Utah Capitol Hill Update

UAFP Legislative Report 2012 - Week Five

With less than 2 weeks remaining in the session, we have seen several bills move from boxcar status to written bills. Committee meetings are finished on Wednesday and the remaining time will be devoted to floor debate... Read More

UAFP Legislative Report 2012 - Week Four

Week four has not seen a lot of new movement on boxcar bills. The bills outlined in previous weeks legislative reports have been progressing along slowly. There have been a lot of discussions resulting in amendments... Read More

UAFP Legislative Report 2012 - Week Two

By legislative rule, all bills are now numbered. Most do not have any language but are listed by bill number and short title. The short title will inform us of what the subject is in the bill. This is commonly called a boxcar bill meaning no language is available. It can also be a signal to other legislators or industries that there may be intent to address another subject or if another bill already numbered fails, then there is another opportunity to get something passed... Read More

UAFP Legislative Report 2012 - Week One

This year’s session started out like never before. Committee  meetings began on Tuesday of this week and all the bills outlined below were in a committee or special meeting for discussion. I don’t remember any year where the committees were scheduled and reviewed so many bills so soon. Usually there are a lot of cancelled committees waiting for assignments of bills...Read More

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