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Utah Senate clears broad package of bills; education materials bill survives on-floor amendment fight
Summary
On Feb. 7, 2023, the Utah State Senate advanced and passed a wide range of bills — from school instructional material rules to Medicaid postpartum coverage and changes to offender registry removal — and transmitted them to the House; several measures faced brief on-floor debate.
SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah State Senate on Feb. 7, 2023, passed a broad slate of bills spanning education, health care, taxation and criminal-justice measures, sending them to the Utah House for consideration.
The session opened with an invocation by Reverend Lisa Petty and a Pledge of Allegiance. After committee reports, the Senate moved through a long third- and second-reading calendar and approved numerous measures by recorded roll-call votes.
Why it matters: The votes include items that affect school boards’ transparency rules for instructional and supplemental materials, expansions of Medicaid coverage after childbirth, technical changes to professional licensing and a statutory path for removing certain offenses from offender registries. Many of the bills are designed to implement administrative clarifications or to adjust eligibility and funding…
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