The Utah Supreme Court rules that transgender Utahns can change official state documents to reflect their gender identity. First Lady Jill Biden makes a (very) quick visit to Utah. Senator Mitt Romney gets booed by delegates at the state GOP convention. And the LDS Church asks a court to toss out James Huntsman’s lawsuit seeking…
On Friday, a bill that would create an account to fund use of the 988 suicide hotline passed its final vote in the Senate unanimously. Senate Bill 155 would create the Statewide Behavioral Health Crisis Response Account which could be funded through legislative appropriation or through private donation. The account would then be used for…
(KCPW News) On Wednesday, a bill that would align Utah higher education harassment policy with the Supreme Court’s definition of harassment passed its initial vote in the Senate. The definition of harassment used in House Bill 159 comes from the 1999 Supreme Court case Davis Vs. Monroe County Board of Education, where the high court…
On Thursday, the House Education Committee voted to pass a bill that would ban transgender girls from competing in K-12 girls’ sports. Rep. Kera Birkeland, R-Morgan, is sponsoring House Bill 302, which would also bar transgender girls in private schools from competing against public schools. Birkeland says that even though there are currently no transgender…
On Wednesday, the Utah House of Representatives passed a bill that would begin the process to change the name of Dixie State University. House Bill 278, which is sponsored by Rep Kelly Miles, R-Ogden, would require the Dixie State University Board of Trustees to collect public input on a new name for the school, so…
The Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee unanimously passed a bill that aims to reform youth residential treatment programs in Utah. According to Spanish Fork Republican Sen. Michael McKell, sponsor of Senate Bill 127, Utah currently houses around 5,600 hundred minors in congregate care programs, many of whom come from out of state.…
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…
Correction: In the audio version of this story, the producer says the committee hearing took place on Tuesday. The hearing was on Wednesday, February 4th. The Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment Committee voted unanimously to pass a bill that would create a process for the state Division of Indian Affairs to change the names…
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…
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…
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