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Senate accelerates final-day business, passes multiple bills and transmits many measures to the House
Summary
On the final day of the 1996 session the Utah Senate moved many second-reading items under suspension of the rules, approved multiple bills (including tax, public-safety and environmental measures) and transmitted them to the House for signature or further action.
The Utah State Senate used suspension of the rules to expedite the second-reading calendar on Feb. 28, considering numerous measures and returning a slate of bills to the House for signature or further action.
Clerk communications and floor announcements showed a steady flow of interhouse messages: the House transmitted several senate bills for the president’s signature (e.g., S.B. 9; S.B. 99; S.B. 117 substitute; S.B. 125; S.B. 161; S.B. 216; S.B. 225; S.B. 232; S.B. 243; S.B. 252; S.J.R. 17 substitute; S.C.R. 7). The body also considered and passed many House-origin bills on the second-reading calendar under suspension of the…
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