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Senate confirms judges, Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox and passes bills to cover furloughed employees and child nutrition shortfalls
Summary
In the Oct. 16 special session the Utah Senate confirmed several judicial nominees and Spencer J. Cox as lieutenant governor, and passed HB 2,001 (state employee benefits) and HB 2,002 (child nutrition funding authority) to use existing state funds to cover costs related to the federal shutdown.
The Utah Senate used its Oct. 16 special session to confirm multiple gubernatorial appointments, including judicial nominees, and to pass bills authorizing temporary state funding to cover some effects of the federal shutdown.
Judicial confirmations: The governor transmitted multiple judicial nominations and the Senate’s judicial confirmation committee reported favorable recommendations. The Senate consented to the appointment of Brian G. Cannell to the First Judicial District; the clerk recorded the confirmation as 28 yeas, 0 nays, 1 absent. The body similarly confirmed Ryan Evershed as a judge in the Eighth District juvenile court, with a recorded…
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