(Salt Lake City, UT) — A bill being heard in a Utah Senate committee today would end all racial diversity and equity efforts in Utah higher education. The bill from state Senator John Johnston would end all state funding for positions or departments that promote diversity, inclusion and equity at […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — State lawmakers are showing support for expanding kindergarten in Utah. The House voted in favor of a bill that would allow all-day kindergarten yesterday. School districts would be required to offer full-day and half-day options to parents. The 51-14 vote moves the bill to the […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A Utah lawmaker has introduced a bill to bar discussion of sexuality, sexual orientation, and gender identity in kindergarten through third grade classrooms. The bill sponsored by Draper Republican Representative Jeff Stenquist directly copies language from a Florida law critics call the “Don’t Say Gay” […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A bill that would require Utah voters to request mail-in ballots comes up before a House committee this morning. The bill sponsored by Republican Representative Kera Birkeland of Morgan would end the practice of county clerks sending ballots to all registered voters and require voters […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A Utah Senate bill that would have created a pilot program for the legal use of a psychedelic drug may not make it out of committee. Senate Bill 200 was held yesterday by the chamber’s Health and Human Services Committee. The bill would have allowed […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A bill that would eliminate Utah’s sales tax on food is on its way to the state Senate. House Bill 101 was approved on a 57-15 vote yesterday. The bill would eliminate the tax on food, but only if Utah voters approve a constitutional amendment […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A bill to help Utah’s first-time homebuyers is moving to the State House of Representatives after overwhelming approval by the Senate. Senators passed the measure on a 28-to-1 vote Wednesday afternoon. Senate President Stuart Adams’ bill would create a 50-million dollar program that would allow […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Lawmakers took the first step Tuesday toward ending the state portion of the sales tax on food. The House Revenue and Taxation unanimously endorsed House Bill 101, sending the measure to the full House of Representatives for a vote. West Valley Republican Representative Judy Weeks […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah lawmakers are pushing forward with several ceremonial naming bills. Measures naming the porcini as the state’s official mushroom and the brine shrimp as the state’s official crustacean passed the House on Friday. The brine shrimp bill was suggested to lawmakers by Utah elementary school […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A bill banning LGBTQ conversion therapy in Utah is awaiting Governor Spencer Cox’s signature. The state Senate passed the measure unanimously on Friday after the House did the same earlier this month. It was previously amended to exclude language that would still allow talk therapy. […]
