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Utah House advances scores of bills in brisk floor session; key measures on public comment, digital records and firearms move forward
Summary
The Utah House on Feb. 27 moved dozens of measures through the floor in a fast-paced session, adopting committee reports, reducing debate times and passing measures ranging from the Open and Public Meetings Act to digital-records pilot legislation and changes to firearm-restoration rules.
The Utah House of Representatives cleared a wide slate of measures on Feb. 27, voting to pass bills on public comment rules, digital verifiable records, criminal-protective-order notifications and adjustments to firearms restoration timelines, among others.
Lawmakers began the day by adopting multiple committee reports and briefly debated a procedural motion from Representative Schultz to reduce individual debate and presentation time from 10 minutes to five — a move adopted to accelerate floor business. The chamber then took up the consent calendar and a series of bills for final passage.
On the consent calendar the House passed substitute House Bill 350 (adoption modifications) by voice (69-0), and it approved substitute House Concurrent Resolution 7 supporting creation of a Great Salt Lake Sentinel Landscape (69-1).…
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