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Senate approves bill to define end points for pandemic emergency powers after debate
Summary
House Bill 294 passed the Senate after floor debate about its relation to SB195; sponsors said HB294 complements, not undoes, existing checks and balances and includes termination thresholds and school-specific guidance for mask mandates.
The Utah Senate voted to pass House Bill 294, a measure intended to clarify how and when pandemic emergency powers and public-health orders terminate.
Sponsor Senator Owens described HB294 as a measure that "winds us down" by establishing thresholds and coordination between the Department of Health, public education and the executive branch so restrictions can be lifted when data and science support that step. He said the bill is a companion and complement to Senate Bill 195, which created…
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