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Senate rejects one-line labor breaks bill after amendment debate; substitute fails 12–16
Summary
After floor amendments narrowed substitute Senate Bill 55 to a single-sentence requirement for breaks and an unpaid lunch over 30 minutes, the Senate voted 12–16 (1 absent) against the substitute on third reading.
The Utah Senate considered substitute Senate Bill 55, a labor measure addressing employee breaks and meal periods, and ultimately rejected the substitute on third reading by a roll-call vote of 12–16 with one senator absent.
Sponsor Senator Black said the committee had narrowed the bill to a one-sentence provision stating that for “every full day shift an employee is entitled to two breaks and an unpaid lunch period if over 30…
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