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Tag: Wayne Harper

2017 Legislative Session, In Committee, In the Senate

With Rampant Illegal School Bus Blowbys – Legislation Advances to Catch Lawbreakers

Posted on March 2, 2017

Legislation to help improve traffic safety near school buses was unanimously passed out of the Senate Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee Monday. Sponsored…

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2017 Legislative Session, Legislative Branch, On The Hill, Utah Politics

TAX TIME: Utah Legislature Approaches the Final Stretch

Posted on February 17, 2017February 19, 2017

With fourteen more days of floor time scheduled to get their work completed and a 2018 budget finalized, the Utah Legislature has its work cut…

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2017 Legislative Session, In the Senate

Marriage Fee Bill Dead…For Now

Posted on February 13, 2017

Senator Allen Christensen (Republican – Ogden) may have received a sign that things would not go well during his third and final presentation of SB…

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2016 Legislative Session, Flagged Bills - 2016 Session

Flagged Bill: SCR 2 Concurrent Resolution in Support of Sales and Use Tax Transactional Equity – Sen. Wayne Harper

Posted on January 4, 2016

Hey you, yeah you. Remember all that internet shopping you did over the holiday season? Of course you do – it was fantastic. Do you…

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2016 Legislative Session, Flagged Bills - 2016 Session

Flagged Bill: SB 11 – Cancellation of Auto Insurance Coverage – Sen. Wayne Harper

Posted on December 22, 2015December 31, 2015

It is very easy to become jaded during the legislative session, bills seem to come out of left field that appear to be geared towards…

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2015 Legislative Session, Salt Lake County

The New Transportation Funding Mechanism Created in HB 420

Posted on March 24, 2015March 23, 2015

With just under ninety minutes remaining in the 2015 state legislative session, Utah Senator Lyle Hillyard (Republican – Logan) rose to decry the “buzzer-beater” bid…

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2015 Legislative Session, In the Senate

Utah Senate Kills Clean Air Bill

Posted on February 24, 2015February 24, 2015

The Utah Senate rejected legislation that would allow the Utah Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), under the Air Quality Board (AQB), to create rules and…

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2015 Legislative Session, In Committee, In the Senate

Social Security Tax Cut for Low Income Seniors Fails Along Partisan Lines

Posted on February 2, 2015February 1, 2015

Senior citizens whose primary income source is Social Security were dealt a financial blow Thursday, when the Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee opted not to…

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2014 Legislative Session, In the House

Electric Car Tax Incentive Passes the House

Posted on February 26, 2014

Electric cars may become more attainable for Utahns after this legislative session. On Tuesday, the House passed HB 74 on a 59-13 vote. The bill,…

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2014 Legislative Session, In the Senate

Tax Exemption Bill for NSA Building Receives Support from Senate

Posted on February 26, 2014

Curtis Haring contributed to this article. A proposed bill that would prevent the state from giving tax or fee breaks to the new NSA data…

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