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Senate splits over constitutional revision of attorney general's role; amendment to insert "chief" fails, AG section bracketed
Summary
Senators debated SJR 8, a proposed revision to the Utah Constitution's executive article that would clarify the attorney general's role. After extensive testimony and floor debate, an amendment to insert the word "chief" failed (13–16) and the Senate voted to bracket the AG section; the substitute resolution later passed as amended.
The Senate devoted a large portion of the day to SJR 8, a proposed constitutional revision from the Constitutional Revision Commission that would modernize multiple parts of the executive article, including how the attorney general and the board of pardons are described.
Senator Lyle Hilliard, presenting the substitute, said the CRC had spent three years studying the issue and recommended several changes: raising minimum ages for some statewide officers, renaming the Board of Pardons (to Board of Pardons and Parole), adding restitution authority for the pardons board, and clarifying the attorney general's role relative to agency counsel. Hilliard told the…
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