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House delays vote on employment anti-discrimination amendments amid subpoenas and hearing concerns
Summary
The House circled HB 30 after extended floor debate about whether the bill reorders mediation, investigation and hearing steps and how subpoena authority would work; the sponsor said the hearing remains and subpoena power remains subject to judicial review, and pledged to clarify statutory language.
Lawmakers on the House floor on Jan. 23 paused action on House Bill 30, a measure that would incorporate legislative–auditor recommendations into the employment portion of Utah's Anti-Discrimination Act, after a series of questions about due process and subpoena authority.
Representative James A. Dunnigan, the bill sponsor, said the measure implements auditor recommendations by sequencing mediation, investigation and hearing procedures differently than…
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