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House adopts substitute to clarify service restrictions for executive officials and local legislators
Summary
First substitute to HB 604, clarifying that certain executive-branch officials cannot simultaneously serve in municipal legislative roles and adding a grandfather clause for an affected county manager, passed the House 43-23 after extensive floor wordsmithing.
The Utah House on March 3 adopted a first substitute to HB 604 that aims to clarify separation-of-powers limits by identifying executive-branch positions that should not be held concurrently with legislative office, and by creating a temporary grandfather clause for at least one county manager now serving in a municipal legislative role.
Representative Thomas McPherson, sponsor, said the bill seeks to align state policy with the separation of powers and to identify high‑level executive positions — including governor's…
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