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Senators press for fiscal notes and clearer committee scheduling after hearings canceled

Utah State Senate · January 15, 1991
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Summary

Members complained that several bills were circulated without fiscal notes, leaving invited witnesses and committees unprepared; leadership said early-session discussions could proceed but bills with fiscal impacts over $10,000 would be held pending fiscal notes.

Several Utah senators raised procedural concerns after committees were scheduled to hear bills that arrived without fiscal notes, leaving guests and committee members unprepared and prompting cancellations.

Senator McMoane said a room full of people had been invited to hearings that could not proceed because fiscal notes were not attached, calling the practice “unfair to the public” and asking for…

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