Bill Banning Abortion in Cases of Down Syndrome Advances
Legislation aimed at preventing abortions due to a diagnosis of fetal Down syndrome was advanced by the House on a 54-15 party-line vote Friday. HB...
Category: On The Hill
Flagged Bill – HJR 6 – Sponsor’s Statement; Representative Norm Thurston
Representative Norm Thurston (Republican – Provo) has been the source of some controversy over the past four years he has served in the legislature. In...
Flagged Bill – HB 36: Bureau of Criminal Identification Reporting Amendments; Representative Raymond Ward
Not long after the end of the 2018 session, the Standard-Examiner discovered that a computer glitch in Utah’s court reporting system resulted in some 900...
Flagged Bill – HB 57: Electronic Information or Data Privacy; Representative Craig Hall
Last year, Representative Craig Hall (Republican – West Valley) attempted to update Utah’s Constitution in an attempt to add greater protections to our digital documents....
Flagged Bill – HB 34: Campaign Finance Amendments; Representative Lee Perry
Ah, campaign finance laws – one of the most loophole-ridden, inconsistent, and often times purposefully ineffective portion of any state’s laws. Indeed, the best way...
Flagged Bill – SB 24: State Energy Policy Amendments; Senator Keith Grover
Private interests dictating public policy is nothing new in politics, but by formally inserting this untested technology into state policy, the citizens of Utah could be committing themselves to funding a risky endeavor.
Utah Senate Majority Leader Hospitalized
A general expression of concern about the recent hospitalization of Senator Ralph Okerlund (Republican–Monroe) was made at the Central Utah Leadership Summit, an annual gathering of...
New DUI Bill is “Undercooked,” Utah Restaurants and Lawmakers Say (with AUDIO)
Utah’s newly enrolled law setting blood alcohol liability limit at 0.05 could become the first in the nation. When the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) wanted...
HEAL UTAH Joins the Calls for HB 65 Veto (Audio Update)
Before Utah’s 62nd Legislature adjourned for the regular year’s business on March 9, The Utah Air Quality Board issued a formal objection addressing the effort behind HB...
Utah’s Senate Leadership Reviews Their 62nd Legislature
Today, on day 45 of a 45 day legislative session, The Utah Republican Senate supermajority leadership reflected on their considerable efforts at creating and overseeing a $15.3...