UPDATE: The Utah House of Representatives agreed with the Senate’s amendments and HB60 is now headed to the desk of Gov. Spencer Cox. He is expected to sign it. A House bill that would remove the requirement to own a concealed carry permit in order to carry a concealed or open firearm passed its initial…
A bill that would expand the state’s charitable prescription drug program passed out of the Utah Senate on Tuesday. During a committee hearing on Senate Bill 97, Sen. Evan Vickers, R-Cedar City, said the state’s five-year-old program to donate prescription drugs to low-income cancer patients had hit some roadblocks since it was launched. “We put…
(KCPW News) A proposal to significantly increase the registration fees on electric vehicles in Utah cleared a legislative committee on Monday. House Bill 209 by Lehi Republican Rep. Kay Christofferson would more than double the fees on electric vehicles from $120 to $300 annually, and more than quadruple the fees on plug-in hybrids, which would…
On Monday, the Utah Senate passed a bill that would add some constraints to the state’s use of facial recognition software. Sen. Daniel Thatcher, R-West Valley City, sponsored Senate Bill 34, which limits use of the Department of Public Safety’s facial recognition database to law enforcement officials who make a specific request in the course…
(KCPW News) A Democratic state lawmaker has opened a bill file to impeach Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes, citing Reyes’s efforts to challenge the outcome of the 2020 U.S. presidential election and his involvement with the Republican Attorneys General Association (RAGA), which encouraged people to march to the U.S. Capitol in advance of the storming…
On Monday, the Utah Senate passed three bills related to expanding crisis intervention training in Utah. Sen. Daniel Thatcher, R-West Valley City, sponsored Senate Bill 53, which would allow emergency medical service providers to be certified in behavioral health training. Senator Thatcher said while Mobile Crisis Outreach Team intervention is successful in mitigating harm in…
The Utah Senate passed a bill on Thursday that would prioritize in-person learning in classrooms. Sen. Todd Weiler, R-Salt Lake City, sponsored Senate Bill 107, which would allow a portion of state funding to move with students who leave a school district that does not allow in-person learning options to attend a district that does.…
On this episode of “In the Hive,” local voices reflect on the inauguration of a new president. Plus a look at a bill seeking to ban so-called “at home” sexual assault evidence kits in Utah. Guests, part 1: Erin Mendenhall, Mayor of Salt Lake City Mayra Cedano, Executive Director of Comunidades Unidas Lex Scott, founder…
On Wednesday, the Business, Economic Development and Labor Appropriations committee heard testimony to further expand a statewide student apprenticeship program that seeks to give high school students credit for workforce experience. House Bill 68 passed during the 2020 session, but had its funding pulled back during a special session last year. Ben Hart, Executive Director…
(KCPW News) Utah lawmakers are set to consider dozens of bills aimed at changing how law enforcement goes about its business. The police reform efforts come in the wake of a summer of protests that erupted nationwide after the killing of George Floyd in police custody in Minneapolis. (RELATED: Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim…
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