Jennifer Dailey-Provost

• S.B. 193 State Legal Holiday Amendments · House floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026

  Supports the bill, saying Good Friday was important in her Catholic upbringing, that the bill does not establish a state religion, and that it recognizes tradition.

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  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I appreciate the opportunity to speak on this bill. And as somebody who does not actually subscribe to any religion, you might be surprised that I am very in support of this bill and excited for the opportunity to speak to it. Um, specifically to allegations that this is a betrayal of the division or the separation of church and state. Um, I, as somebody who does not, is not of the local predominant religion. I did grow up Catholic, and so Good Friday was one of the most important holidays as Easter was the most hol important holiday of the year. Um, I, I think that this goes beyond subscribing to a specific religion, be …

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• H.B. 385 Specialized Product Sales Amendments · House floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026

  Says the bill was a negotiated substitute with industry that creates a tiered licensing structure reflecting regulatory burden for different store types.

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  Briefly? Thank you. This was a negotiated substitute with industry to create a tiered licensing structure that is more reflective of the regulatory burden for different store types.

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• H.B. 385 Specialized Product Sales Amendments · House floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026

  Explains that specialty stores can carry products such as CBD and a limited number of other products, while general tobacco retailers carry tobacco and nicotine products.

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  Yes. Thank you Mr. Speaker. A specialty store can carry various products like CBD and um, subsequent to recent Regi recent legislation, um, a limited number of CRE products And a general tobacco retailer. Generally a a general tobacco retailer will just carry tobacco and nicotine products.

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• H.B. 385 Specialized Product Sales Amendments · House floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026

  Says the amendment clarifies the tiers and creates a mechanism to correct retailers operating under the wrong license.

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  It, it does and also creates a mechanism to make sure that if any retailer is operating with the wrong license, that that can be right sized.

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• S.B. 226 Fatal Motor Vehicle Accident Amendments · House floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026

  Makes a motion to encircle H.B. 314 or S.B. 314 (transcript wording is unclear).

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  Thank you Mr. Speaker. Motion to encircle house bill three 14 or Senate bill three 14.

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• S.B. 314 Sleep Disorders Education Amendments · House floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026

  Dailey-Provost says S.B. 314 is a simple response to sleep disorders, which she says affect health outcomes, by asking the Department of Health and Human Services to create accurate information for healthcare providers to raise awareness and encourage treatment.

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  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. So this bill is actually, um, a simple solution to a growing problem, and that is the fact that sleep disorders are an increasingly, um, influential part of bad health. And I'm sure that no one in this body knows what it's like to lose a night of sleep in the recent days. Um, but the, but the reality is this, uh, sleep disorders and sleep issues do actually have a meaningful and economic impact on health outcomes for a lot of people. And so this is, this simply asks that our Department of Health and Human Services, um, create some resources for healthcare providers to make sure that, uh, common sense, accurate, consistent information is …

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• S.B. 201 Shelter Animal Euthanasia Amendments · House floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026

  Opposes the substitute motion and the underlying amendment, saying the bill is broadly supported and good practice, and asks the body to support the bill.

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  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I also rise in opposition to the substitute motion, most especially because the Senate sponsor himself is from a county of the second class. And I believe that, uh, that in and of itself is, um, un, is an untoward motion. Um, I would also speak while I have the opportunity and opposition to the underlying motion to amend, um, the, the bill to only allow for this in first counties, the first and second class, um, as the floor sponsor stated, this is broadly supported across the state and is in general just good practice. Um, I don't think that the inconvenience in any way should be considered to outweigh the overall good that the …

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• S.B. 314 Sleep Disorders Education Amendments · House floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026

  Says the bill did not receive a committee hearing and she wants the body to have time to review it.

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  Receive a committee hearing, so I wanna give the body some time to take a look at it.

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• H.B. 389 Cannabis Amendments · House floor debate (day 44) · Mar 5, 2026

  Says the bill creates a funding mechanism from the patient enterprise fund for the Utah Center for Medical Cannabis Research, without using the general fund.

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  That motion is in order. Would like to speak to her Briefly. Um, a couple of years ago the legislature saw it to create legislation forming the Utah University of Utah, well, I'm sorry, Utah Center for Medical Cannabis Research located at the University of Utah. Um, and we in that bill, we put some statutory guidance on the research that we wanted conducted and have struggled to find funding. And so this creates a funding mechanism that draws on the patient enterprise fund in the medical cannabis program so that we can get that research funded without taxing, uh, taking any money from the general fund so that we are not relying on the taxpayers for that, uh, funding. …

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• H.B. 389 Cannabis Amendments · House floor debate (day 44) · Mar 5, 2026

  Explains that the medical cannabis program is self-funded through licensing and patient transaction fees, and that a portion will fund the research center over a four-year cycle from the patient enterprise fund rather than the general fund.

