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Senate approves wide slate of bills Feb. 17; conversion-therapy, holiday, and tech bills among those passed
Summary
During its Feb. 17 session the Utah Senate approved numerous bills on concurrence and third reading, including changes to child-welfare fines (SB 56), state holiday recognition (SB 46), a measure restricting conversion therapy for minors (HB 228), and a technology commercialization fund (HB 42). Several bills were sent back to the House for signatures.
The Utah Senate on Feb. 17 advanced and passed a large group of bills across its concurrence and third-reading calendars, returning many measures to the House for the Speaker's signature.
Among the bills approved, Senator Harper moved that the third substitute to Senate Bill 56, a child-welfare amendments package that clarifies fines the court must impose when a nonrelative placement is made, pass; the Senate recorded 25 yea, 0 nay, 4 absent and the bill was returned to the House.
Senator Fillmore explained the House removed fireworks language from second substitute Senate Bill 46 (state holiday modifications); the Senate concurred and passed the bill 26 yea, 0 nay, 3 absent.
On professional conduct, Senator Bramble described second substitute House Bill…
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