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Senate passes a string of bills under suspension of rules, including funding and education measures
Summary
On Feb. 27 the Utah Senate cleared a long list of house and senate bills—many under suspension of rules—including House Bill 7 (computer-refurbishing pilot), House Bill 285 (county land-use planning appropriation), and multiple appropriations and task force bills; roll-call tallies are recorded in the transcript for each item.
The Utah Senate handled a broad second-reading calendar on Feb. 27, advancing and passing numerous house and senate measures under suspension of the rules.
Early in the session the body passed House Bill 18 (27–0 with 2 absent) after a brief discussion and a roll-call vote. The Senate also took up a sequence of fiscal- and task-force bills the floor had pulled from rules. Among the measures acted on were:
- House Bill 7, a pilot program to refurbish donated computers at the Gunnison prison for schools to purchase at reduced prices; the Senate adopted an amendment to move appropriations into the Minimum School Program Act and passed the bill (roll-call outcome recorded in the transcript).
- Second Substitut…
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