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Senate passes a slate of bills on transparency, education, health and public safety
Summary
On day 44 the Utah Senate passed a broad group of bills under suspension of rules, moving measures on health‑care price transparency, school safety, public‑safety penalties and several pilot programs to the House for final action. A number of bills were enacted on unanimous or near‑unanimous votes.
The Utah Senate convened on day 44 and moved an extensive consent and second‑reading calendar, approving bills on health‑care price transparency, school safety, public‑safety penalties, and a set of smaller pilot and technical measures.
Most measures were advanced under suspension of the rules to expedite final passage. Notable actions included adoption of a second substitute of House Bill 178 requiring the State Auditor’s office to manage a public fiscal transparency website and publish median paid amounts for the top 50 medical procedures by volume; the second substitute passed on a roll call that registered 24 yeas, 0 nays (second…
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