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Utah House advances package of bills on childcare, courts, roads and animal cruelty
Summary
The Utah House passed a set of bills on Feb. 3, 2006, including measures on retirement options, childcare training and background checks, an additional juvenile court judge, RS 2477 rights-of-way technical changes and temporary road-closure authority; several bills drew extended debate and a narrow vote on child-care licensing restrictions.
SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah House of Representatives completed a busy morning session on Feb. 3, advancing a series of bills that spanned personnel benefits, childcare regulation, judicial staffing and public‑lands road policy.
The House approved a package of committee-reported measures and individual bills. In unanimous or near-unanimous votes the chamber passed state employee retirement amendments (House Bill 3 46, 70–0), included the Utah State Office of Rehabilitation in the governor’s budget for contractor cost-of-living adjustments (House Bill 260, 69–0) and gave final passage to the sunset reauthorization (House Bill 43, 71–0). Representative John Dougal, describing HB 3 46, said it “provides greater opportunities... for the governor's office of economic development and certain short-term appointees of the legislature to opt out of the current defined benefits program and…
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