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Senate rejects statewide mandate limiting turf on public projects after debate
Summary
Second substitute House Bill 272, which would have limited lawn/turf on new publicly owned construction to 20% of outdoor space and imposed statewide standards for water-efficient landscaping, failed in the Senate after several members raised concerns about a one-size-fits-all mandate. Vote: 10–14, 5 absent.
The Utah Senate debated second substitute House Bill 272, a measure sponsored by Senator Harper that would impose statewide water-efficient landscaping standards on new construction of public facilities, including a provision that no more than 20% of new outdoor space be dedicated to lawn or turf except for active fields.
Senator Harper described the bill as a continuation of last year's enactment limiting certain water uses on state-owned facilities and said…
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