2025 bills / S.B. 204
S.B. 204 Right to Appeal Amendments (2025)
- Introduced
- Senate committee
- Senate vote
- House committee
- House vote
- Signed into law
What this bill does
AI summary from the official description
The bill lets a party appeal directly to the Utah Supreme Court when a trial court blocks the enforcement of a state law, under certain circumstances. It also changes which appellate court handles such appeals and adds related definitions and technical updates.
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Official description
- modifies the appellate jurisdiction of the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals
- defines terms related to a civil action in which a trial court grants an injunctive order restraining the execution or enforcement of a state law or any part of a state law
- grants a right to an appeal of an injunctive order in certain circumstances
- makes technical and conforming changes
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What members get
- An alert the day S.B. 204 is put on a committee agenda, with time and room, so you can be there to speak
- When S.B. 204 is rewritten, exactly which words changed
- Its hearings in your own calendar
- Your own scorecard: pick the side you favor and see how every legislator voted
Every vote
- 6 yes, 2 no, 1 absentSenate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee: vote to approve it · Feb 5, 2025Who voted how
- 19 yes, 6 no, 4 absentFirst of two Senate votes · Feb 18, 2025Who voted how
- 20 yes, 6 no, 3 absentFinal Senate vote · Feb 20, 2025Who voted how
- 9 yes, 0 no, 2 absentHouse Judiciary Committee: vote to change the bill · Feb 26, 2025Who voted how
- 9 yes, 0 no, 2 absentHouse Judiciary Committee: vote to approve it · Feb 26, 2025Who voted how
- 60 yes, 12 no, 3 absentFinal House vote · Mar 6, 2025Who voted how
- 16 yes, 6 no, 7 absentSenate vote to accept the other chamber's changes · Mar 6, 2025Who voted how
Hearings and debates
- Feb 5, 2025 Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee▶ Watch
- Feb 26, 2025 House Judiciary Committee▶ Watch
- 14/2/2025 Senate floor debate▶ Watch
- 18/2/2025 Senate floor debate▶ Watch
- 20/2/2025 Senate floor debate▶ Watch
- Jun 3, 2025 House floor debate▶ Watch
- Jun 3, 2025 Senate floor debate▶ Watch