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Senate advances wide slate of House bills, approves transportation study appropriation
Summary
The Utah Senate on Feb. 23, 2007, moved a large consent and third‑reading package, approving dozens of House bills (including changes to education funding references and insurance law revisions) and passing a substitute transportation study appropriation for $3.5 million; one high‑profile measure on protective orders for pets failed.
The Utah Senate convened on Feb. 23, 2007, and approved a broad package of House bills on its consent and third‑reading calendars, including measures addressing education‑fund terminology, insurance law updates, corrections to taxation calculations and a $3.5 million transportation study appropriation. President Valentine declared a quorum and the body proceeded through the consent calendar before taking multiple bills on third reading.
Senator Hilliard said the second‑substitute House Bill 323 “goes through the code and changes the Uniform School Fund to the Education Fund,” a technical but wide‑reaching set of conforming changes the Senate approved on a roll call of 25‑0 with four absent. Other bills adopted on either consent or final passage included House Bill 100 (access restrictions on school…
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