved to circle the bill; floor action later uncircled it for…
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