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Senate restores prior code, voting to roll back parts of HB155 amid pending federal litigation
Summary
First substitute House Bill 1004, restoring code provisions changed by HB155 while litigation proceeds, passed the Senate 24–3. Sponsors argued a federal injunction blocking parts of HB155 made a rollback appropriate; opponents warned of legal costs previously incurred.
The Utah Senate passed first substitute House Bill 1004, a measure described by sponsors as a rollback of changes adopted earlier in the year by House Bill 155. Lawmakers said federal litigation had placed a preliminary injunction on HB155 and that restoring prior code was a prudent interim step while the case proceeds.
Senator Hankins, explaining the bill, said HB155 "intends to prohibit federal agencies... from attempting to…
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