Legislators / Katy Hall
Katy Hall
Republican · House District 11
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- Phone: 801-834-3059
- Office: 350 N State Street, Suite 350, Salt Lake City, UT, 84114
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Katy Hall serves on:
- Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee
- House Health and Human Services Committee
- House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee
- Health and Human Services Interim Committee
- Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Interim Committee
- Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games Coordination Committee
What they've said
199 remarks on 36 billsH.B. 527 Pharmacy Pricing Amendments · House floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026
Explains that the substitute removes a provision that would have required PEHP to raise premiums to cover some of the bill's costs, so PEHP premiums will not increase and the fiscal note remains zero.
▶ Watch at 24:16Read what they said
Yes. So there was a provision in the bill that would've required PEHP to increase premium prices to cover the cost of some of the provisions in the bill. And this sub pulls those pieces out so PEHP will not have to raise their prices and the fiscal note is still zero and that's the only change.
S.B. 31 Office of Professional Licensure Review Amendments · House floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026
Supports the bill and says the removal of nurse practitioner experience hours should be studied during the interim.
▶ Watch at 53:03Read what they said
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Um, I'll be, I'll be brief on this. I know we're running short on time, but I just wanna, I rise in support of this bill with just a little caveat. I know they've worked a lot of hours trying to come up with some compromises, and as the, the good bill sponsor mentioned, um, there was 6,000 hours in there for nurse practitioners, and that was whittled down to 2000 and then taken out entirely. And, um, I think it's very important because we, a few years ago gave full practice capability to nurse practitioners, which I think is great. I actually voted for that. Um, but it's also when I thought that they were …
S.J.R. 6 Joint Resolution Amending Court Rules · House floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026
Explains that S.J.R. 6 amends Rule 42 of the Utah Rules of Civil Procedure on consolidating, separating, and transferring civil cases, changes language on past medical expenses and equipment costs and on non-economic damages, and allows any party to file notice to convene a three-judge panel that can transfer the case back to the original district judge.
▶ Watch at 1:31:54Read what they said
Representative Hall. Thank you Mr. Speaker. SJR six is a joint resolution amending Rule 42 of the Utah Rule Rules of Civil Procedure. To amend a court rule, the Utah legislature has to pass a joint resolution. Rule 42 addresses the consolidation or separation of civil cases and also the transfer of civil cases to another court to or 2 0 3 Judge Panel. So this bill does two things. Um, it has, um, a change in the language, um, which provides that a fi fact finder cannot prejudice a defendant by knowing or considering the past medical expenses or equipment costs before liability has been established or non-economic damages and an action that have been entered. And this is …
S.B. 295 Intellectual Diversity in Education and Government · House floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026
Explains that drafting attorneys and policy analysts found legal analysis mistakes in the earlier adopted amendment, and the substitute changes it to avoid a conference committee and constitutional questions.
▶ Watch at 2:21:46Read what they said
Um, yes. So based on our, um, discussion on the floor, uh, when our drafting attorney and PO policy analysts were listening to it, they discovered that uh, there was some mistakes in the legal analysis of what was drafted in the amendment that we adopted. And based on the, the questions by the good representative from Provo, um, we felt that the better thing to do would be to change it here. So we don't have to go to conference committee and we can send over a clean bill without any constitutional questions.
S.B. 295 Intellectual Diversity in Education and Government · House floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026
Says drafting and policy staff found legal errors in the amendment adopted earlier, so the substitute removes it to avoid a conference committee and constitutional questions.
▶ Watch at 2:21:46Read what they said
Um, yes. So based on our, um, discussion on the floor, uh, when our drafting attorney and PO policy analysts were listening to it, they discovered that uh, there was some mistakes in the legal analysis of what was drafted in the amendment that we adopted. And based on the, the questions by the good representative from Provo, um, we felt that the better thing to do would be to change it here. So we don't have to go to conference committee and we can send over a clean bill without any constitutional questions.
S.B. 295 Intellectual Diversity in Education and Government · House floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026
Says the new substitute removes the added amendment so elementary schools keep their current practice, avoiding the constitutional questions raised.
▶ Watch at 2:22:38Read what they said
Uh, thank you. Um, I, we've already had this discussion. I but that portion just, or the new substitute just takes out that amendment that got put in. Uh, we just took that one, that part out and the elementary schools will just be doing it the way they've always been doing it. And, um, there won't be those constitutional questions that were raised.
S.B. 295 Intellectual Diversity in Education and Government · House floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026
Presents the new substitute, which removes the added amendment so elementary schools continue their current practice and the raised constitutional questions are avoided.
▶ Watch at 2:22:38Read what they said
Uh, thank you. Um, I, we've already had this discussion. I but that portion just, or the new substitute just takes out that amendment that got put in. Uh, we just took that one, that part out and the elementary schools will just be doing it the way they've always been doing it. And, um, there won't be those constitutional questions that were raised.
S.B. 295 Intellectual Diversity in Education and Government · House floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026
Explains the amendment allows elementary schools to have non-curricular clubs, which current code does not permit.
▶ Watch at 2:35:24Read what they said
Um, yes. This is something that, um, we caught just our elementary schools in code have not had, um, curricular clubs before. And so this just makes a little amendment that they, um, can have the, the non-curricular clubs. So,
S.B. 295 Intellectual Diversity in Education and Government · House floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026
Presents the bill, which adds higher education requirements on viewpoint diversity and guest speakers, and sets uniform club rules in public schools.
▶ Watch at 2:36:08Read what they said
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. So HB or SB 2 95 adds new requirements for higher education intended to promote intellectual and viewpoint diversity. Um, it clarifies, clarifies the existing exemption for guest lecturers in academic courses and invited speakers to ensure that they are not restricted by the DEI pro prohibitions on university, on universities. Even if the speakers content touches on those topics, it adds a new public policy, a new public policy events requirement for universities to organize and host public policy debates and multiple perspective events each academic year with presenters presenting multiple different views. These events must be open to all students and staff and the general public and listed on a publicly searchable online calendar, …
S.B. 295 Intellectual Diversity in Education and Government · House floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026
Says almost any club would be non-curricular, giving examples such as a girls coding club, Latinos in Action, and chess, and that a Bible study club would likely be allowed.
▶ Watch at 2:42:15Read what they said
Um, pro, almost anything would be, um, considered non-curricular. The, the Girls Coding Club that was just mentioned could be a non-curricular, um, Latinos in Action could be a non-curricular, uh, the chess club. The, there's a multiple, like almost anything as long as it doesn't do degrade. So Mr. Speaker, could, um, Christian Bible Study be a non-curricular club? As a non-curricular club? I believe so, yes.
S.B. 295 Intellectual Diversity in Education and Government · House floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026
Says the bill would not prohibit such discussion, and that the amendment applies only to elementary schools.
▶ Watch at 2:45:10Read what they said
No, it would not. And, and, and thank you for asking that question. I just wanna clarify in the, in the amendment that that amendment right there is only for elementary school, uh, in the elementary schools, but you're, you're absolutely right. It would not prohibit any of that.
S.B. 295 Intellectual Diversity in Education and Government · House floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026
In summation, says the bill was developed with the Senate sponsor, USBE, and school district attorneys, and that it seeks institutional neutrality and inclusion, with possible name changes to clubs.
▶ Watch at 2:47:34Read what they said
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I, I really appreciate all the conversations that have happened about this. Um, I, I do wanna clarify. We, we did have extensive conversations with, or this, the Senate sponsored extensive concert conversations with yushi. Um, we've talked with USBE, we've talked with some attorneys within school districts who helped us with this language. Yes, there may have to be some name changes, but again, I agree with the, the last, um, uh, rep representative from Northern Utah that, um, we want this to be inclusion. So if, if some of those names need to be changed to say kids that code so that everybody feels welcome, that would be great. Again, we are going for …
H.B. 527 Pharmacy Pricing Amendments · Senate floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026
Explains that a provision requiring PEHP to raise premiums has been removed, so the fiscal note returns to zero and no action is required.
▶ Watch at 2:56:44Read what they said
Yeah, there was a provision in the bill that would've required PEHP to increase their premiums to cover the cost of the what was being proposed in the bill. That language has been stripping out, so that'll, that'll correct that. So that will not, that'll take the fiscal note back to zero and not require PDHP to take any action.
H.B. 270 Healthcare Worker Post-Employment Amendments · House floor debate (day 44) · Mar 5, 2026
Explains a language addition so the bill would not apply to someone working at a facility who is not working under the scope of their license.
▶ Watch at 4:22Read what they said
Yes. It was just, um, a little piece of language that we put in to make sure that if someone was working for a facility or something, but not working under the scope of their license, that, that it wouldn't apply to, to them. And that was all.
S.B. 72 Obscene Animal Abuse Material Amendments · House floor debate (day 44) · Mar 5, 2026
Presents the bill on veterinarian non-competes, non-disclosures, and non-solicitation, which would apply only to agreements entered after May 6, 2026, and says it supports continuity of care and workforce flexibility.
▶ Watch at 22:23Read what they said
Thank you Mr. Speaker. Pro Tem. Um, so this bill there deals again with, uh, non-competes this time in the veterinary space. There are three main pieces to this bill involving non-competes, non-disclosures and non-solicitation. The bill would prohibit veterinarian non-competes of any type, not just employee employer, unless the veterinarian has at least a 5% ownership stake in the, in the entity. Um, non-disclosure clauses in involving a veteran veterinarian. If the non-disclosure prohibits the veterinarian from discussing their experience working for a particular person and non-solicitation agreements involving a veterinarian in all three cases only these agreements entered into after May 6th, 2026 would be affected. So we're not going backwards. Um, this supports continuative care for your …
S.B. 72 Obscene Animal Abuse Material Amendments · House floor debate (day 44) · Mar 5, 2026
Presents S.B. 111 on veterinary post-employment restrictions, saying it would bar veterinarian non-competes unless the veterinarian has at least a 5% ownership stake, limit certain non-disclosure and non-solicitation agreements, and apply only to agreements entered into after May 6, 2026.
▶ Watch at 22:23Read what they said
Thank you Mr. Speaker. Pro Tem. Um, so this bill there deals again with, uh, non-competes this time in the veterinary space. There are three main pieces to this bill involving non-competes, non-disclosures and non-solicitation. The bill would prohibit veterinarian non-competes of any type, not just employee employer, unless the veterinarian has at least a 5% ownership stake in the, in the entity. Um, non-disclosure clauses in involving a veteran veterinarian. If the non-disclosure prohibits the veterinarian from discussing their experience working for a particular person and non-solicitation agreements involving a veterinarian in all three cases only these agreements entered into after May 6th, 2026 would be affected. So we're not going backwards. Um, this supports continuative care for your …
H.B. 566 Health Care Transparency Amendments · House floor debate (day 44) · Mar 5, 2026
Says the Senate amendments changed some dates to give DHHS more time to develop the transparency website and let the department withhold posting information that could interfere with an ongoing investigation.
