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Senate adopts substitute to require parties to submit a single name for midterm legislative vacancies

Utah State Senate · February 11, 2004
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Summary

The Senate approved a first substitute to House Bill 40 requiring registered political parties to set bylaws to submit one nominee to the governor for filling midterm legislative vacancies; the governor must then appoint that nominee immediately.

On Feb. 10 the Utah Senate considered House Bill 40, which deals with filling midterm legislative vacancies. Senator James Evans introduced the measure and yielded to Senator Stevenson, who moved a first substitute that removes statutory directives about how parties choose replacements and instead requires each registered political party to adopt…

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