(Salt Lake City, UT) — Republican lawmakers will try to limit the powers that a Utah mayor can exercise during a pandemic. A bill unveiled yesterday would prevent the chief executive of any municipality from using emergency powers to respond to a public health emergency. The bill is seen as […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) – A bill that would remove the death penalty as a form of punishment in Utah is now ready for state lawmakers to consider. HB 147 from Republicans Lowry Snow and Dan McCay would change the possible sentence for aggravated murder to 45 years to life […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A state lawmaker wants to add air pollution to the list of factors that can be used when filing a death certificate in Utah. State Representative Stephen Handy has put forward a bill that would allow doctors to consider air pollution as a contributing factor […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Utah Legislature may introduce bills to prevent local mask mandates. Utah House Speaker Brad Wilson said yesterday that several lawmakers are considering bills in the upcoming session that would stop county governments from implementing mask mandates. The legislature already has the power to review […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) – New legislation is looking to combat water shortages and drought in Utah on the home front. House Bill 95 from Republican Representative Ray Ward would prohibit local governments and homeowners associations from requiring residents to maintain grass lawns. The goal is to give homeowners more […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah lawmakers may take additional steps to ensure medical cannabis is recognized as a legally controlled substance. During a legislative committee hearing yesterday, cannabis advocacy groups said a small group of local governments are not allowing their workers to use cannabis, even after they go […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Lawmakers are proposing a new legislation that would make period products available in schools statewide. Rep. Karianne Lisonbee announced Wednesday that she is drawing up a bill to make period products available in junior high and high schools. In a statement, Rep. Lisonbee said the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A panel of Utah lawmakers advanced new proposed rules for transgender girls to play on high school sports teams Wednesday. KUER-FM reports students would have to complete one year of hormone therapy and change the sex designation on their birth certificate before they could compete […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah lawmakers will have some extra money to spend when they meet in January. The legislature’s Executive Appropriations Committee learned yesterday that there will be a surplus of more than 600-million dollars that can be spent during the next regular session. Some Republican leaders support […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — All bills passed in the special session are getting green-lighted by Governor Spencer Cox. On Thursday, Governor Cox announced that he will not veto any bill the State Legislature approved in special session this week. In a statement, Cox said that he will sign off […]