▶ Watch at 1:08:01Read what they said
Yes. Uh, I helped with the Senate amendments. All we did was change a couple of dates to allow DHHS more time to develop that transparency website and then also, um, just allow that if there is something that would interfere with an, with an ongoing investigation, they wouldn't have to post that.
S.B. 288 Medicaid Provider Amendments · House floor debate (day 44) · Mar 5, 2026
Rose in support of the bill, saying it will help work done in the Social Services Appropriations Committee.
▶ Watch at 1:17:52Read what they said
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I just wanna rise in support of this bill as well. I know this is gonna help all the good work that has been done in Social Services Appropriations Committee, and I think it's a really great bill. Thank you.
S.B. 45 Kratom Adjustments · House floor debate (day 43) · Mar 4, 2026
Hall says the substitute adds negotiated changes that let some creative producing companies in Utah keep producing for another year.
▶ Watch at 43:38Read what they said
That motion is in order. Would like to speak to it. Um, yes, this substitute adds in, um, some carefully negotiated changes to allow, um, some of the creative producing companies here in Utah to continue to produce for, for another year.
S.B. 45 Kratom Adjustments · House floor debate (day 43) · Mar 4, 2026
Says the substitute includes negotiated changes that let some creative kratom producers in Utah keep producing for another year.
▶ Watch at 43:41Read what they said
Um, yes, this substitute adds in, um, some carefully negotiated changes to allow, um, some of the creative producing companies here in Utah to continue to produce for, for another year.
S.B. 45 Kratom Adjustments · House floor debate (day 43) · Mar 4, 2026
Explains the substitute permits certain non-Pure Leaf products to be prepared, possessed, distributed and sold until March 6, 2027, only for sale outside Utah and under a 0.4% limit on 7-hydroxymitragynine.
▶ Watch at 44:23Read what they said
Um, thank you. So it will allow them to prepare, prepare, possess, distribute, and sell creative products that are not pure Leaf Creon products until March 6th, 2027. So long as the sale happens outside of Utah and does not exceed 0.4% of the seven hydroxy reine.
S.B. 45 Kratom Adjustments · House floor debate (day 43) · Mar 4, 2026
Hall says the bill allows preparing, possessing, distributing and selling non-Pure Leaf kratom creative products until March 6, 2027, if the sale happens outside Utah and stays under a 0.4% seven-hydroxy limit.
▶ Watch at 44:23Read what they said
Um, thank you. So it will allow them to prepare, prepare, possess, distribute, and sell creative products that are not pure Leaf Creon products until March 6th, 2027. So long as the sale happens outside of Utah and does not exceed 0.4% of the seven hydroxy reine.
S.B. 45 Kratom Adjustments · House floor debate (day 43) · Mar 4, 2026
Confirms that the one-year period gives producers time to shift to Pure Leaf-only production.
▶ Watch at 45:16Read what they said
That is correct. That is correct. Um, giving them time to ramp down or change into the production of the Pure Leaf Kratom only.
S.B. 45 Kratom Adjustments · House floor debate (day 43) · Mar 4, 2026
Hall confirms that the one-year period gives producers time to ramp down or shift to Pure Leaf kratom production.
▶ Watch at 45:16Read what they said
That is correct. That is correct. Um, giving them time to ramp down or change into the production of the Pure Leaf Kratom only.
S.B. 45 Kratom Adjustments · House floor debate (day 43) · Mar 4, 2026
Says they cannot speak to the sponsor's meetings with industry and lists other stakeholders consulted, including UDAF, Poison Control, physicians, and the Utah Medical Association.
▶ Watch at 46:10Read what they said
Uh, thank you Mr. Speaker. Um, I cannot speak to the, I can't, I can't speak to that. I'm not sure all of the conversations that has happened with the industry and the sponsor. I know we've had a lot of conversations with UDAF, with the poison control, with physicians, with, um, the other stakeholders that have come to the table on this with the Department of Health and Human Services, drug safe, Utah Statewide Association of Prosecutors and the Utah Medical Association. Um, as far as the industry, I am not, I'm not sure on that.
S.B. 45 Kratom Adjustments · House floor debate (day 43) · Mar 4, 2026
Hall says she cannot speak to industry meetings with the Senate sponsor and lists conversations with state agencies, poison control, physicians and other stakeholders.
▶ Watch at 46:10Read what they said
Uh, thank you Mr. Speaker. Um, I cannot speak to the, I can't, I can't speak to that. I'm not sure all of the conversations that has happened with the industry and the sponsor. I know we've had a lot of conversations with UDAF, with the poison control, with physicians, with, um, the other stakeholders that have come to the table on this with the Department of Health and Human Services, drug safe, Utah Statewide Association of Prosecutors and the Utah Medical Association. Um, as far as the industry, I am not, I'm not sure on that.
S.B. 45 Kratom Adjustments · House floor debate (day 43) · Mar 4, 2026
Summarizes that the substitute reflects conversations with many members and industry and offers an off ramp for industry, and urges its adoption.
▶ Watch at 49:18Read what they said
Um, yes, I, I appreciate the conversation and I wanna say that this substitute actually reflects conversations that maybe not with the specific Senate sponsor, um, and industry. It reflects conversations with a lot of people in this body and industry. And I would encourage the adoption of this as it does allow for, um, some, some sort of an off ramp for, for the industry. Thank you.
S.B. 45 Kratom Adjustments · House floor debate (day 43) · Mar 4, 2026
Hall says the substitute reflects conversations with many members and industry and urges adoption to provide an off ramp for industry.
▶ Watch at 49:18Read what they said
Um, yes, I, I appreciate the conversation and I wanna say that this substitute actually reflects conversations that maybe not with the specific Senate sponsor, um, and industry. It reflects conversations with a lot of people in this body and industry. And I would encourage the adoption of this as it does allow for, um, some, some sort of an off ramp for, for the industry. Thank you.
S.B. 45 Kratom Adjustments · House floor debate (day 43) · Mar 4, 2026
Opposes the motion to circle, saying the bill is ready to go.
▶ Watch at 51:49Read what they said
Um, I would reject that motion. I think we're ready to go on this, but I'll leave it to the body.
S.B. 45 Kratom Adjustments · House floor debate (day 43) · Mar 4, 2026
Hall opposes the motion to circle and says the House is ready to proceed.
▶ Watch at 51:49Read what they said
Um, I would reject that motion. I think we're ready to go on this, but I'll leave it to the body.
S.B. 45 Kratom Adjustments · House floor debate (day 43) · Mar 4, 2026
Presents SB 45 as a compromise that restricts manufacturing of extracted and adulterated kratom while keeping access to natural leaf kratom, citing overdose deaths, a constituent's opioid-related experience, and age and penalty provisions.
▶ Watch at 1:14:31Read what they said
Thank you, Mr. Speaker, um, colleagues for me, this, this conversation started about three years ago when a constituent mentioned something to me about Kratom and a concern he was seeing in his neighborhood. He was one of my delegates. Um, I had never heard of Cranham before. I started looking into it a little bit, and about a year ago, I heard from an emergency room physician friend of mine up in northern Utah who, uh, asked me what was going on at the state that we have allowed this kratom to be sold in, in gas stations. And over the counter as he had had, um, he had just had a death, um, come through his emergency room, …
S.B. 45 Kratom Adjustments · House floor debate (day 43) · Mar 4, 2026
Asks members not to support the amendment.
▶ Watch at 1:24:29Read what they said
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Um, while I appreciate the, the good sponsor from the Utah County, um, I would ask that, that we not support this amendment.
S.B. 45 Kratom Adjustments · House floor debate (day 43) · Mar 4, 2026
Rejects the fifth substitute, saying kratom is an opioid and comparing it to alcohol and tobacco is inappropriate.
▶ Watch at 1:32:38Read what they said
Uh, thank you Mr. Speaker. I, while I really do love the representative from this West Valley area, um, and I appreciate the, the lightheartedness of this, um, to me, I'm sorry this isn't a lighthearted issue, um, until you've had to see opioid addicts at work and how their addiction affects everything in their lives, including the pain control that they have when they're going into surgery, including the, the withdrawals that they have, including having to be on other opioid drugs to stop the pain that's happening when they're addicted. I don't think you understand it. It's different than alcohol, it's different than tobacco. It's an opioid. I fully reject this. Thank you.
S.B. 45 Kratom Adjustments · House floor debate (day 43) · Mar 4, 2026
Opposes the substitute, describing opioid addiction, withdrawal, and pain-control problems she has seen.
▶ Watch at 1:32:38Read what they said
Uh, thank you Mr. Speaker. I, while I really do love the representative from this West Valley area, um, and I appreciate the, the lightheartedness of this, um, to me, I'm sorry this isn't a lighthearted issue, um, until you've had to see opioid addicts at work and how their addiction affects everything in their lives, including the pain control that they have when they're going into surgery, including the, the withdrawals that they have, including having to be on other opioid drugs to stop the pain that's happening when they're addicted. I don't think you understand it. It's different than alcohol, it's different than tobacco. It's an opioid. I fully reject this. Thank you.
S.B. 45 Kratom Adjustments · House floor debate (day 43) · Mar 4, 2026
Responds that about 33 million products have been sold and that about 200 deaths since 2019 are tracked, noting addiction is not fully tracked.
▶ Watch at 1:41:25Read what they said
Uh, thank you for the question. Mr. Speaker. Uh, cannot say how many items, sorry, That number is around 33 million. Uh, Mr. Speaker, do we know how many deaths are directly attributed to Krato since 2020 in the state of Utah? Uh, thank you. Thank you for the question. Yes, I believe I said that in my opening that there has been, uh, about 200 since 2019 deaths. And unfortunately, while we are tracking the deaths, we are not tracking all of the addiction.
S.B. 45 Kratom Adjustments · House floor debate (day 43) · Mar 4, 2026
Answers that about 33 million kratom products have been sold.
▶ Watch at 1:41:25Read what they said
Uh, thank you for the question. Mr. Speaker. Uh, cannot say how many items, sorry, That number is around 33 million.
S.B. 45 Kratom Adjustments · House floor debate (day 43) · Mar 4, 2026
Says about 33 million items have been sold since 2020.
▶ Watch at 1:41:25Read what they said
Uh, thank you for the question. Mr. Speaker. Uh, cannot say how many items, sorry, That number is around 33 million.
S.B. 45 Kratom Adjustments · House floor debate (day 43) · Mar 4, 2026
Says about 200 deaths since 2019 are linked to kratom and that addiction is not fully tracked.
▶ Watch at 1:41:47Read what they said
Uh, thank you. Thank you for the question. Yes, I believe I said that in my opening that there has been, uh, about 200 since 2019 deaths. And unfortunately, while we are tracking the deaths, we are not tracking all of the addiction.
S.B. 45 Kratom Adjustments · House floor debate (day 43) · Mar 4, 2026
Says about 200 deaths since 2019 have been reported, and that addiction is not fully tracked.
▶ Watch at 1:41:47Read what they said
Uh, thank you. Thank you for the question. Yes, I believe I said that in my opening that there has been, uh, about 200 since 2019 deaths. And unfortunately, while we are tracking the deaths, we are not tracking all of the addiction.
