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Utah Senate confirms state privacy officer and approves governorappointments in special session
Summary
In a seventh extraordinary session, the Utah Senate adopted temporary rules and voted to confirm Whitney Phillips as State Privacy Officer and to consent to a slate of governor appointees; both roll-call votes were announced as 26-0 with three senators absent.
The Utah Senate convened in a seventh extraordinary session at the State Capitol on Dec. 16, 2021, and unanimously approved key appointments from the state auditor and the governor.
President J. Stewart Adams called the session and the body moved without recorded opposition to adopt the temporary rules for the meeting. The Senate then considered an auditor communication proposing Whitney Phillips as State Privacy Officer; the secretaryread the auditorletter and the motion to consent was made on the floor by Senator Brown. A senator who served with Phillips at the State Office of Education described her work on student data privacy and…
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