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Utah Senate suspends rules, fast‑tracks dozens of bills including multiple sunset reauthorizations
Summary
The Utah Senate voted to suspend the three‑reading rule and moved dozens of bills across the calendar, passing many sunset reauthorizations (SB 18, SB 19, SB 20, SB 21, SB 23, SB 24, SB 29, SB 33 and others) and referring them to the House; several recorded roll calls were unanimous or near‑unanimous.
The Utah State Senate voted to suspend its rules for the day and waive the constitutional three‑reading requirement so sponsors could advance a large group of bills in a single action.
Senators approved a motion to suspend the rules and then used that procedure to consider a sequence of committee and sponsor bills, including multiple sunset reauthorizations and technical cleanups. Sponsors described committee work and moved final passage "under suspension of the rules" for measures such as SB 18 (Commission for the Stewardship of Public Lands), SB 19 (used oil management), SB 20 (Solid and Hazardous Waste Act), SB 21 (Air Conservation Act), SB 23 (Water Quality…
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