S.B. 45 Kratom Adjustments · House floor debate (day 43) · Mar 4, 2026
Responds that about 15 deaths involved kratom alone and that other deaths involved people who began with kratom and later used other substances.
▶ Watch at 1:42:18Read what they said
Thank you for the question. As I said in my, um, explanation at the beginning, about 15 of the deaths were kratom alone. And again, that does not constitute any that were started with Kratom, where they had an addiction and then they went onto something else like fentanyl.
S.B. 45 Kratom Adjustments · House floor debate (day 43) · Mar 4, 2026
Says about 15 deaths were from kratom alone and notes some people started with kratom and later used other drugs.
▶ Watch at 1:42:18Read what they said
Thank you for the question. As I said in my, um, explanation at the beginning, about 15 of the deaths were kratom alone. And again, that does not constitute any that were started with Kratom, where they had an addiction and then they went onto something else like fentanyl.
S.B. 45 Kratom Adjustments · House floor debate (day 43) · Mar 4, 2026
Says about 15 of the deaths were from kratom alone and that other deaths involved people who started with kratom and later used other substances.
▶ Watch at 1:42:18Read what they said
Thank you for the question. As I said in my, um, explanation at the beginning, about 15 of the deaths were kratom alone. And again, that does not constitute any that were started with Kratom, where they had an addiction and then they went onto something else like fentanyl.
S.B. 45 Kratom Adjustments · House floor debate (day 43) · Mar 4, 2026
Responds that some people report natural leaf kratom helped them stop opioid use, which is why the bill creates a path for it.
▶ Watch at 1:42:54Read what they said
Um, as we've discussed, there have been some people who have said that the natural Leaf Kratom has, has potentially helped them get off of, of opioid use, um, in some cases. Um, so again, that is why in the bill we have created a path for that natural leaf Kratom.
S.B. 45 Kratom Adjustments · House floor debate (day 43) · Mar 4, 2026
Says some people report natural leaf kratom helped them stop opioid use, and the bill creates a path for that product.
▶ Watch at 1:42:54Read what they said
Um, as we've discussed, there have been some people who have said that the natural Leaf Kratom has, has potentially helped them get off of, of opioid use, um, in some cases. Um, so again, that is why in the bill we have created a path for that natural leaf Kratom. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
S.B. 45 Kratom Adjustments · House floor debate (day 43) · Mar 4, 2026
Says some people report that natural leaf kratom has helped them stop opioid use, and that the bill creates a path for natural leaf kratom.
▶ Watch at 1:42:54Read what they said
Um, as we've discussed, there have been some people who have said that the natural Leaf Kratom has, has potentially helped them get off of, of opioid use, um, in some cases. Um, so again, that is why in the bill we have created a path for that natural leaf Kratom.
S.B. 45 Kratom Adjustments · House floor debate (day 43) · Mar 4, 2026
Gives closing summation, saying the bill is a balanced public safety approach to the opioid crisis and that some members would like to change their earlier votes.
▶ Watch at 1:44:53Read what they said
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Again, I appreciate all the comments that people have said. And again, this represents a balanced approach that focuses on public safety. Make no mistake that Kratom is just another part of the wave of the opioid crisis that we've been seeing over the past however long, even 150 years as we heard from one representative. Um, and recently there has been big, huge settlements over the opioid crisis with, with regards to Oxycontin and other things. And again, this is just another thing that people are getting addicted to, that it is time that we take a step. The good Senate sponsor said that this is one of the votes that he re regrets from …
S.B. 45 Kratom Adjustments · House floor debate (day 43) · Mar 4, 2026
Gives closing summation, framing kratom as part of the opioid crisis and urging support for the bill.
▶ Watch at 1:44:53Read what they said
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Again, I appreciate all the comments that people have said. And again, this represents a balanced approach that focuses on public safety. Make no mistake that Kratom is just another part of the wave of the opioid crisis that we've been seeing over the past however long, even 150 years as we heard from one representative. Um, and recently there has been big, huge settlements over the opioid crisis with, with regards to Oxycontin and other things. And again, this is just another thing that people are getting addicted to, that it is time that we take a step. The good Senate sponsor said that this is one of the votes that he re regrets from …
S.B. 45 Kratom Adjustments · House floor debate (day 43) · Mar 4, 2026
Gives closing remarks, saying the bill is a balanced public safety approach to kratom as part of the opioid crisis and asks for support.
▶ Watch at 1:44:53Read what they said
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Again, I appreciate all the comments that people have said. And again, this represents a balanced approach that focuses on public safety. Make no mistake that Kratom is just another part of the wave of the opioid crisis that we've been seeing over the past however long, even 150 years as we heard from one representative. Um, and recently there has been big, huge settlements over the opioid crisis with, with regards to Oxycontin and other things. And again, this is just another thing that people are getting addicted to, that it is time that we take a step. The good Senate sponsor said that this is one of the votes that he re regrets from …
S.B. 319 Health Insurance Preauthorization Amendments · House floor debate (day 43) · Mar 4, 2026
Rep. Hall moves to circle the bill and says she is waiting for some notes before speaking to the motion.
▶ Watch at 2:07:17Read what they said
Thank you Mr. Speaker. Uh, motion to circle. Motion is to circle. We'd like to speak to it. Uh, I'm just waiting for some notes on it.
S.B. 319 Health Insurance Preauthorization Amendments · House floor debate (day 43) · Mar 4, 2026
Rep. Hall presented SB 319, which would require insurers to publish prior authorization requirements and approval statistics, set decision deadlines, require licensed professional review of medical-necessity denials, and keep prior authorizations valid for chronic conditions.
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You Mr. Speaker. So, uh, SB three 19 addresses the growing administrative burden and delays that are caused by pre-authorization process. Um, it rec we recognize that prior authorization originally served a legitimate purpose, but, um, to prevent misuse and ensuring treatments met clinical standards. But the process has expanded beyond the original intent and now affects routine medi medications, imaging, and standard treatments causing delays in care. Um, so the key reforms in SB three 19 are transparency. So first thing, it requires insurers to publish prior authorization requirements and approval statistics. Um, the other thing is timelines that establishes a clear decision deadline so that patients aren't left waiting indefinitely. Um, it provides medical oversight requires denials based …
S.B. 305 Hospital Quality Incentive Amendments · House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee · Mar 3, 2026
Rep. Hall asked for an explanation of how the assessment works.
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Thank you, Mr. Chair. Um, so I'm just trying to understand it a little bit better. Um, so when you say that we can assess the, so can you just explain to me how it works? Let's just do that. Thank, Thank you. And maybe for the whole committee too.
S.B. 305 Hospital Quality Incentive Amendments · House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee · Mar 3, 2026
Rep. Hall asked what hospitals received before and what the tax rate was.
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Yes. And so what were you getting before this year? Like what were you, what were you, what was the tax rate on Same thing, just on a larger scale. So what was our total amount? What was the total amount and what was the tax rate?
S.B. 305 Hospital Quality Incentive Amendments · House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee · Mar 3, 2026
Rep. Hall said her understanding is that the federal maximum under the federal bill was about 6 percent.
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Okay. So 'cause my understanding is that the, in the big beautiful bill, like the max was like 6%. Right. Good point. And we weren't near that.
S.B. 305 Hospital Quality Incentive Amendments · House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee · Mar 3, 2026
Rep. Hall asked whether the state is already near 3.5 percent and whether raising the assessment conflicts with the federal reduction.
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So I guess my question is if we're at 3.5% right now, and if the big beautiful bill is trying to get everybody down to three point half percent, but we're gonna raise it now.
S.B. 305 Hospital Quality Incentive Amendments · House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee · Mar 3, 2026
Rep. Hall said the topic is complicated and offered to meet with Gessel after the session.
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Okay. Okay. And I know this is complicated and I'll be happy to, 'cause you're, you're, you'll be very involved in this. We'll be happy maybe after the session to sit down with you specifically and walk through this with you. And, and I think the bill you're doing will show a lot of that as well. That, that you're doing with the ACOs. Yeah. Okay. Thank you. Thank you.
S.B. 305 Hospital Quality Incentive Amendments · House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee · Mar 3, 2026
Rep. Hall asked what it means that the quality programs are already in place.
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Um, I don't see any other questions, but I have a question, and I don't know if this is germane to the bill, but these quality programs are already in place. What is, what, what does that mean? Quality program and then, uh, adopting rules
S.B. 305 Hospital Quality Incentive Amendments · House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee · Mar 3, 2026
Rep. Hall said she would be a hesitant no in committee because the bill came out late and she wants more time, though she may vote yes on the floor.
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Thank you. Thank you. Um, and, and I appreciate that motion. I'm, I'm probably gonna be a hesitant no on this, right? For now. That doesn't mean I will be on the floor. I just want where it's come out so late and I feel like I haven't had gotten a really great grasp on it. I just wanna take some more time and I'll probably be a yes on the floor, but I, I just wanted to explain my vote.
H.B. 566 Health Care Transparency Amendments · Senate Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee · Mar 3, 2026
Presents HB 566, which asks the Department of Health and Human Services to create a dashboard of managed care organization spending data, after removing audit and actuarial provisions from earlier versions.
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Thank you Chair Harper. Thank you Committee for having me. Um, HB 5 66. Uh, and I do have a sub that needs to be adopted as well. Okay. I think it's, is it three? Three? Thank you. Um, so what this does, um, Medicaid plays a major role in the nation's healthcare system representing almost one out of every $5 spent on healthcare in the United States. Managed care is contrasted with fee for service as a method for reimbursing healthcare services. So fee for services is a provider delivers a service, submits a claim, and then DHHS would pay that claim. Managed care programs or Medicaid programs that contract with an MCO or managed care organization to manage …
H.B. 566 Health Care Transparency Amendments · Senate Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee · Mar 3, 2026
Explains that the substitute moves the bill's dates to the end of the year so DHHS has more time to collect the data.
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Okay. Thank you. Um, the substituted bill. So basically we just changed some of the dates because DHHS was like, we can't get it done by July, let's move it. So we moved it to the end of the year. Give them extra time. Um, I think that was the big change. What was the other change? Um, I think that was the major change, just making sure that they had enough time to collect the data. Alright.
H.B. 596 Homelessness Amendments · House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee · Mar 2, 2026
Asked the sponsor what he expects the fiscal note to be under the new substitute.
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Oh, sorry. I gotta push the button. It's alright. Thank you, Mr. Chair. And, and I just, I can, I know I came in late, but I just wanted to see if the sponsor could ask, ask, answer a question about the, what he expects the fiscal note to be with the new sub
H.B. 527 Pharmacy Pricing Amendments · Senate Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee · Mar 2, 2026
Hall introduced HB 527, which adds transparency and accountability requirements for pharmacy benefit managers, and introduced Sheldon Birch to explain the issue.
