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Lane Beatty elected Utah Senate president; urges less partisan rhetoric and highlights transportation work
Summary
The Utah State Senate elected Lane Beatty as its president on opening day, where he delivered a wide-ranging opening address urging cooperation across parties, recounting transportation planning milestones, criticizing media-driven agendas, and announcing temporary adoption of prior rules to begin the session.
The Utah State Senate on Jan. 20, 1997, elected Lane Beatty as president by voice acclamation and installed him with the traditional oath. The motion to nominate Beatty was moved and carried, and senators escorted him to the podium to take the oath and assume the presidency.
In his opening remarks, President Lane Beatty urged senators to reduce partisan rhetoric and work across aisles. He said, “This is no longer a time for politics. It is a time for us to solve the problems of what…
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