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Senate adopts joint rule to number bills in approval order
Summary
Senate Joint Resolution 11, proposing that bill numbers be assigned in the order of approval to encourage sponsors to 'prove' bills earlier, passed the Senate and will be implemented in subsequent sessions.
SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Senate adopted a joint rule change on Day 9 of the 2006 session that would assign bill numbers based on the order in which measures are approved, a change proponents said will encourage more timely sponsor work and make bill numbering more meaningful.
Senator Valentine, who presented SJR 11 on the floor, told colleagues the proposed rule would number bills in the order they are approved and reserve…
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