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Senate clears corrections to public-health emergency authority in HB 57
Utah State Senate · February 13, 2007
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Summary
The Senate passed floor amendments to and then approved House Bill 57 to clarify testimony and court balancing in public-health emergency orders and to address religious objections and alternative treatments; the measure returns to the House for signature.
The Senate adopted House Bill 57 with sponsor explanations that it makes two narrow clarifying corrections to last year's public-health authority law: an explicit statement that local and state officials may testify and provide evidence in support of public-health orders, and a directive that courts may balance…
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