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Senate advances wide-ranging bill package; independent-expenditure proposal tabled
Summary
The Utah Senate advanced a large package of bills — including fee increases for state lab testing (HB 291), National Guard MWR program (HB 59) and veterans' and education measures — and tabled House Bill 39, a disclosure measure on independent expenditures. Several bills were read for third and passed with recorded tallies.
The Utah Senate spent its floor session advancing a broad slate of bills across transportation, public safety, education and administrative law and resolving several contested questions.
Key outcomes included passage of a first-substitute to raise certain state lab fees (First Substitute HB 291), authorizing funds to be directed to the state laboratory to reduce test turnaround times; adoption of a National Guard morale, welfare and recreation program (First Substitute HB 59); and approval of measures on restoration of civil rights for some nonviolent offenders (First Substitute HB 75) and local-school-board representation (HB 250). Lawmakers also approved bills on juvenile medical intervention procedures, county recorder water-indexing and committee subpoena authority.
Notable votes at a glance
- First Substitute HB 291 (State…
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