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Senate passes major appropriations package and supplemental bill amid fiscal amendments
Summary
The Senate approved H.B. 471 (Appropriations Act) and considered a supplemental appropriations bill (S.B. 214) after floor review; the House amendments included deleting an asset-test provision and directing retirement board contribution-rate decreases to fund the "substantial substitute" benefit.
The Utah Senate on Feb. 26 took final action on the session's primary spending bill, House Bill 471 (Appropriations Act), and moved forward with supplemental appropriations work. The House transmitted H.B. 471 with two notable amendments: removal of a proposed asset-test provision and insertion of language directing that any certified contribution-rate decreases from the Utah State Retirement Board be used first to fund the retirement-system "substantial substitute" benefit.
Senator McAllister described the…
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