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Senate adopts substitute resolution to end local mask orders; debate centers on local control and public health
Summary
After extended debate on public-health authority and local control, the Utah Senate passed a first-substitute of Senate Joint Resolution 3 (to terminate certain local mask orders) by roll call, 22-5 (2 absent). Senators argued about mask efficacy, hospital strain and precedent for overturning local decisions.
The Utah Senate on the floor debated a substitute to Senate Joint Resolution 3, a resolution asking the Legislature to terminate local public-health mask orders issued by Salt Lake County, Summit County and Salt Lake City.
Sponsor Senator McKay said the resolution follows the process outlined in Senate Bill 195 and aims to reassert the Legislature—s role while preserving individual choice: "The state just won't enforce it anymore," he said, adding that the substitute keeps the action —reactive— to local orders.…
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