(Salt Lake City, UT) — Advocates who want Utah lawmakers to eliminate the state sales tax on food were giving out gifts at the State Capitol yesterday. A handful of protesters stood outside the House of Representatives to ask lawmakers to vote for bills that would eliminate the tax. Lawmakers […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Utah House is moving a substantially altered bill on social media use by children to the Senate for consideration. House Bill 311 originally would have banned social media use by kids in Utah, but was then altered to allow social media accounts with parental […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A bill outlawing conversion therapy for minors in Utah is on its way to the state Senate. The House unanimously passed the measure yesterday after it was amended to exclude language that would still allow talk therapy. LGBTQ group Equality Utah worked with the bill’s […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Utah Legislature’s 45-day session has reached the halfway point and there are still quite a few bills to deal with before adjourning. More than 11-hundred bills have been introduced so far and even more are expected before the session ends on March 3rd. A […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A bipartisan group of Utah lawmakers is pushing for steps to clean up the state’s air. During a press conference on Wednesday, the Republicans and Democrats who make up the Clean Air Caucus outlined dozens of bills and proposals aimed making Utah’s air better. One […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Some Utah Republicans are pushing a bill that could keep candidates who avoid party conventions from reaching the ballot. House Bill 393 would allow candidates who win at least 70-percent of the vote at a party convention to become the party’s sole candidate in a […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah’s lieutenant governor is urging state lawmakers to fully fund programs offering resources to victims of domestic violence. Deidre Henderson joined advocates and lawmakers during an event yesterday at the State Capitol. She asked lawmakers to fully fund the governor’s request for 50-million dollars to […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A bill that would tweak Utah’s conversion therapy ban is headed to the full House after the measure’s sponsor and LGBTQ advocates reached a compromise on Monday. North Logan Republican Representative Mike Logan said he’d made changes to the bill to address concerns voiced by […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Utah House is passing a bill allowing expecting mothers to use the high occupancy vehicle lane. Lawmakers approved the bill on Friday, which would count the pregnant woman as two people and wipe a citation with proof of pregnancy. The measure now heads to […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Utah Senate is getting a special visit from a former longtime lawmaker. Retired Senate Minority Leader Karen Mayne stopped by the chamber Friday as legislators discussed a bill she began working on before leaving the Capitol. The bill would provide a scholarship to students […]
