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Senate advances a slate of bills on education, drones, adoption and child welfare; HB80 tabled on fiscal grounds
Summary
The Utah Senate advanced a group of House and substitute bills—moving education licensing, air‑quality technical fixes and a drone‑contraband ban forward, approving adoption and other corrections, while tabling a child‑placement bill for fiscal review.
The Utah Senate spent its floor session considering a broad set of House bills and substitutes across education, natural resources, criminal justice and administrative matters. Several measures were approved for third reading or passed; one child‑welfare bill was tabled on fiscal grounds.
Education licensing and teacher shortages Senator Milner presented First Substitute House Bill 46 (educational licensing modifications), which he said aligns state and local licensing, enables an associate license while teachers complete qualifications and removes a statutory requirement that the state board "approve" superintendents (preserving local authority). The Senate voted to move HB46 to the third‑reading calendar; the floor announcement reported 27…
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