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Votes at a glance: key bills the Utah Senate passed during the floor session
Summary
During a busy floor day the Utah Senate passed a slate of bills under suspension of the rules, including charter-school financing (HB 318), medical-examiner testing for suspected suicides (HB 302), a moratorium on Medicare-only nursing beds (HB 369), veterans-affairs department elevation (HB 426), textbook-evaluation requirements (HB 364) and revenue bond authorizations (HB 473).
The Utah Senate handled a broad set of bills on the floor and approved multiple measures under suspension of the rules. Key outcomes:
- House Bill 318 (Charter School Facilities Financing Act): Passed 28–0 (clerk announced 28 yes, 0 no, 1 absent). The bill creates a charter-school financing authority to provide tax-exempt debt options for charter-school facilities.
- House Bill 302 (medical examiner testing in…
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