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Senate advances a package of bills: expungement, election-law changes, crisis-line commission and multiple transportation and retirement measures
Summary
The Utah Senate placed many committee bills on the second- and third-reading calendars and passed a set of bills under suspension, including SB 12 (expungement amendments), SB 13 (election-law amendments), SB 19 (retirement payment clarifications), SB 31 (law-enforcement personal information protections), SB 37 (statewide crisis-line commission), SB 38 (license-plate option), and others. Where recorded, roll-call tallies are listed.
The Utah Senate advanced a broad slate of committee bills and passed several measures under suspension of rules during today's floor session.
Key outcomes announced on the floor include:
- SB 12 (Expungement amendments): Sponsor Senator Thatcher described changes that simplify expungement eligibility for people who have gone 10 years without an additional offense and retain judicial oversight. The clerk announced the roll call for the motion to read for a third time: 27 yays, 0 nays, 2 absent. An amendment was noted as outstanding and the sponsor said it would be prepared prior to transmittal.
- SB 13 (Amendments to election law): Senator Dayton said the bill includes technical improvements and cost-saving options for county clerks (for example, allowing a postcard notice rather than mailing a full voter…
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