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Week in Review – January 25-29, 2016
Tweet Legislative Update: Week #1 Indigent Defense The Sixth Amendment guarantees criminal defendants the right to have a lawyer defend them even if they can’t afford to pay for one. Utah is one of...
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Week in Review – February 1-5, 2016
Tweet Legislative Update: Week #2 Civil Asset Forfeiture This year, H.B.22, sponsored by Rep. Brian Greene, is looking to reform Utah’s civil asset forfeiture law by making it more difficult for...
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Week in Review – February 8-12, 2016
Tweet Legislative Update: Week #3 Non-Compete Agreements, H.B. 251 Rep. Mike Schultz is running a bill this year, H.B. 251, that would prohibit employers from the use of non-compete agreements but...
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Week in Review – February 15-19, 2016
Tweet Legislative Update: Week #4 Beekeeping Provisions Two bills this year look to make modifications to the the state’s beekeeping provisions. H.B. 115, sponsored by Rep. Marc Roberts, amends the...
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Week in Review – February 22-26, 2016
Tweet Legislative Update: Week #5 Revised Revenue Numbers The House of Representatives, Senate and the Governor’s Office announced the final consensus revenue forecast numbers for the 2016 General...
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Week in Review – February 29-March 4, 2016
Tweet Legislative Update: Week #6 H.B. 437 Health Care Revisions After months of discussions and negotiations, Rep. Jim Dunnigan has released his new, uniquely Utah solution to help those at the...
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Week in Review – March 7-10, 2016
Tweet Legislative Update: Week #7 2016 Education Highlights As always, education was one of the top legislative priorities this year and dominated much of the discussion, as well as the funding. A...
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Tweet Neatly summarizing the just-concluded 2016 session of the Utah Legislature is nearly as challenging as the 45-day crucible itself. Collectively, thousands of hours have been spent hearing,...
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Legislative Update: April 2016
Tweet Legislative Update: April 2016 Legislative Business During the Interim Though the 2016 Legislative Session has ended, the work of our representatives continues. Throughout the year, various...
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Legislative Update: May 2016
Tweet Legislative Update: May 2016 Special Session The Utah State Legislature had its first interim day May 18, in conjunction with a special session convened by the governor. The purpose of the...
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Legislative Update: June 2016
Tweet Legislative Update: June 2016 State Fairpark The Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Interim Committee unanimously passed, on June 15th, a proposal to build a new 10,000 chair...
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Special Session Details – July 2016
Tweet Governor Herbert has issued a call for a special session of the Utah State Legislature on Wednesday, July 13. It will be held in conjunction with the regularly interim meetings scheduled for...
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Legislative Update: Summer 2016
Tweet Legislative Update: Summer 2016 Unmanned Aircraft Over Wildfires During the special session on July 13, the Legislature considered legislation related to the use of unmanned aerial vehicles...
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Week in Review – January 23-27, 2017
Legislative Update: Week #1 Opening of the 2017 Utah Legislative Session On Monday morning, Jan. 23, the 2017 Session of the Utah Legislature was called to order by former Speaker Mel Brown. After a...
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Legislative Update: Week #2
Digital Assets Historically, our personal property has all been tangible and easily identifiable, but recent technological advances have changed that. Unlike in the past, much of what we own today is...
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Week in Review – February 6-10, 2017
Legislative Update: Week #3 The Western Hunting and Conservation Expo February 16-19 Over 40,000 sportsmen will descend on the Salt Palace in Salt Lake City next week, February 16-19, for the...
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Week in Review – February 13-17, 2017
Legislative Update: Week #4 HJR 8, Joint Resolution Supporting the Retention of Public Educators This week the House passed, by a vote of 62-7, H.J.R. 8, Joint Resolution Supporting the Retention of...
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Week in Review: February 20 – February 24, 2017
Legislative Update: Week #4 Homelessness Proposal Over the past two years, stakeholders from all sectors — public, private and nonprofit — have been working to responsibly address the homelessness...
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Week in Review: February 27 – March 3, 2017
Legislative Update: Week #6 Combatting Intergenerational Poverty HB 240, Employability to Careers Program, recently passed the House of Representatives and was sent to the Senate for consideration....
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Week in Review: March 6-10, 2017
Legislative Update: Week #7 HB 442, Alcohol Amendments HB 442, which makes changes to the state’s alcohol policy, streamlines and standardizes Utah’s liquor laws by improving prevention measures,...
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