1998 General Legislative Session (2/4/1998) - Part 2

Utah State Senate · February 4, 1998

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Debate over initiative repeat votes and amendment

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Speaker 1 criticized repeated ballot initiatives wearing down voters and proposed that an initiative should have to "pass as many times as it fails" or pass by the same margin it previously failed; Speaker 1 said this influenced resistance to "Senator Stevenson's amendment."

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On Feb. 4, 1998, the Utah Senate debated an amendment affecting citizen initiatives, then voted to send substitute SJR 10 to the House (25–3, 1 absent). The body also read a bill assignment list, recognized an AP political science class from Copper Hills High School, and adjourned until 10 a.m. the next day.

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