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Utah bill would eliminate state's English-only provisions


| Updated: March 3, 2021, 1:02 a.m.
As Utah’s population grows more diverse, an effort is under way at the Capitol to purge state law of a controversial English-only provision that passed at the ballot box a couple decades ago.
Initiative A, which drew a lawsuit after voters approved it in 2000, declares English as the official language of Utah government and restricts the way state and local leaders can communicate with the public. But those provisions no longer fit Utah’s values or its practical needs, said Sen. Kirk Cullimore, who’s sponsoring the repeal bill.
“We’re not the same state, we’re not the same country that we were when this initiative passed over 20 years ago,” Cullimore, R-Sandy, said during a Wednesday afternoon bill hearing. “We have grown, and I think our law should reflect this.” ....

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Utah could scrap its English-only law


Utah could scrap its English-only law
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(Trent Nelson | Tribune file photo) Sen. Kirk Cullimore, R-Sandy, is shown during a Feb. 8, 2021, committee hearing. Cullimore is sponsoring legislation that scraps part of Utah s English-only law directing that state and local governments use English for all official documents, meetings or publications.
As Utah’s population grows more diverse, an effort is under way at the Capitol to purge state law of a controversial English-only provision that passed at the ballot box a couple decades ago.
Initiative A, which drew a lawsuit after voters approved it in 2000, declares English as the official language of Utah government and restricts the way state and local leaders can communicate with the public. But those provisions no longer fit Utah’s values or its practical needs, said Sen. Kirk Cullimore, who’s sponsoring the repeal bill. ....

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