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Utah House refuses to concur with Senate on bill to repeal HB 477 after debate over special-session timing
Summary
On March 25, 2011, the Utah House voted to refuse to concur with Senate amendments to House Bill 1001 (a repeal of HB 477). Debate centered on whether a requested special-session date was premature and whether scheduling would interfere with upcoming redistricting work; the House asked the Senate to recede.
SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah House of Representatives voted by voice on March 25, 2011, to refuse to concur with Senate amendments to House Bill 1001, a measure that would repeal House Bill 477. The motion to refuse to concur, moved on the floor and restated by the presiding officer, passed after members debated timing and process.
Representative Jay Dougal, whose name appears on the bill, read a Senate amendment that would ask the governor to call a special session “no later than June 24” to consider changes to government records provisions and said he was concerned that the date might be too soon. “I do have concerns with the First Amendment,” he said on the floor.
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