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Senate adopts amendments and passes bill to repeal HB 477, requests interim public review of GRAMA
Summary
The Utah Senate passed House Bill 1,001 to repeal HB 477 and adopted amendments requesting interim committee review and public comment on GRAMA reforms; the chamber also asked the governor to reconvene the Legislature after the working group completes its work.
The Utah Senate on March 25 passed House Bill 1,001, a measure to repeal House Bill 477 from the 2011 session, and added intent language asking that any follow-up work be considered in public interim committee hearings. Under the rules suspension for final passage, the bill passed the Senate by recorded vote, 19 yeas to 5 nays, with four senators absent.
Senator Jenkins, sponsor of HB 1,001, told the Senate the amendment he offered would preserve the repeal while signaling to the governor that the Legislature expects further work: "This simply is an intent statement back to the governor that, we expect him to call us back into session so that we can in fact deal with this at that time." Jenkins said the amendment was meant to keep pressure on a legislative working group charged with developing replacement options rather…
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