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Bill requiring fathers to pay 50% of pregnancy costs clears the Senate
The bill would apply to a pregnant mother’s health insurance premiums and all medical costs related to the pregnancy from conception to birth.
(Teresa Crawford | AP file photo) In this Aug. 7, 2018, file photo, a doctor performs an ultrasound scan on a pregnant woman at a hospital in Chicago. A bill that passed through the Utah Senate on Thursday would require a biological father to pay half of the out-of-pocket pregnancy costs for the woman carrying their unborn child.
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HB113, which requires a final procedural vote in the Senate before heading to the governor for his signature or veto, would apply to a pregnant mother’s health insurance premiums and all medical costs related to the pregnancy from conception to birth.
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After strong opposition during House debate, supporters temporarily hit the brakes Thursday on a bill that seeks to impose up to a five-fold increase on registration fees for electric and hybrid vehicles.
“This bill will [give] Utah the highest fees for electric vehicles in the entire nation,” complained Rep. Suzanne Harrison, D-Draper. “That is a wrong message to be sending in a state with some of the dirtiest air in the country.”
Such arguments pushed Rep. Kay Christofferson, R-Lehi, to halt debate on his HB209, and he said he will try to rework it. “Some have brought up a point or two that I’m willing to look at,” he said after a parade of speakers had criticized it.
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