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Utah Senate approves several base budget bills; one senator objects to USTAR funding
Summary
On Day 9 of the 2006 session the Utah Senate passed multiple base budget bills — including higher education, infrastructure and social services packages — under suspension of the three‑reading rule; Senator Reid opposed first substitute SB 4 citing concerns about USTAR spending.
SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Senate advanced a slate of base budget bills on Day 9 of the 2006 general session, approving measures that set funding for higher education, infrastructure, social services and other state programs and sending them to the House for consideration.
Senators voted to pass Senate Bill 1, the higher education base budget, and a series of first substitute budget bills — including first substitute SB 4 (business, economic development and labor), first substitute SB 5 (executive offices and criminal justice), first substitute SB 6 (infrastructure and general government), first substitute SB 7 (veterans and National Guard) and first substitute SB 8 (social services) — after sponsors said staff and committees had identified internal reallocations to meet priorities without a tax increase. Many of the measures were considered under suspension of the constitutional three‑reading requirement to expedite floor action.
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