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Thank you. Thank you. Chair Juab. Thank you. Committee for, Ooh, I like that. Thank you for hearing us this. Um, okay, so HB 5 27. I'm gonna give, try and give a little bit of background and then I'm gonna have, um, uh, Sheldon Birch, um, kind of help explain what's been going on with, um, these pharmacy benefit managers. So this bill addresses pharmacy benefit managers and provides more transparency and accountability for those PBMs. For those who may not be aware, PBMs are kind of the middleman between pharmacies and health insurance plans. PBMs negotiate with drug companies and set the pharmacy reimbursement levels for prescription drugs. And in Utah, we have an appeals process that pharmacy …
H.B. 527 Pharmacy Pricing Amendments · Senate Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee · Mar 2, 2026
Hall said the sponsors are discussing possible adjustments to fees with the Senate sponsor in response to the cost concern.
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May I address some of the comments? Yes, thank you. I, I agree with you and, and I get that that is an issue. Um, we should this pass this committee, there are a couple of things that we've talked about with the Senate sponsor in, in trying to, um, adjust that. That might be one of them that we look at, um, the, the fees. And then there was another thing that we were gonna look at as well. So I just wanted to, it's not lost on me, but we understand. We get that. Yeah. Thank you. Thank you.
H.B. 527 Pharmacy Pricing Amendments · Senate Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee · Mar 2, 2026
Hall said she has been working with the Senate sponsor on a solution for the cost issue and sees room in the budget to address it.
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Yeah, we, I've been talking with a Senate sponsor on trying to figure out something in that regard. I think there is a, there is room in the budget that you could probably find that I, um, I have a lot of confidence in your floor sponsor, Senator Vickers. And, uh, so I'd hope to see that change,
H.B. 527 Pharmacy Pricing Amendments · Senate Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee · Mar 2, 2026
Hall said she is working with the Senate sponsor on the cost issue, disputed that the market is free, and asked for a favorable vote.
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Yeah, I'll be brief. I know we're short on time. We all need to get to the floor, but, um, I, I appreciate the comments, uh, very much. Uh, I am working with the Senate sponsor to address those, that issue in specific. Um, I do think you will see it different when it comes to your floor, if it comes to your floor. Um, I just wanna, there was some comments made about, this is the free market. This isn't the free market. This isn't the free market. I do believe that this bill tries is an attempt to try to get us there a little bit more, but nothing in the healthcare system is free market right now. …
H.B. 293 Public Education Student Athlete Protections · House floor debate (day 41) · Mar 2, 2026
Says the Senate changes removed the word "consecutive" and changed the required reporting to a written report sent to the Education Committee and a general oversight committee instead of Rules.
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Yes. So, um, all we did, all they did was took out the word consecutive and changed the reporting to a written report to be, um, given to the Education Committee instead of rules. And, um, general oversight committee.
H.B. 380 Hospital Workplace Violence Reporting Requirements · House floor debate (day 41) · Mar 2, 2026
Said the Senate amendments removed a sunset extension date on the enhancements.
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Yes. Um, all that happened was we took out this Sunset extension date on the enhancements.
H.B. 36 Gold Medal Schools Pilot Program · Senate Education Committee · Feb 27, 2026
Presents HB 36 Gold Medal Schools Pilot Program, a five-year pilot for rural elementary schools to promote physical activity and healthy eating, administered by USBE and funded by Rural Health Transformation Program funds, with administrative costs capped at 6.25%.
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and she's going to discuss Gold Middle School's pilot program. Thank you Madam Chair. And my, my intern has a quick handout if that's okay? Yes. Thank you. All Right. Thank you. All right. So we, we talked about this, I talked about this bill briefly last week when I presented HCR 11. Um, but this one is gold medal schools. So you all know how passionate I am about health and wellness and how I know, and we all know that it only helps not only with physical health, but mental health of our, of our children. Of all of us, right? So last year I had this bill and I started it, but I pulled it back because …
H.B. 51 Adoption Amendments · House floor debate (day 38) · Feb 27, 2026
Hall said the amendments clarify the child placing agency and consortium provisions so they apply to private child placing agencies.
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You Mr. Speaker. Motion to concur with the Senate. That motion is in order. Would you like to speak to it? Um, yes. These are, these are just clarifications that we made around a child placing agency and the consortium, just making sure that it applies to private child placing agencies.
H.B. 293 Public Education Student Athlete Protections · Senate floor debate (day 38) · Feb 27, 2026
Explains that the bill drops the earlier hour requirements and the 12-week and 8-week moratoriums, sets one six-week total moratorium that the high school athletic association can split as it chooses, affirms existing holiday moratoriums, and allows rural-school flexibility and non-sport-specific conditioning during moratoriums.
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I think it'll be, uh, easier maybe to tell you again what this doesn't do. Um, in previous versions of the bill, there was requirements on hours and, um, there was also started out at 12 weeks and eight weeks moratorium. It doesn't do either of those of particular items that were of great concern. In addition to that, the six weeks total that is requiring on moratorium is six weeks total. It's not in addition to it's six weeks. And we struck in the word consecutive. So Utah High School Athletic Association can take that six weeks, work with the local districts and, and the local sports and decide what's best for those sports, um, on how to split …
H.B. 527 Pharmacy Pricing Amendments · House floor debate (day 38) · Feb 27, 2026
Hall says the substitute adds clarifying language to earlier work on the bill.
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Um, yes. This is just some more clarification that we, we added on something we were working on before.
H.B. 527 Pharmacy Pricing Amendments · House floor debate (day 38) · Feb 27, 2026
Hall presents H.B. 527, which adds transparency and appeal requirements for pharmacy benefit managers, including appeal contact information, price list disclosure, and insurance commissioner enforcement, and says some parties still object but it reflects a compromise.
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Thank you Mr. Speaker Pro tem. This bill addresses pharmacy benefit managers and provide, provides more transparency and accountability for PBMs. For those who are not aware, PBMs are kind of the middleman between pharmacies and insurance plans. They negotiate with drug companies and set the reimbursement levels for prescription drugs. In Utah, we have an appeals process that a pharmacy can, if they feel like the reimbursement is reimbursement is not fair, they can, they can file an appeal. However, the appeals process is controlled almost exclusively by the PBM. So in other words, the company that sets the reimbursement price also gets to be the judge and jury on whether or not that reimbursement is fair. So what's …
H.B. 527 Pharmacy Pricing Amendments · House floor debate (day 38) · Feb 27, 2026
Presents H.B. 527, which adds PBM transparency and appeals changes, including appeal contact information, price list disclosure, a price-based appeal standard, and insurance commissioner enforcement, and asks for support.
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Thank you Mr. Speaker Pro tem. This bill addresses pharmacy benefit managers and provide, provides more transparency and accountability for PBMs. For those who are not aware, PBMs are kind of the middleman between pharmacies and insurance plans. They negotiate with drug companies and set the reimbursement levels for prescription drugs. In Utah, we have an appeals process that a pharmacy can, if they feel like the reimbursement is reimbursement is not fair, they can, they can file an appeal. However, the appeals process is controlled almost exclusively by the PBM. So in other words, the company that sets the reimbursement price also gets to be the judge and jury on whether or not that reimbursement is fair. So what's …
H.B. 566 Health Care Transparency Amendments · House floor debate (day 38) · Feb 27, 2026
Hall says the substitute reflects a lot of compromise and that she will speak to it with the bill.
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Um, yes. This, this substitute represents, um, a lot of compromise and I'll speak to it when I speak to the bill.
H.B. 566 Health Care Transparency Amendments · House floor debate (day 38) · Feb 27, 2026
Says the substitute reflects a lot of compromise and that she will speak to it along with the bill.
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Um, yes. This, this substitute represents, um, a lot of compromise and I'll speak to it when I speak to the bill.
H.B. 566 Health Care Transparency Amendments · House floor debate (day 38) · Feb 27, 2026
Hall says the bill asks DHHS to consolidate data that managed care organizations already report into a dashboard on Medicaid spending, starting with managed care, and that auditing and actuarial requirements were removed for now.
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Thank you Mr. Speaker. Um, colleagues, Medicaid plays a major role in the nation's healthcare system representing almost one out of every $5 spent. Managed care is a a way that we do, um, Medicaid in this state. Um, about 11% of our residents are on Medicaid and managed care for that Medicaid represents between 75 and 80% of how it's done. So this, um, and it's been that way, it's been in place since 1982. We've had managed care organizations. What we haven't really had is, um, kind of a consolidation of the totals of what is spent, um, how many people are seeing all these kind of things. And so what this bill attempts to do is, is, …
H.B. 566 Health Care Transparency Amendments · House floor debate (day 38) · Feb 27, 2026
Explains that the bill asks DHHS to consolidate data already reported by managed care organizations into a dashboard on Medicaid spending, starting with managed care, and that auditing and actuarial requirements were removed for now; offers to take questions.
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Thank you Mr. Speaker. Um, colleagues, Medicaid plays a major role in the nation's healthcare system representing almost one out of every $5 spent. Managed care is a a way that we do, um, Medicaid in this state. Um, about 11% of our residents are on Medicaid and managed care for that Medicaid represents between 75 and 80% of how it's done. So this, um, and it's been that way, it's been in place since 1982. We've had managed care organizations. What we haven't really had is, um, kind of a consolidation of the totals of what is spent, um, how many people are seeing all these kind of things. And so what this bill attempts to do is, is, …
H.B. 476 Insanity Defense Amendments · House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee · Feb 25, 2026
Supports the motion and notes a bill in Health and Human Services that addresses state hospital beds.
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Thank you Mr. Chair. I, I support this motion as well. We did have a bill last night in Health and Human Services that, that talks about, um, expanding those beds in the, in the state hospital. And it really does need to be studied. We, we do need to start putting money towards that. And so I wholeheartedly support this motion. Thank you.
H.B. 527 Pharmacy Pricing Amendments · House Health and Human Services Committee · Feb 24, 2026
Introduced HB 527 to add transparency and appeal requirements for pharmacy benefit managers' maximum allowable cost lists and to add penalties for violations.
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All right. Thank you. Chair Monson. Thank you. Committee. Um, all right, so this is HB 5 27, and I'll be speaking to the first substitute. I'm Gonna pull that up. Alright. So this bill addresses pharmacy benefit managers. Um, we're seeing some issues with some of our independent pharmacies. And so this bill addresses some concerns raised by them. Um, PBM serves several functions. They negotiate rebates, price discounts with drug manufacturers, producing and adjust and adjudicating claims. Um, reimbursing pharmacies for drug dis dis drugs dispense to patients structuring pharmacy networks and designing drug benefit offerings. Um, so what this, the goals of this bill are to create greater transparency for PBMs and pharmacies related to PBMs use …
H.B. 527 Pharmacy Pricing Amendments · House Health and Human Services Committee · Feb 24, 2026
Said the stakeholder process was productive and that the appeal approval rate needs to change.
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Thank you. I I appreciate all the testimony and I appreciate the, the conversations that have been had. I think when we put everybody in the room together, I think that was the first time they'd spoken. So I think we're onto something good. We, we might have like another couple little things to, to work through, but I think if all of the PBMs were like the select health here where they only had 55 out of how many thousand claims we wouldn't be here. But when you're, when you have 2000, uh, claims that are denied and your claim rate is 0.05% for approval, um, on these, on these, um, denials, um, something needs to change. So I'd …
H.B. 566 Health Care Transparency Amendments · House Health and Human Services Committee · Feb 24, 2026
Introduces H.B. 566 as a bill to set transparency requirements for Utah's Medicaid managed care organizations and introduces Niklas Kleinworth to explain it.
