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Senate advances broad slate of measures in morning floor session; budget and campaign finance among major approvals
Summary
The Utah Senate approved a long consent calendar and a series of substantive bills in a morning floor session, including final passage of House Bill 2 (supplemental appropriations), campaign finance revisions and the child-abuse prevention instruction bill after floor amendments clarified parental consent and statutory coordination.
The Utah State Senate moved through dozens of bills on March 12, 2014, approving a long consent calendar and a set of substantive measures that Senate leaders said reflect agreements reached in committee and between chambers.
Key floor actions included final passage of House Bill 2, the new fiscal-year supplemental appropriations act, which the Senate recorded as passed and ordered returned to the House for the speaker’s signature. Senator Lyle Hilliard, sponsor on the floor, summarized the bill as adding “$541,000,000 to operating and capital budgets” and explained the…
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