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Utah Senate approves broad package of bills, returns measures to the House for signatures
Summary
On Feb. 3 (Day 17), the Utah Senate passed a series of Senate and House measures on elections, liability language, sunsets and economic incentives, including final passage of SB19 and SB23 and multiple House bills; most measures passed unanimously or with large bipartisan margins and will be returned to the House for signature.
The Utah Senate on Feb. 3 (Day 17) approved a package of bills and resolutions spanning election technical corrections, health-care liability language, sunset extensions for advisory councils and economic incentives, and measures affecting small-business tax credits and emergency response.
Senate Bill 19, an election-technical revision, was concurred with House amendments and passed after debate that the House changes were technical corrections. Senator Thatcher described the changes as "technical corrections to this technical revision election bill." The chamber reported the final tally as 25 yea, 0 nay, 4 absent; the measure will be returned to the House for the speaker's signature.
Senate Bill 23, described by sponsor Senator Escamilla as a housekeeping amendment that corrected a spelling and clarified that acupuncturists…
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