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You, Mr. Chair. So HB 56, um, and I'll be speaking to the first substitute. It's, it's Healthcare Transparency Amendments. And this, this bill really is about transparency. So Medicaid plays a major role in the healthcare of our nation, um, representing almost $1 of out of every five spent on healthcare in the United States. Managed care is, is contracted with contrasted with fee for service as a method for reimbursing. Um, about 11% of Utahans are enrolled in Medicaid, and about 80 plus percent are on this managed care, um, managed care organization, manage for the management. And then the rest is the fee for service. Um, so the goals, um, the goal of managed care was that, …
H.B. 566 Health Care Transparency Amendments · House Health and Human Services Committee · Feb 24, 2026
Says a Senate bill addressing the Office of Inspector General may make parts of this section unnecessary and that the language is still being worked on.
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I do know that there's a bill coming through the, the Senate that's actually addressing the OIG, um, which might be helpful in this case. And some of this section may not even be needed. Well, we're still kind of using, we're still kind of working through that and parsing through that. Okay.
H.B. 566 Health Care Transparency Amendments · House Health and Human Services Committee · Feb 24, 2026
Cites an Office of Inspector General report on overpayments and says combining the data in one place would help transparency.
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Agreed. Agreed. And, and it's interesting. Thank you, Mr. Chair. And it's interesting that you brought that up because there was just a report on that, um, from the OIG about overpayments in, in the, um, and I'm blanking on the, what it's, anyway, it was like $101 million, um, that were paid, uh, two MCOs of people that were maybe covered in other states at the same time as they were covered here. So those are, those are things, all this information is things that we're, we just think that aggregate of all the data in one place is gonna be helpful for that transparency.
H.B. 566 Health Care Transparency Amendments · House Health and Human Services Committee · Feb 24, 2026
Says much of the requested information is already provided to the state, so the cost should be limited, and that fiscal issues are still being addressed.
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Well, a lot of the information that, that we're asking for, they already provide. They say they already provide, but, um, it's not, it's not condensed into totals of what, what's going on the totals of things that we're asking for. So they're already providing all this information. Um, so there shouldn't be too big of a cost on, on that portion of it, on the audit auditing and, and the other things there may be. And like I said, we are still kind of working on that and, and we'll hopefully address some of those fiscal, um, issues. Thanks.
H.B. 566 Health Care Transparency Amendments · House Health and Human Services Committee · Feb 24, 2026
Says the substitute incorporates changes made in earlier meetings and that more changes will follow.
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Yes. That incorporates some of the changes that we already made as we met together. And there will be more
S.B. 158 Recreational Therapy Program Amendments · House Health and Human Services Committee · Feb 24, 2026
Asked what kinds of specialized staff work at Camp K and how many, and said Camp K has nurses, some of them retired volunteers, to handle patients' medical needs.
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Thank you Mr. Chair. I, I, you actually answered my question. I think what kind of specialized people are are working there and about how many? So they have a nursing station. I know it's manned, I think 24 7. And I, I do believe a lot of their nurses are actually retired and volun volunteer their time. Uh, but I I, I know that every one of their patients has like a specialized re regime where they have to, they have all their medications and sometimes they're receiving shots. A lot of them have seizures on a regular basis. So I know that they have to have people. And you would know more about nursing than I would, uh, …
S.B. 158 Recreational Therapy Program Amendments · House Health and Human Services Committee · Feb 24, 2026
Said she has not visited Camp K yet and asked whether it is a residential facility.
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And, and I guess I ha I haven't been out there yet. I wanna go. Is it, is it a living facility
H.B. 293 Public Education Student Athlete Protections · Senate Education Committee · Feb 24, 2026
Confirms there is an amendment online from the Senate sponsor.
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Thank you. Mr. Chair. Yes, there is an amendment online from my Senate, um, sponsor.
H.B. 293 Public Education Student Athlete Protections · Senate Education Committee · Feb 24, 2026
Presents the bill, describing a survey of coaches and families, the proposed sports-specific and summer moratorium weeks, the removal of practice hours, and the amendment.
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Thank you, Mr. Chair. Um, so I'll speak to the amendment, I guess when I just, when I get to the bill, but I just wanted to go over quickly. Let me find my notes. I just wanna go over the background of where this bill came from. So this bill, um, started almost a year ago when I heard from my old AD in, um, when I coached tennis in high school at Bonneville. Um, my old, my ad the athletic director, um, he is there as well now. And he came to me with concerns regarding hiring and retaining coaches demands of time placed on athletes, overuse injuries, constraints on family time for both coaches and families, all …
H.B. 293 Public Education Student Athlete Protections · Senate Education Committee · Feb 24, 2026
Asks the audience to welcome the Snow College students in the back of the room.
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In the back, I'm gonna have some students stand up from Snow College. My, my son is part of their presidential leadership team, and he's here with a group of students from Snow. I, I'm gonna take off with them. I've gotta go to another meeting, but I, I wanted to recognize them. They're here all day long. It's Snow Day on the hill. That's where I, where I have a bright, bright orange tie. But if you, if you could all welcome them, that would be great. Thank you.
H.C.R. 11 Resolution Urging Healthy Activities in Schools · Senate Education Committee · Feb 24, 2026
Presented H.C.R. 11, a resolution urging healthy activities in schools, and said it signals federal commitment to exercise, fitness and nutrition alongside the Gold Medal Schools program funded by Rural Health Transformation money.
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Thank you. Um, so this resolution accomplishes a few things. I, I wanted to present it with my other bil, the Gold Medal Schools, and I think you'll probably hear that hopefully tomorrow or the next, or the next time you're in committee. Um, but, so I'll just do this one by itself, but it does somewhat go along with that. Um, so accomplishes a few things. Um, most importantly, this is a signal to the federal government of our commitment to helping get America healthy again by prioritizing exercise, fitness and nutrition in our schools. It also goes along with a commitment that we made when we applied for the Rural Health Transformation Program Funds. Utah was awarded 195 …
H.C.R. 11 Resolution Urging Healthy Activities in Schools · Senate Education Committee · Feb 24, 2026
Said the 60-minute activity goal can include recess and movement during the day and is not a required curriculum change.
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Yeah, so I, when it says 60 minutes of physical activity, that's, that's just like recess can count towards that. Um, getting up and, you know, just moving throughout the day, getting up and stretching, walking through the halls. It just means activity. It's not saying we need to have, you need to have 60 minutes of exercise in the curriculum. That's not what, that's not what this is saying. It's just saying prioritizing movement for kids and not just sitting at desks all day.
H.C.R. 11 Resolution Urging Healthy Activities in Schools · Senate Education Committee · Feb 24, 2026
Said some bills are working toward school food goals, though she is not running them, and that the resolution signals priorities to the federal government.
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I get that. I get that. And I think there are bills that are working towards that. Um, I, not, not any that I'm running. Um, as I talked with USB about this, they, they said, we're doing a lot, we're doing all of these things already. So it's kind of, we're just, again, this is that signal to the federal government that we are prioritizing these things in our schools, even though we're already, like, uh, going on a field trip.
H.C.R. 11 Resolution Urging Healthy Activities in Schools · Senate Education Committee · Feb 24, 2026
Said Utah is a good example on these practices and that the resolution goes along with the rural health funds. · speaker not certain
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Yeah. And so I think it's great. We're a good example for the rest of the country, I think, on these things already being done. Mm-hmm. But again, this is just, it kind of goes along with those rural health transformation funds that we're trying to just support signal about getting,
H.C.R. 11 Resolution Urging Healthy Activities in Schools · Senate Education Committee · Feb 24, 2026
Explained that the Rural Health Transformation funds include $3 million earmarked for Gold Medal Schools, which is in her other bill.
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Yes. So the, the Rural Health Transformation Funds that is, was in the big beautiful bill. So we, this year again, we've gotten approved for 195 million and they've earmarked $3 million of that for the, basically the gold medal schools program. That is in my other bill.
H.C.R. 11 Resolution Urging Healthy Activities in Schools · Senate Education Committee · Feb 24, 2026
Said the other bill is fully federally funded with no state funds and that more would be discussed later.
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That other bill. Yeah, the other bill is fully federal funded, no state funds. But we'll, we'll talk more about that tomorrow, but thank you. Anyway. Yeah.
H.B. 380 Hospital Workplace Violence Reporting Requirements · Senate Business and Labor Committee · Feb 24, 2026
Presented HB 380 to extend the enhanced penalties for workplace violence against health care workers to 2032 and to have hospitals report workplace violence data to DHHS.
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Thank you Mr. Chair. Thank you for having me. Um, so this bill was brought to me by some nurses, um, who are worried about the hospital workplace violence, um, that we see that we've seen kind of, um, ramp up over the last few years. Um, there has been some enhancements made, um, for workplace violence. Um, if you, if you have, uh, you know, a threat, um, against employee or healthcare facility. And those enhancements, uh, are repealed in 2027 January. So one thing this does is set that repeal date, extend the Sunset to 2032. Um, but, but more importantly, what the bill does is asks for, um, reporting in, um, the reporting of workplace violence to …
H.B. 380 Hospital Workplace Violence Reporting Requirements · Senate Business and Labor Committee · Feb 24, 2026
Confirmed the bill extends an existing enhancement and said the committee could review the data in coming years.
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Yep. Just extending that enhancement. And, and so we can look at, um, hopefully we'll get some of this data and see, you know, in, in the next few years. Do we need to have that enhancement? Do we need to do something with that as well?
H.B. 380 Hospital Workplace Violence Reporting Requirements · Senate Business and Labor Committee · Feb 24, 2026
Searched for the enhancement language and explained it was put in place in 2024 and the extension runs to 2032.
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Oh, goodness. Now you're, I'm trying to find it. Yeah, there's too much. I'm looking at the bill. Just on the bottom is talking about subsection and it doesn't gimme an opportunity to link that. Well, maybe, let's see. Um, yeah, so this was put in place in 24 And it, it Uintah 2027. Now we're extended to 2032. And I just can't find the, the handsome's not in the bill. Yeah, If, if you hit the link, I found the, if, if you hit the link right there on, in that section, it'll pull up the enhancement.
H.B. 380 Hospital Workplace Violence Reporting Requirements · Senate Business and Labor Committee · Feb 24, 2026
Read the subsection describing the enhanced penalty for assault or threat against health care workers.
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Um, well, if I'm reading this right, there's two, there's A and B. So maybe let me, let me give some, if it wouldn't, if it's okay, Ronan. Okay, hang on a second. We will. Sorry. Should have had that pulled up. No, it's a little confusing how, where to go to get it. Um, yeah, so the violation, if I'm looking here, subsection two. So, um, on subsection two, an actor commits assault or threat of violence against a healthcare provider. Emergency medical service worker. If the actor is not a prisoner, deny then goes through some criteria. An actor commits assault or threat of violence against a healthcare, a health facility employee. If then goes through some criteria, …
H.B. 380 Hospital Workplace Violence Reporting Requirements · Senate Business and Labor Committee · Feb 24, 2026
Said the enhancement was already in place and the bill does not add to it, and noted the subsection references are hard to read. · speaker not certain
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That was our, that was something that Was already there. Yeah. There, it's Juab. It's a little, it's a little hard to read as you just experienced. Yeah, it is actually. Because anytime you just references subsection, you gotta click the subsection and figure it out and then, then you gotta figure that one out.
