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Senate adopts standing rules and suspends long-title readings for bills

Utah State Senate · January 28, 2019
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Summary

The Utah Senate voted to adopt the prior session's rules for the 2019 session and to continue the practice of reading only short titles of bills and resolutions unless the Senate directs otherwise; both motions carried, the long-title suspension by the constitutionally required two-thirds majority.

Salt Lake City — On the opening day of the 2019 Utah legislative session the Senate moved quickly to set its internal procedures. Senator David Buxton offered a motion to adopt the same Senate rules, joint rules and internal rules used in the previous session "until…

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