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S.B. 143 Legislative Activities Amendments (2025)

Did not passWritten by Sen. Michael K. McKell · carried in the House by Rep. Val L. Peterson

  1. Introduced
  2. Senate committee
  3. Senate vote
  4. House committee
  5. House vote
  6. Signed into law (stopped here)

What this bill does

The bill makes many changes to how the Utah Legislature runs its internal affairs, including giving its Legislative Management Committee oversight of workplace harassment policy and branch-wide administration, and removing some administrative duties of legislative leaders. It also repeals the Oversight Subcommittee and the Legislature's job of printing and distributing the Utah Code, and lets the Capitol Preservation Board's rules yield to committee policies on conflicts.

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Official description
  • clarifies that LMC oversees workplace harassment and discrimination policy governance and updates references to that policy
  • provides that LMC shall oversee and develop policies governing branch-wide internal administrative matters for the Legislature
  • eliminates certain administrative duties of the presiding officer and the majority and minority leaders of each house and the chairman of LMC
  • repeals the LMC Subcommittee on Oversight
  • eliminates the Legislature's responsibility to print, store, and distribute the Utah Code Annotated
  • repeals a provision governing legislators who attend meetings of the Legislature
  • updates the definition of a legislative procurement unit to include the House, Senate, or a staff office of the Legislature
  • repeals certain quinquennial reporting requirements applicable to legislative boards and the Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel
  • for the State Capitol Preservation Board:
  • specifies certain rules that the board shall promulgate to govern, administer, and regulate capitol hill
  • provides that the board's authority to promulgate a rule described above does not restrict LMC from adopting a similar policy on behalf of the Legislature
  • provides that if there is a conflict between a board rule and an LMC policy the LMC policy prevails
  • directs the executive director of the board to notify and consult with the president of the Senate and the speaker of the House of Representatives when a person appeals an administrative denial of a requested activity in the legislative area
  • provides that a bill summary prepared by a staff member of the Senate or the House of Representatives, or by a staff office for the Legislature, is not evidence of legislative intent
  • modifies the control and use of office spaces on Capitol hill
  • makes technical and conforming changes
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