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Utah Senate suspends rules to advance multiple bills, approves fiscal appointment and pay resolution
Summary
The Utah Senate voted under suspension of the rules to move several bills from the second- to the third-reading calendar, unanimously approved the reappointment of a legislative fiscal analyst and adopted in-session employee compensation changes.
The Utah State Senate on the floor Monday advanced a package of measures from the second- to the third-reading calendar after suspending the chamber’s usual 24-hour rule, and approved two resolutions affecting legislative staffing and pay. Senators approved the suspension and then moved individual bills, citing efficiency and a need to clear the calendar.
Senator Beverly Evans moved "that we forego the 24 hour rule and deal with the 7 bills drawn on board," a suspension motion the presiding officer put to the body and which passed without recorded opposition. Evans then moved that Senate Bill 4, a repealer of an obsolete cost-savings suggestions pilot program, be moved to third reading; the clerk announced SB4 had…
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