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Senate advances base budget bills including SB 1 (education), SB 5 and SB 6 after floor votes
Summary
On Jan. 30 the Utah Senate moved multiple base-budget bills through the second/third-reading calendars and passed several on the floor, including SB 1 (public education base budget), SB 5 (natural resources/agriculture/DEQ base budget) and SB 6 (retirement/independent entities). Several amendments and transfers were discussed; final floor roll calls were read for those bills.
The Utah Senate on Jan. 30 moved and passed a slate of base budget measures required early in the legislative session. Senator Jay Stevenson presented SB 1, the public education base budget, describing a FY 2014 base of $3.7 billion with $2.5 billion from state funds and noting the weighted pupil unit (WPU) values carried forward from FY 2013. The Senate ordered SB 1 for third reading and later moved it to the top of the third-reading calendar under suspension…
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