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Utah Senate advances dozens of bills, debates autism services funding and tax items
Summary
In a floor session lasting into the afternoon, the Utah Senate adopted a consent calendar, passed multiple tax and education measures, and debated funding and mandate questions for an autism-services bill before recessing until 2 p.m.
The Utah State Senate opened its floor session with an invocation and the Pledge of Allegiance, then moved through committee reports, introductions and a lengthy consent calendar that sent a string of bills to the House for further action.
Senators recorded unanimous or near-unanimous approvals on a number of measures sent to the House, including First Substitute House Bill 248 (crime victims' restitution amendments), House Bill 222 (veterans preference amendments), House Bill 99 (county officer election revisions), and Senate Bill 207 (corporate franchise and income tax amendments). Senator Knudson presented HB 222 as a technical alignment with federal scoring for veterans preference; the Senate recorded 26 yeas and directed the…
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