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Utah Senate Meets in Extraordinary Session, Confirms Cara L. Pettit and Multiple Gubernatorial Appointments
Summary
The Utah Senate convened in a tenth extraordinary session called by Gov. Gary R. Herbert to consider appointments. The Senate adopted session rules and consented to the governor’s nominees, including confirming Cara L. Pettit as a Third District Court judge by a 28-0 roll call.
The Utah State Senate met in a tenth extraordinary session in October 2014 to consider gubernatorial appointments and unanimously consented to the nominations, including confirming Cara L. Pettit to the Third District Court.
Governor Gary R. Herbert’s proclamation — citing Article 7, Section 6 of the Utah Constitution — called only the Senate into an extraordinary session to consider appointments made since the close of the 2014 general session. The Senate clerk reported a quorum: 28 present and one absent.
Early in the brief session, Senator Ben Tassell moved that the body adopt the Senate rules used during the 2014 general session for the extraordinary session; the motion passed without debate. The president then appointed a committee…
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