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Utah House advances water, resource‑management and e‑bike measures; budget bills circled
Summary
On Jan. 23, 2024 the Utah House passed a package of bills addressing water conservation, state resource planning, e‑bike classifications, water telemetry and state park funding, and circled major budget bills for committee consideration. Several measures passed by wide margins and were sent to the Senate.
The Utah House of Representatives met on Jan. 23, 2024 and approved a series of bills covering water policy, state resource management, electric‑bike classifications and park funding, while lifting and circling base budget bills for further floor consideration.
Representative Ryan D. Owens, sponsor of first substitute House Bill 11, said the water‑efficient landscaping bill "is designed to deliver a little bit of help to the Great Salt Lake," explaining the bill limits nonfunctional turf to 20% on new government construction within the Great Salt Lake Basin to conserve water and shift plantings toward trees and shrubs. With no questions offered, HB11 passed the House 51‑22 and was transmitted to the Senate for consideration.
On justice court reform, Representative Nicholeen P. Abbott introduced first substitute HB49 to extend the justice court reform task force sunset by roughly 18 months; the House approved that extension 71‑0. Abbott also presented HJR1, a resolution notifying municipalities and counties that justice court reform is under consideration and that a…
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