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Senate adopts rule limiting floor reconsideration after debate over 'resurrection' of bills
Summary
After floor debate and an unsuccessful effort to delete a reconsideration limit, the Utah Senate approved SR 2 — adopting technical rules changes including a provision that limits reconsideration of a bill on the floor to once; the measure passed 24–2 with three absent.
The Utah Senate approved SR 2 on Jan. 20, 1995, adopting technical changes to the chamber’s joint rules and adding a provision that limits how many times a bill may be reconsidered on the floor. The measure passed by a recorded vote of 24 ayes, 2 nays and 3 absent, and will be signed in open session and transmitted as required.
Senator John Holmgren, sponsor of the rules resolution, told colleagues SR 2 contains mostly technical fixes but includes the reconsideration limit to…
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