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House advances education, health and childcare measures; multiple bills pass on Feb. 18
Summary
The Utah House on Feb. 18 passed a slate of bills on education, health and family policy, including measures on weapons policy at higher education campuses, school governance, classroom technology, and clinical research for veterans, and approved changes to childcare tax credits after extended debate.
The Utah House of Representatives on Feb. 18 moved a broad package of bills through the floor, approving measures on education governance, classroom technology, public-health reporting and incentives for employer-provided childcare.
Third substitute House Bill 84, which clarifies how concealed and open-carry rules apply on public education and higher-education campuses, was amended on the floor and passed 67–0. Representative Brooks, the bill sponsor, said the measure ‘‘adds some clarity to open carry’’ at higher-education institutions and that higher ed stakeholders were neutral on the final language.
Second substitute House Bill 144 removed an outdated requirement that school community councils manage Internet filters and instead requires school administrations to report on safe-technology use; it passed 69–0 after Representative Tracy Miller described the changes as a…
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