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Senate debates how Utah should use tobacco settlement money, rejects some amendment language
Summary
Senators debated SCR2, which urges state control over tobacco-settlement proceeds and proposes committing a substantial portion to public-health and prevention programs; the Senate declined amendments that would have softened language criticizing federal involvement and rejected a standing attempt to adopt stronger earmarking language before advancing the resolution to third reading.
Senator Nielsen introduced a concurrent resolution (SCR2) on Jan. 27 asserting that Utah should retain control over how it spends any tobacco-settlement proceeds and signaling an intent to allocate a substantial portion toward public-health and tobacco-prevention efforts.
The attorney general submitted amendment language the sponsor circulated on the floor. One proposed deletion would have removed text asserting that the federal government had "mounted efforts to require states to spend their portion" in specific ways; another proposed insertion would have stated that "Utah and other states are committed to…
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