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Senate advances energy, education and public-safety bills; SB106 and other measures pass or are scheduled

Utah State Senate · February 23, 2016
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Summary

The Senate moved a package of bills through committee and floor action: SB106 (protections for EMS and firefighters) passed unanimously; the chamber advanced energy incentive and education-funding bills and placed numerous House bills on the second-reading calendar or consent calendar.

The Utah Senate used its Day 29 floor session to advance several bills across policy areas including public safety, energy and education.

First substitute Senate Bill 106, designed to expand deterrents for assaults on emergency responders by defining "substantial injury" and increasing protections for EMS, firefighters and emergency nurses, passed on the floor after debate; the clerk…

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