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Senate adopts rules to let bills remain circled and clarifies quorum rules for joint committees
Summary
The Utah Senate approved two rules resolutions—SR 2 to allow bills to remain 'circled' between adjournments and SR 3 to clarify quorum rules for joint House–Senate committees—after floor debate about procedural flexibility and public access to committee hearings.
The Utah State Senate on Feb. 6 approved two rules resolutions that alter daily floor and committee procedure.
SR 2 would delete a sentence in the Senate rule book so that a circled bill could remain circled from day to day rather than being un-circled automatically at adjournment. The transcript records a floor explanation that "we would not be required to remove the circle as we adjourn every…
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