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House votes to attach minority committee report to journal after heated floor debate
Summary
After a prolonged procedural dispute, the Utah House voted to attach a minority report from the Business and Labor Committee to the House journal. Lawmakers debated whether rules require merely filing a dissent or a floor vote to print that dissent; the motion to attach the minority report passed by recorded vote.
The Utah House of Representatives voted to include a minority committee report in the official House journal after extended debate over parliamentary procedure.
Representative Jay Alexander, who led the floor discussion, said, “if you really listen to that minority report, they not only slam the task force, but even the fact that we take votes in this body and make a decision as a body,” underscoring why members wanted the dissent aired on the floor. Members argued about whether House rules…
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