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Utah Senate advances scores of bills; DUI funding, property-tax appeal changes, and construction-pay protections move forward
Summary
The Utah Senate on Feb. 4–5 advanced and amended multiple measures, sending a group of bills to the House or to third reading, including Senate Bill 30 on DUI funding, a third substitute for SB84 (real estate valuation appeals), and circling SB19 (prompt-payment for construction) for further work.
The Utah State Senate on Feb. 4–5 moved a broad slate of legislation through consent, second- and third-reading calendars, approving measures on DUI funding, property-tax appeals and other topics while setting several contested bills aside for further drafting.
On final or committee-stage votes, senators approved Senate Bill 30, a measure backers said would help fund anti-drunk-driving programs; the Senate recorded 24 aye votes, no nays and five absences and referred the bill to the House for consideration. The chamber advanced other measures—including a third substitute to Senate Bill 84 (real estate valuation tax appeals), Senate Bill 144 (sales-and-use-tax definition for short-term rentals), and multiple House bills—by voice or roll-call votes and placed several bills on the third-reading calendar.
Why it matters: The session moved a mix of regulatory, tax and procedural bills that affect state finances, local governments and day-to-day operations…
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