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House convenes special veto session to consider override of HB198 clarifying attorney general duties
Summary
The Utah House met in a special veto-override session on April 18, 2018, to consider overriding gubernatorial vetoes including House Bill 198, which clarifies procedures for the attorney general to provide legal opinions to the legislature, conflict screening, and a statutory remedy through the Utah Supreme Court.
SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah House of Representatives convened a special veto-override session on April 18, 2018, to consider gubernatorial vetoes including House Bill 198, an amendment that clarifies how the attorney general provides legal opinions to the legislature.
The session opened with an invocation and the Pledge of Allegiance before clerks read the formal call for the session and Lieutenant Governor Spencer J. Cox certified the notice. Presiding officers named in the call included Senate President Wayne Niederhauser and House Speaker Greg Hughes.
A motion to take up the question of overriding the governor’s veto of House Bill 198 was placed on the floor. A representative who spoke at length in favor of the bill told colleagues that HB198 does not create a new right to an opinion from the attorney general but…
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