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Senate passes package of bills on water, public safety, child welfare and fentanyl test strips
Summary
On Feb. 1 the Utah Senate cleared a batch of bills — including groundwater amendments, removal from the Energy Producing States Coalition, a Great Salt Lake license plate, and a provision protecting fentanyl test strips from paraphernalia classification — and sent them to the House; vote tallies and circled bills are listed below.
The Utah Senate on Feb. 1 advanced a broad set of measures on the third‑reading calendar and sent multiple bills to the House for consideration.
Key outcomes included passage of first substitute Senate Bill 76 (water amendments) on third reading; first substitute Senate Bill 53 (groundwater use amendments) allowing entities without district status to carry out groundwater recharge projects in basins with active groundwater management plans (passed 27–0, 2 absent); and Senate Bill 48 to remove Utah from the Energy Producing States Coalition and join the Energy Council, which passed 25–1 with three senators absent.
Senators also approved measures on digital wellness (SB74, three‑year sunset extension for the Digital Citizenship and Safe Technology Commission), a special license plate to fund Great Salt Lake preservation (SB92, 25–2), and legislation to clarify education…
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