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Special session roundup: water, capital projects, voter registration, education and animal-cruelty bills cleared
Summary
The special session yielded several enacted measures: HB 1,001, HB 1,003, HB 1,004, HB 1,006 (water conservancy), HB 1,007 (education funding commitment), SB 1,004 (steel-mill tax exemption), SB 1,005 (capital projects), HB 1,008 (animal-cruelty amendments) and HB 1,002 (voter-registration changes via conference committee). Senators passed multiple bills under suspension of the rules and appointed conference committees where House concurrence was needed.
The Utah Senate spent the special session (April 17–18, 1996) reading, amending and voting on a docket of House- and Senate-originated measures. Many were taken under suspension of the rules and acted on quickly; several required conference committees to reconcile House and Senate changes.
Votes at a glance (reported in Senate floor record): - HB 1,001 (appropriations for Industrial Commission): Taken under suspension and advanced for final passage (voice and roll-call…
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