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Utah House advances a package of bills on judicial conduct, land use, elections and criminal law
Summary
The Utah House considered and advanced a slate of Senate bills: judiciary and judicial-conduct changes, county and municipal land-use amendments with a 45‑day response timetable, initiative-and-referendum timing changes, and several other bills; many passed on the floor and will be returned to the Senate for signatures.
The Utah House advanced a cluster of Senate bills across multiple policy areas during its floor session.
Judicial conduct: Representative Hendrickson presented First Substitute Senate Bill 191 to modify how the Judicial Conduct Commission handles complaints older than four years, telling the House the commission and other states’ approaches had been reviewed and that changing the statute was preferred; the sponsor invited questions and summation was waived.
Criminal law: Representative Wimmer described Senate Bill 192 (*** offense amendments) and explained it would change the classification of certain sexual conduct involving 16- and 17-year-olds where the older party is 10 or more…
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