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Senators debate SJR 18 plan to let lawmakers schedule session days nonconsecutively
Summary
Sponsor framed SJR 18 as a constitutional amendment to permit splitting Utah's 45 required legislative days into smaller segments across the year to reduce burden on citizen‑legislators; committee discussion weighed flexibility against loss of a concentrated work period and called for further refinement and public notice protections.
Senate Joint Resolution 18, introduced in the Revenue and Taxation Committee on March 2, would add flexibility to Utah’s constitution by allowing the Legislature to hold its 45 required regular session days in nonconsecutive blocks rather than only as a continuous period.
Sponsor Senator McKay said…
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