H.B. 380 Hospital Workplace Violence Reporting Requirements · Senate Business and Labor Committee · Feb 24, 2026
Said the main purpose of the bill is data collection to determine whether the enhancement is still needed.
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And, and like she said, that is the, the main port part of the bill is that data collection. So we can see, do we, do we even need to have the enhancements anymore? And if, if making a different, um, date on that enhan, uh, on the Sunset makes sense.
H.B. 553 Dog Attack Amendments · House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee · Feb 23, 2026
Asks why it takes four years to know whether an injury from a dog bite occurred.
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Thank you, Mr. Chair. Um, yeah, I guess, I guess I'm trying to figure out too, why does it really take four years to know if there was an injury from a dog bite? I'm, I'm like, I'm really struggling with that. Um, can,
H.B. 36 Gold Medal Schools Pilot Program · House floor debate (day 31) · Feb 20, 2026
Explains the bill directs USBE to create a five-year pilot program promoting healthy habits, physical activity and nutrition in participating rural elementary schools, funded through the Rural Health Transformation Fund and tied to the Olympics, with a hope to expand to all schools over time.
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'm really excited about this bill. Um, what the bill does is it's going to have USBE develop a program that will promote healthy lifestyle choices, improve physical education and activity, and promote healthy eating habits and nutrition in some of our rural, uh, elementary schools. The bill or the, this will be a five year pilot program for rural elementary schools that elect to participate in it. They will qualify to receive some funds each year for five years that they participate and meet the qualifications. The program will have eligibility guidelines, but the beauty of it is every school will have their own way to accomplish the goals. Um, this, this particular bill is …
H.B. 36 Gold Medal Schools Pilot Program · House floor debate (day 31) · Feb 20, 2026
Thanks colleagues for their support and expresses hope the program will lead to similar programs in all schools, with a light remark about school lunches.
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You, Mr. Speaker. I'm so grateful for the enthusiastic support. Um, I think this is gonna be an awesome launching point for getting this into all the schools, and I'm excited for the, the, the Rural Health Transformation funds that are helping make this happen, especially for our rural schools right now. Even if it does mean there might not be any white bread in schools after this. All right, that's my summation. Thank you.
H.B. 343 Nursing Care Facility Program Amendments · Senate Health and Human Services Committee · Feb 19, 2026
Apologizes for not leaving the microphones alone as Senator Vickers had asked previously.
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Hi. I'm so sorry. I, I know I have all mics that I should leave. I, Senator Vickers had asked me to do that last time. I'm Not trying to trap you. I'm just like lazy. Okay.
H.B. 51 Adoption Amendments · Senate Health and Human Services Committee · Feb 19, 2026
Presented HB 51, describing constituent concerns, adoption data, the proposed consortium, consent revocation, payment limits, the 36-week travel restriction, and hospital notice requirements.
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Oh, there it is. Alright, perfect. Okay. Oh, Let's see. How do I make it go big? Um, is it slideshow? Oh, slideshow. Yay. Okay, cool. All right. Okay. Thank you Mr. Chair. Thanks for having me. Sorry, I'm doing too many things at once today. Um, so this committee didn't hear the backstory on, on this bill, and so I thought I'd just do a, a quick little refresher. My, so I had a constituent who reached out, um, last fall, right? Or last spring, right after the, the session, and said that she was noticing an inordinate amount of adoptions happening at her place of employment. Um, she said they normally have like eight, eight to 10 a …
H.B. 51 Adoption Amendments · Senate Health and Human Services Committee · Feb 19, 2026
Explained that the consortium would be placed under DHHS, with bylaws, quarterly meetings, and member fees.
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Yeah, so they, so there, there was a consortium within code, um, I believe, um, Senator Wilson had started something, but it didn't have any like, full structure. It was just kind of, there's a consortium of the adoption agencies together. Yeah. So this, um, many of the agencies felt that having one of the agencies over the consortium was not, um, going to be able to, to be able to, uh, manage everything that we've put in here. And so putting it under DHHS with, they'll have someone that, that will kind of run that. They'll develop some bylaws. They'll have quarterly meetings. I I believe we have in there, um, as quarterly meetings. And they'll have, um, it …
H.B. 51 Adoption Amendments · Senate Health and Human Services Committee · Feb 19, 2026
Said most agencies are already nonprofit and that about three to five would need to change or close.
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Um, it, the majority of them already are non, or already are non-profit. It, from what we could tell, there was maybe I think three to five that will have to, that we'll have to change, Change or disappear, whatever.
H.B. 51 Adoption Amendments · Senate Health and Human Services Committee · Feb 19, 2026
Said the disclosure requirement is for data collection on whether out-of-state Medicaid paid for care.
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or Arizona as an example? Yeah, I, I think it's more just the data collection, um, on, um, who is coming in and if they're, if they had Medicaid in their other state, are we then bringing them in and putting them on Medicaid in our state or did Medicaid from their state pay for it? So it's kind of has more to do with just getting that data collection simply. Yeah.
H.B. 51 Adoption Amendments · Senate Health and Human Services Committee · Feb 19, 2026
Thanked commenters and said her nursing experience with birth mothers motivates the bill, asking for an affirmative vote.
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You, Mr. Chair. I appreciate that. I appreciate all the comments and, and the people who commented this, this has been a labor of love. Um, I have spent most of my nursing career as a postpartum nurse and have had to take, have taken care of these birth moms that make this really brave choice to give away their baby to another family. And we owe it to them to, to provide the most ethical, um, loving adoptions that we can in Utah and have Utah be the best place for adoption. Um, and I think this bill really does, uh, strengthen adoptions in Utah. And so I'd ask for your, your affirmative vote. Thank you.
H.B. 495 Capital Felony Case Amendments · House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee · Feb 19, 2026
Asked how much keeping an inmate on death row for about 34 years costs taxpayers each year.
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Thank you, Mr. Chair. And thank you representative for all the work you've done on this. I know a lot of us have expressed concern in this area, and as you dive into things like this that maybe you've never dove into before, you learn a lot, I'm sure. And I'm sure you've, I can tell you've learned so much about this whole process. Um, I just had a quick question about, and maybe you covered it and I I didn't hear it, but it, it's, you, you have on the handout that it used to be only six years was kind of the average, and now we're at 34 years of an average on, on death row. How do …
S.B. 127 Pediatric Care Amendments · House floor debate (day 30) · Feb 19, 2026
Rep. Hall presents S.B. 127 on pediatric care and readiness standards, says it has no fiscal cost, and asks for a yes vote.
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Representative Hall. Thank you Mr. Speaker. So this bill would enact specific provisions to support pediatric care and readiness standards throughout the state by reinforcing core concepts of the National Pediatric Readiness Project. Um, this bill, um, would, sorry. Um, this bill is supported by the UHSA, the UHA and the DPS and EMS, and they will align with this process in place. The chil children are, are having unique health, sorry, I gotta read, I need my glasses. Children, children have unique health needs in emergencies and require specialized care. And we know that 80% of children who are ill or injured go to general hospitals, often the closest in their communities. And so we wanna make sure that …
S.B. 127 Pediatric Care Amendments · House floor debate (day 30) · Feb 19, 2026
Rep. Hall says the bill addresses the unique needs of children in trauma and asks for a yes vote.
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This, this does address the unique needs of children in, in trauma, and I'd appreciate your vote. Thank you.
S.B. 191 Tow Yard Amendments · House floor debate (day 29) · Feb 18, 2026
Moves to circle the second substitute to S.B. 191; the motion is recognized by the presiding officer.
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Motion. Thank you Mr. Speaker. Motion to circle. Thank You. Representative Hall, representative Tom Peterson on the motion to circle. That sounds great. Thank you.
S.B. 191 Tow Yard Amendments · House floor debate (day 29) · Feb 18, 2026
Moves to circle the second substitute to S.B. 191.
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Motion. Thank you Mr. Speaker. Motion to circle. Thank You. Representative Hall, representative Tom Peterson on the motion to circle. That sounds great. Thank you.
S.B. 50 Anesthesia Dosage Amendments · House floor debate (day 29) · Feb 18, 2026
Presents SB 50, which would require health insurance plans to cover medically necessary anesthesia services without denying payment solely based on preset time limits, and notes it has a zero fiscal note and unanimous committee support.
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Thank you Mr. Speaker. This bill would require health insurance plans in Utah to cover medically necessary anesthesia services for, for procedures they already cover without denying payments solely based on preset time limits. What this does is it protects patients from being rushed through procedures and allows physicians and an anesthesiologists to make decisions based on medical need and based on what they know is the best care. Um, this has a zero fiscal note and, uh, unanimous support. And that's the bill. Thanks.
H.B. 380 Hospital Workplace Violence Reporting Requirements · House floor debate (day 29) · Feb 18, 2026
Presents HB 380, which would require hospitals to develop a workplace violence incident reporting system, report the numbers to the department annually, and extend the sunset on earlier enhancements.
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Um, HB three 80. All this does is says that hospitals need to develop a, a workplace violence reporting system. Most of our hospitals do already have these, um, things where they collect it. We're just saying they need to develop a, um, incident reporting, uh, system, and that they also need to, to, uh, report the, the numbers to the department annually. Um, we are seeing a rise in workplace violence, and so we feel like if we can consolidate those numbers and see is it really on the rise? Is it decreasing? Is there things that we need to do to help decrease workplace violence in the healthcare space? Um, this, this bill will …
H.B. 380 Hospital Workplace Violence Reporting Requirements · House floor debate (day 29) · Feb 18, 2026
Says the amendment is a friendly amendment.
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Sorry. Um, that's a friendly amendment. Just trying to remember. Yes, that's the friendly amendment.
H.B. 387 Kratom Modifications · House floor debate (day 29) · Feb 18, 2026
Spoke in support, citing rising deaths and addiction linked to kratom.
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I also rise in support of this bill. I wanna thank the good representative for her work in this area. We're seeing a lot more, um, issues with this product. Um, not only deaths but addiction problems that are happening in the state. And I think it's, it's a good time. We address that and this bill really moves the needle on that and I would encourage the body's support. Thank you.
H.B. 346 Sexual Abuse of a Child Amendments · House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee · Feb 17, 2026
Moved to pass HB 346 out of committee with a favorable recommendation.
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Thank you, Mr. Chair. Do we have any substitutes? No. All right. Then I would recommend that we pass forward with a favorable recommendation HB 3 46.
H.B. 56 Vehicle Registration Amendments · Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee · Feb 17, 2026
Introduces H.B. 56 substitute, which would let people cancel vehicle registration online and receive a prorated refund for unused months, with a $40 minimum and $5 retained by the DMV for administrative costs.
