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Senate advances tax checkoff to fund children's organ transplants after students, parents testify
Summary
Senators placed substitute House Bill 13 on the third-reading calendar after classroom advocates and transplant parents testified that an income-tax checkoff for a Children’s Organ Transplant fund would help Utah families cover transplant-related costs; the measure cleared the vote 26–1 to move forward.
Substitute House Bill 13, which would add an income-tax checkoff to raise money for a Children’s Organ Transplant fund, was advanced to the Senate’s third-reading calendar after an emotional floor presentation and debate.
Senator Nancy Howe, sponsor of the measure, opened the committee-of-the-whole hearing and described the bill’s purpose: to create a volunteer committee to administer donations, cap administrative costs at 5 percent, and limit recipients to Utah residents who have lived in the state at least six months and are under age 18. “The check off is estimated to bring in between 200…
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