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Senate debate exposes split over sunset-review cycles for advisory councils
Summary
Senators debated whether interim committees should use a uniform five-year sunset-review cycle or allow committees to set longer terms; makers of bills to extend councils’ sunsets said the measures reflect committee findings while proponents of a five-year standard warned against removing routine oversight.
Senators hashed out a recurring procedural question Thursday: should advisory councils and interim committees be subject to a uniform five-year sunset review, or should each committee decide whether a longer term is warranted?
The dispute centered on first substitute House Bill 20, which would change the Utah Council on Victims of Crime’s sunset status. Sponsor Senator Escamilla said the council “has been around for 30 years and in its current configuration for the last 20 years” and described the substitute as a modest clean-up that would keep the council operating and…
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