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Thank you, Mr. Chair and Committee. Uh, thank you for having me on this. Um, so this bill, what it would do is allow an individual to cancel their registration online and pro and receive a prorated refund for unused months of registration fees, uniform fees, um, et cetera. Um, there would have to be at least a minimum of $40, um, before they could do that. The DMV would also retain $5 of that to help pay for the, the administrative costs, the mailing and the, and the, um, the actual implementation. Um,
H.B. 56 Vehicle Registration Amendments · Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee · Feb 17, 2026
Explains that the Tax Commission would collect data for the first six months, that the bill keeps registration requirements unchanged, adds a $100 fine for driving a vehicle canceled on purpose, notes that neighboring states have refund or transfer policies, and says she is willing to adjust the fiscal note.
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Pardon? Do I mean the, the tech tax Commission, right? Yes. Yeah. Tax, sorry. Tax commission. Mm-hmm. Yes. Um, for the tax commission, uh, and it asks for, the other thing it does is ask for actual data amounts, um, to kind of track. So for the first six months that'll be in place, it asks for kind of some data of, you know, how many people are actually getting these refunds, how much is it actually costing the transportation fund. Um, just to make sure, you know, I know this has a big fiscal note, we don't wanna hit the transportation fund too much. Is there something we would need to adjust? Um, so while anyone can go online …
H.B. 56 Vehicle Registration Amendments · Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee · Feb 17, 2026
Says she supports the policy, cites a policy analysis estimate that about 75% of registrations could apply for a refund, and says the bill calls for evaluating the impact after six months.
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Yes, please. Thank you. Um, I appreciate that. I, I do think the policy is good. Um, and I, and I get that in the end it's a funding thing. Um, but I think it's, what's interesting to point out is $6 million is, um, we're double taxing people $6 million, um, in total. So I think that's very interesting. And when I've talked to the policy analysts, they said they took, they, they estimated that about 75% of car registration, car registrations would actually apply for this refund. Um, I don't think it would be that many. So I, I, I do think the fiscal note isn't quite that high, but that's why I kind of, that's why I …
H.B. 321 Inmate Medical Treatment Rates Amendments · House Health and Human Services Committee · Feb 17, 2026
Moved to pass the second substitute of H.B. 321 out favorably for a House floor vote.
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I'll make another motion. Motion to adopt, um, second substitute HB 3 21 Or favorably, Sorry. Motion to pass out favorably. Um, second substitute HB 3 21, um, for a house floor vote, The motion is in order. So the motion is that we favorably recommend house bill 3 21 as sub two, um, to the bill sponsor a waive to the committee, not anyone. Chair hall.
H.B. 321 Inmate Medical Treatment Rates Amendments · House Health and Human Services Committee · Feb 17, 2026
Thanked the sponsor for returning to the committee with the revised bill and said it seems like a common-sense place to be.
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Um, yeah, I just wanna thank the sponsor for actually for coming back doing the work, and this seems like a really good common sense place to be. And so I really appreciate that. Thank you.
H.C.R. 11 Resolution Urging Healthy Activities in Schools · House floor debate (day 28) · Feb 17, 2026
Says HCR 11 signals to the federal government that the state is prioritizing health, wellness, fitness, and nutrition in schools, to reinforce a commitment made with the Rural Health Transformation Funds application, and that after consulting drafters, a resolution is sufficient rather than a bill.
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Um, HCR 11 is a resolution that signals to the federal government that we are working towards prioritizing health, wellness, fitness, and nutrition in our schools. Uh, this is to help reinforce a commitment that we made, um, when we applied for the Rural Health Transformation Funds. Um, and there was a question as to whether or not we needed a resolution to this or to have it in a bill. And after talking with the drafters, they confirmed that the resolution suffices what we need to accomplish, um, to continue to receive those Rural Health Transformation funds and signal that commitment that we've made to health and wellness in our schools. So thank you.
H.B. 270 Healthcare Worker Post-Employment Amendments · House floor debate (day 28) · Feb 17, 2026
Explains that the bill eliminates non-compete clauses in healthcare worker contracts, lets workers tell patients where they will work, is not retroactive, and leaves cost-recovery terms like bonuses and relocation costs intact.
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you, Mr. Speaker. Um, so this bill, HB two 70, does two things. It eliminates non-compete clauses in healthcare worker contracts. And number two, it allows for healthcare employee to inform a patient or former patient of the healthcare workers current or future place of employment. Um, I wanna make it clear, this Bill does not eliminate the ability for an employer to put some other things in a contract to recoup costs for things such as sign on bonuses, education, relocation costs, those kind of things. We're not even dealing with that part of contracts. This is just post-employment also, it is not retroactive. Um, so this bill was brought to me by a group of family practice physicians …
H.B. 270 Healthcare Worker Post-Employment Amendments · House floor debate (day 28) · Feb 17, 2026
Gives closing summation, thanks colleagues and the presiding officer for support, notes little opposition, and asks for a yes vote.
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Thank you Mr. Speaker. I wanna thank everyone for the groundswell of support on this and, and as we've heard, yeah, we haven't had much, we haven't had any really pushback on, on what we're trying to accomplish here. And I actually wanna thank you Mr. Speaker for, for starting that a few years ago and, and starting the ball rolling. So with that, I would really appreciate a, a vote of support on this bill. Thank you.
H.B. 454 Public Assistance Fraud Amendments · House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee · Feb 13, 2026
Asked whether there was a substitute and moved to favorably recommend HB 454.
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Thank you, Mr. Chair, is there a sub or anything? Nope. Awesome. Okay. I would move that we favorably recommend HB 4 54 public assistance fraud amendments.
H.B. 454 Public Assistance Fraud Amendments · House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee · Feb 13, 2026
Said she agrees with the policy, noted fraud harms people who need assistance, and encouraged a favorable recommendation.
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Um, yeah, thank you. I, I agree with this, uh, policy. I think it's unfortunate when things like this happen. 'cause it ruins things for the people that actually really need it, right? Um, so I think this is really important and hopefully we'll deter that from happening, and that's why I encourage a favorable recommendation. Thanks. Okay.
H.B. 36 Gold Medal Schools Pilot Program · House Education Committee · Feb 12, 2026
Presented HB 36, which creates a five-year pilot program for elementary schools in rural counties to promote physical activity and healthy eating, funded by $3 million a year from federal rural health transformation funds with no state money, administered by the State Board of Education with administrative costs capped at 6.25%.
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Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thanks for having me again. Okay. I'm gonna go fast 'cause I know you have a big committee meeting, so hopefully I don't skip things. Um, so HB 36 Gold Medal Schools. Um, I think you all know how passionate I am about health and wellness and how it only helps with, not only helps with physical health, but helps with mental health. Um, so last year I had this bill, but it wasn't quite ready and the funding wasn't there, so I pulled it. Um, and this year we have a unique opportunity to get some excitement, first of all, going for the Olympics coming up, as well as an opportunity to get …
H.B. 36 Gold Medal Schools Pilot Program · House Education Committee · Feb 12, 2026
Confirmed she is speaking to the first substitute of the bill.
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Yes. Thank you. I am speaking to the First sub. Okay. I just wanted to make that clear for the members of the committee.
H.B. 36 Gold Medal Schools Pilot Program · House Education Committee · Feb 12, 2026
Described her own elementary school Pentathlon experience, expressed excitement about the bill's opportunity for schools, and asked for the committee's vote.
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Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'm super excited about this. I, when I was a kid in elementary school, our school had what was called the Pentathlon every year. And every year the kids looked forward to it 'cause they had five events and, and you would practice in your pe time to do this. And at the end of the year, they'd have a little competition and, and you'd get really excited. And that, I think, set me up for the rest of my life to be active and to, and to, to focus on health and wellness and, uh, trying to achieve, uh, achieve things. And so I think this is a really exciting, good, unique opportunity that, that …
H.C.R. 11 Resolution Urging Healthy Activities in Schools · House Education Committee · Feb 12, 2026
Presented HCR 11, which urges schools to encourage at least 60 minutes of daily activity, supports field trips, and leaves implementation to local districts and charter schools.
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Yes, I am House Concurrent resolution 11 resolution urging healthy Activities in schools. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Yes. So HCR 11, this will go along with the, the gold medal schools because that is, that is focused on our rural schools. But the goal is really to get this in all schools. So this is just a resolution, acknowledging the importance of regular physical activity and healthy eating for children and adolescents. And recognizing that our schools play a key role in shaping those lifelong habits, the resolution and urges schools to ensure students participate in at least 60 minutes of activity each day throughout pe, recess, classroom movement, extracurriculars. Um, it ensures elementary schools to, or encourages elementary schools …
H.C.R. 11 Resolution Urging Healthy Activities in Schools · House Education Committee · Feb 12, 2026
Said combining the bills was considered, that federal fitness award guidelines are not yet available, and that the resolution is meant to set state expectations for all schools.
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Um, yes. And we, we thought about doing that and we also thought about there is, you know, we know that the, the new administration is trying to push forward, um, the Presidential fitness award. And we talked about putting that in here possibly as well. But they don't have those guidelines yet. And so we're kind of setting those guidelines for the state of what we're kind of looking for, especially with the gold Medal schools and, and the, and those things. So yeah, we felt like it was important to kind of include this along with it. 'cause we would like to get this to all schools, not just the rural schools as the other bill does. And …
H.C.R. 11 Resolution Urging Healthy Activities in Schools · House Education Committee · Feb 12, 2026
Opposed holding the bill for now, saying it addresses a different rural pilot program, and said the sponsor is open to considering combining the bills later.
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Thank you. I, I'd probably resist that motion right now. Not that I'm wouldn't potentially look at that after it passes in before it's the floor, but I think in talking with the drafters, when we were kind of formulating it, it was more to separate because the one is just dealing with mostly rural, the rural, um, five year, um, pilot program. And this was a little different. So I would resist that motion for now, but I'm not opposed to looking at it.
H.C.R. 11 Resolution Urging Healthy Activities in Schools · House Education Committee · Feb 12, 2026
Agreed that the resolution signals to the administration that the state is working on these efforts and will use the funds wisely.
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To that? Yeah, that's, that's exactly right. And thank you for articulating that better than I was. But that's, that's exactly right. We're we wanna signal, especially those Rural Health Transformation funds, those are things that we had to say that we were working towards and putting towards, um, as a state. And so I think this is, yeah, you, you may call it a signaling bill, but it is signaling to the administration that, that we are working on this, keep giving us those funds. We, we want them, we're gonna use them wisely.
H.C.R. 11 Resolution Urging Healthy Activities in Schools · House Education Committee · Feb 12, 2026
Urged a favorable vote now, noting the sponsor remains open to combining the resolution with the other bill later.
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Thank you. I appreciate that. And again, I'm, I'm not opposed to still looking at putting the, the resolution in with the other one going forward, but I think it's better to get them both out now, um, just in case we, the drafters can't make that work. So I'd appreciate your vote. Thank
H.B. 72 Criminal Use of Cryptocurrency Amendments · House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee · Feb 11, 2026
Asks whether the bill covers only crypto ATMs rather than in-person bank teller transactions and is told it targets crypto ATMs.