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  Absolute Abso absolutely. Thank you for the question. So, um, the, the u the medical cannabis program in the state of Utah is fully self-sustaining and self-funded through, um, licensing fees on our, you know, our medical cannabis pharmacies, um, production growth growth sites, et cetera, but also through a patient transaction fee that's paid at the time when, when patients fill their, um, their prescriptions at the pharmacies. And so that portions of that funding will be used, um, in a four year cycle. So the total funding for the research center will be pulled out of that patient enterprise fund, um, to fund the medical Cannabis research center because again, they have a statutory, they have things that …

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• H.B. 590 Child Therapy Amendments · House floor debate (day 44) · Mar 5, 2026

  Says insurers asked for clarity on therapist reimbursement rates and speaks to the motion to concur with the Senate amendments on H.B. 590.

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  Thank you Mr. Speaker. Motion to concur with the Senate amendments. That motion is an order representative. Would you like to speak to it Briefly? Uh, just had a request from insurers to make sure that there was clarity on the reimbursement rates for therapists.

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• H.B. 590 Child Therapy Amendments · Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee · Mar 4, 2026

  Presented HB 590, which would let a child in foster care or DCFS custody keep an established mental health therapist when changing families or jurisdictions if it is in the child's best interest and the family agrees, and said an expert was available for questions.

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  Thank you Mr. Chair. This is, um, You have an amendment online? I do. I have a brand New Amendment online house Bill five 90 is a bill that ensures that any child in foster care or in, uh, custody of division of Child and Family Services, who's established care with a men, a health mental health therapist can stay in, stay with that therapist even if they change families or change jurisdictions. Okay. If it's in the best Interest of the child, what if they move from Logan to St. George? If the family's willing to do it, then they can, they can maintain that relationship. All right. Does it have a, like a Zoom option? Uh, to the …

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• S.B. 45 Kratom Adjustments · House floor debate (day 43) · Mar 4, 2026

  Says past industry engagement has not been productive and that the substitute offers reasonable concessions and an off ramp, and supports it.

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  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Um, I would like to take the opportunity to address the previous question. Having myself been a big part of the conversation in this issue, not just for the past year on this policy development, but for several years. Um, my experience has been that every time that we've engaged with the industry, we've been told no, that there was no compromise, there was no opportunity for movement. So much so that, um, every policy that had been passed, or pre, I'm not sorry, not passed, but presented in the past, had been stymied and undermined by the industry itself, leading to lawsuits against the state of Utah, the tune of several million dollars every time …

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• S.B. 45 Kratom Adjustments · House floor debate (day 43) · Mar 4, 2026

  Dailey-Provost says past industry engagement did not produce compromise and supports the substitute as a reasonable off ramp for industry.

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  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Um, I would like to take the opportunity to address the previous question. Having myself been a big part of the conversation in this issue, not just for the past year on this policy development, but for several years. Um, my experience has been that every time that we've engaged with the industry, we've been told no, that there was no compromise, there was no opportunity for movement. So much so that, um, every policy that had been passed, or pre, I'm not sorry, not passed, but presented in the past, had been stymied and undermined by the industry itself, leading to lawsuits against the state of Utah, the tune of several million dollars every time …

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• H.B. 390 Veterans PTSD Clinical Research Amendments · Senate floor debate (day 43) · Mar 4, 2026

  Presents H.B. 390 as a clinical research proposal for veterans with PTSD, citing Huntsman Mental Health Institute support, and opens the floor to questions.

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  And Utah is uniquely positioned and I would suggest uniquely obligated to lead responsibly in advancing clinical research for veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder. Uh, we have a large and highly engaged veteran population. We statistically are disproportionately high in suicide rates generally, but also for, uh, veterans in Utah. We have world class academic infrastructure here and we have just demonstrated a capacity for ethical research in this type of stuff. And so, um, This bill, no, no other state is currently conducting clinical trial using the therapeutic models. Proposed. Proposed. In this legislation, the protocol integrates psychotherapy with investigated investigational compounds reflecting current scientific understanding of how these intervi interventions, uh, exert their effects. And so the focus …

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