By the time the Senate and House gaveled in shortly after 9 a.m., legislators had already passed 365 bills and resolutions this year. The session must end by midnight Friday.
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Utah representatives agreed Wednesday that more needs to be done to protect the Capitol and officials, passing SB222 to spend more than $1 million on security measures.
Arguments about state vs. local control and the definition of owner-occupied homes dominated a Senate committee discussing a bill to bar cities from prohibiting owner-occupied, short-term rentals.
SALT LAKE CITY About 50 people gathered at the statue of Seraph Young on Tuesday at the Utah Capitol to urge legislators to pass a resolution to amend the U.S. Constitution on equality for women s rights.
The Utah Equal Rights Amendment Coalition hosted the midmorning rally in the last days of the legislative session. The hushed crowd s interest focused on advocates who came to speak for ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment. The value we speak of today is constitutional equality for women and men. Such is the Equal Rights Amendment and such is a progression of this ideal in our home, Utah; a state that saw the need for gender equality in 1895 and enshrined that right in our state constitution, said Emily Bell McCormick, executive committee member of the Utah ERA Coalition.