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Utah Senate opens 2004 session, adopts procedural rules and assigns committees; dozens of bills introduced
Summary
On Jan. 12, 2004, the Utah State Senate completed organizational business: it adopted a rules package that preserves short-title readings, designated standing committees and subcommittees, assigned dozens of bills to committees, confirmed staff hires and introduced the session's intern cohort before adjourning to a 2 p.m. recess.
SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah State Senate convened Jan. 12, 2004, completed its organizational business and recessed until 2 p.m.
Presiding officers opened the 2004 general session with ceremonial items and then moved to formal housekeeping. The body adopted the previous session's rules with the understanding that changes for 2004 would be considered later. Senator Lyle W. Hilliard moved adoption of the rules and later moved that the Senate continue its practice of reading only short titles of bills and resolutions, rather than long titles, unless a senator requests a reading; both motions passed on voice votes, with the presiding officer noting the constitutional two-thirds threshold for the short-title suspension.
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