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Utah House approves base budget bills totaling billions and sends measures to Senate
Summary
The Utah House passed a package of base budget bills covering higher education, economic development, retirement systems, infrastructure and veterans’ programs and transmitted them to the Senate. Several measures passed unanimously; one infrastructure bill was amended to permit a funds transfer to the Inland Port Authority.
The Utah House of Representatives approved a set of base budget bills on Feb. 5, sending the measures to the Senate as part of the session’s rapid budget schedule.
Representative McKell, sponsor of House Bill 1, described the higher education base budget as a foundation for the session’s work, saying the bill “appropriates $30,000,000 from the general fund, $766,000,000 from the education fund and $885,000,000 from dedicated credits” and urged members’ support.…
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