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House approves initiative-procedure changes requiring fiscal-impact disclosures after debate
Summary
The House passed third substitute Senate Bill 151 to require initiative applications to include fiscal impacts and funding sources, to put a fiscal-impact statement (up to 50 words) under ballot titles, and to assign the legislative fiscal analyst to prepare the analysis; the bill passed 54–16 after members raised procedural and philosophical objections.
The Utah House passed third substitute Senate Bill 151 on March 5, a bill sponsors described as increasing transparency for statewide ballot initiatives by requiring clearer fiscal disclosures.
Representative Malloy, the House sponsor, told colleagues SB151 requires initiative applications to submit not only a fiscal-impact estimate but also the funding sources for those impacts, and it directs the legislative fiscal analyst (rather than the governor’s budget…
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