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Thank you. And I came in late, so maybe I missed it, but are you just talking about ATMs? You're not talking about going into like a bank teller and No, like, going through that whole process. 'cause that's pretty rigorous already. Okay. This Is the crypto ATMs that we're really targeting. Okay.
H.B. 293 Public Education Student Athlete Protections · House floor debate (day 22) · Feb 10, 2026
Says she will explain the bill and that the changes were made with stakeholders.
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Uh, I will, when I explain the bill. Thank you. These are some changes that, that we worked on with stakeholders.
H.B. 293 Public Education Student Athlete Protections · House floor debate (day 22) · Feb 10, 2026
Says she will explain the bill and that the changes were worked out with stakeholders.
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Uh, I will, when I explain the bill. Thank you. These are some changes that, that we worked on with stakeholders.
H.B. 293 Public Education Student Athlete Protections · House floor debate (day 22) · Feb 10, 2026
Presents the bill, which followed a survey of athletes; it adds one summer moratorium week that can be sport-specific, extends sport-specific moratoriums from four to six weeks, and asks UHSAA to set and enforce statewide rules and report to the interim committee.
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. So this bill kind of came to me from a constituent who was also the athletic director when I coached tennis at Bonneville High School for 12 years. Um, he came to me with some concerns about not being able to keep coaches, um, having academic balance, letting kids get multi-sport participation, injury prevention and rest. All these concerns that he had regarding, um, our high school sports. And so we Uintah, um, the stakeholders and, uh, they said, maybe it's just your district that feels this way. And so what we did is we worked with house staff and we sent out a survey to all the athletes in Utah. Um, and we tried to …
H.B. 293 Public Education Student Athlete Protections · House floor debate (day 22) · Feb 10, 2026
Explains the bill after a statewide student-athlete survey: it adds one summer week of moratorium, which schools may apply by sport; it extends sport-specific moratoriums from four to six weeks; it asks the UHSAA to create and enforce a statewide penalty policy and report to the Education Interim Committee; and she says the UHSAA supports the changes.
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. So this bill kind of came to me from a constituent who was also the athletic director when I coached tennis at Bonneville High School for 12 years. Um, he came to me with some concerns about not being able to keep coaches, um, having academic balance, letting kids get multi-sport participation, injury prevention and rest. All these concerns that he had regarding, um, our high school sports. And so we Uintah, um, the stakeholders and, uh, they said, maybe it's just your district that feels this way. And so what we did is we worked with house staff and we sent out a survey to all the athletes in Utah. Um, and we tried to …
H.B. 293 Public Education Student Athlete Protections · House floor debate (day 22) · Feb 10, 2026
Says UHSAA can make allowances for rural areas and schools may choose a sport moratorium instead of a whole-school one.
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. So if you'll notice on lines, oh, sorry. Lines 45 to 46. We, we do allow the U-H-S-A-A to make allowances, um, to address needs in rural areas. So that would be up to UHSA to kind of address those needs. Um, and when I say down south, uh, the good representative from Cedar City had some concerns about some Cedar City games, um, being in a couple of weeks in the, in the summer. And so we've allowed it so that schools can pick, uh, to have a sport moratorium instead of the whole school.
H.B. 293 Public Education Student Athlete Protections · House floor debate (day 22) · Feb 10, 2026
Says the UHSAA can make allowances for rural areas and that schools can choose a sport-specific moratorium instead of a whole-school one.
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. So if you'll notice on lines, oh, sorry. Lines 45 to 46. We, we do allow the U-H-S-A-A to make allowances, um, to address needs in rural areas. So that would be up to UHSA to kind of address those needs. Um, and when I say down south, uh, the good representative from Cedar City had some concerns about some Cedar City games, um, being in a couple of weeks in the, in the summer. And so we've allowed it so that schools can pick, uh, to have a sport moratorium instead of the whole school.
H.B. 293 Public Education Student Athlete Protections · House floor debate (day 22) · Feb 10, 2026
Says the sport-specific moratorium applies to one sport, UHSAA will set the dates with coaches, and training is still allowed.
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Thank you for the, the clarification. Um, right now they have that, they have a four week sports specific. So what that means is, is say you played football, your sports season is those fall months. A sports specific moratorium would be for football. U-H-S-A-A is gonna work with all the, the football coaches and decide when those six weeks sports moratorium would be. So I don't know what, I don't know what football is right now, but say it's January to February, so it would be those six weeks. You're just not playing football. The, like, the team is not having like their team get togethers. That doesn't mean that again, that they can't do …
H.B. 293 Public Education Student Athlete Protections · House floor debate (day 22) · Feb 10, 2026
Explains that a sport-specific moratorium applies to one sport, with the UHSAA setting dates with coaches, and that athletes may still train and condition during it.
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Thank you for the, the clarification. Um, right now they have that, they have a four week sports specific. So what that means is, is say you played football, your sports season is those fall months. A sports specific moratorium would be for football. U-H-S-A-A is gonna work with all the, the football coaches and decide when those six weeks sports moratorium would be. So I don't know what, I don't know what football is right now, but say it's January to February, so it would be those six weeks. You're just not playing football. The, like, the team is not having like their team get togethers. That doesn't mean that again, that they can't do …
H.B. 293 Public Education Student Athlete Protections · House floor debate (day 22) · Feb 10, 2026
Confirms the timing varies by sport and says the goal is rest and injury prevention while athletes keep training.
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Yes, that's correct. Yep. So again, it's just adding two weeks onto that. Try and give a little extra time for rest from those sports specific movements that you might be doing within the sports. Again, trying to alleviate injuries and give that rest time, but that doesn't mean that you can't keep training in something else. And you should.
H.B. 293 Public Education Student Athlete Protections · House floor debate (day 22) · Feb 10, 2026
Confirms that moratoriums would vary by sport and says the bill is meant to reduce injuries and provide rest while encouraging other training.
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Yes, that's correct. Yep. So again, it's just adding two weeks onto that. Try and give a little extra time for rest from those sports specific movements that you might be doing within the sports. Again, trying to alleviate injuries and give that rest time, but that doesn't mean that you can't keep training in something else. And you should.
H.B. 293 Public Education Student Athlete Protections · House floor debate (day 22) · Feb 10, 2026
Says teams in the same region in different districts face different penalties, and the survey complaints were about inconsistent enforcement.
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Um, thank you for the question. I think what we're, what the issue is is you'll have, you'll have teams in a region that are in separate areas of the state. And so if you are not enforcing it equally across the state, you could have a team in a, in a district. It's enforced right now along the districts. And so if you have a team that's in the same region, but they're in different districts and say the penalty is you sit out a game in one district in the next district, it's gonna be a slap on the hand. That's, that's the complaints that we were hearing in the survey is that it's not equal across the …
H.B. 293 Public Education Student Athlete Protections · House floor debate (day 22) · Feb 10, 2026
Says uneven enforcement across districts was a common complaint in the survey and that equal enforcement statewide is intended.
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Um, thank you for the question. I think what we're, what the issue is is you'll have, you'll have teams in a region that are in separate areas of the state. And so if you are not enforcing it equally across the state, you could have a team in a, in a district. It's enforced right now along the districts. And so if you have a team that's in the same region, but they're in different districts and say the penalty is you sit out a game in one district in the next district, it's gonna be a slap on the hand. That's, that's the complaints that we were hearing in the survey is that it's not equal across the …
H.B. 293 Public Education Student Athlete Protections · House floor debate (day 22) · Feb 10, 2026
Gives closing remarks, saying the survey drew 8,300 responses and urging support for the bill.
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Um, I think a lot of times we, we hear up here that we don't listen to the people. I sent out a survey to an 8 8300 people responded. Um, I really think we need to listen. I think that this is a mild step, step approach to, to try to give those kids a little rest in time. I've been in those trenches, I've coached these kids, I know that they need this time. And, and quite frankly, this is about half of the time that we used to give when I first started coaching, um, in 2009, what used to be 12 weeks. And we're just asking for six. So anyway, I really …
H.B. 293 Public Education Student Athlete Protections · House floor debate (day 22) · Feb 10, 2026
Gives closing summation urging support, citing the survey response and the reduction from 12 weeks to six weeks of moratorium time.
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Um, I think a lot of times we, we hear up here that we don't listen to the people. I sent out a survey to an 8 8300 people responded. Um, I really think we need to listen. I think that this is a mild step, step approach to, to try to give those kids a little rest in time. I've been in those trenches, I've coached these kids, I know that they need this time. And, and quite frankly, this is about half of the time that we used to give when I first started coaching, um, in 2009, what used to be 12 weeks. And we're just asking for six. So anyway, I really …
H.B. 380 Hospital Workplace Violence Reporting Requirements · House Health and Human Services Committee · Feb 9, 2026
Presented HB 380 as a bill that would bring hospital workplace violence reporting together in one place and extend the enhanced-penalty sunset by five years, and introduced the nurse who brought it forward.
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Thank you, Mr. Chair. All right. This Bill Hospital Workplace Violence reporting requirements. This came to me from, um, a nurse who has noticed a lot more hospital violence against healthcare workers. And we, we know that hospitals track this, um, on their own. And this would be a bill that would kind of bring it all together and put it in one place. So we can see is this trend continuing upward? Is it flat lining? Is it, is it on the decline? Where are we at with it? Um, the other thing this bill would do is, um, extend the Sunset for, um, a few years ago they put in, um, an enhancement on workplace violence. And this …
H.B. 380 Hospital Workplace Violence Reporting Requirements · House Health and Human Services Committee · Feb 9, 2026
Said the bill is not the fault of hospitals or clinics, that nurses receive training, and that centralized data collection would help inform further steps; asked for a vote in favor.
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Thank you. That would be great. I'll just make a quick comment. Um, I, this in no way is saying that this is the fault of hospitals or clinics or any, anything. And, and Mr. Geel is right there is, we do have a societal issue with this right now. As nurses, we do get training on all of this. We do get training, we get training on how to diffuse situations and how, how to do our best. But sometimes those things still happen. And so I think this data collection all in one place is gonna really be able to help us inform what's going on and are there more things that we can do. So I'd appreciate …
H.B. 388 Public Health Hazard Amendments · House Health and Human Services Committee · Feb 9, 2026
Asks what it takes to clean a room.
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Um, just along those same lines, what, what does it take to clean a room? Like what, what would that entail?
H.B. 388 Public Health Hazard Amendments · House Health and Human Services Committee · Feb 9, 2026
Asks whether surfaces are tested for residue before cleaning or are all scrubbed after an arrest.
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So are the, are the surfaces that you're cleaning, are they tested first to see if there is residue there or is it just like, oh, there's a, an arrest made there and there was paraphernalia, so we're just gonna scrub everything? I think maybe that's what,
H.B. 56 Vehicle Registration Amendments · House floor debate (day 18) · Feb 6, 2026
Presents HB 56, which would let vehicle owners cancel registration online and receive a prorated refund of unused months, minus a $5 fee, with a $100 penalty for bad-faith use, and says surrounding states already have similar processes.
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Thank you Mr. Speaker. Um, HP 56 is vehicle registration amendments. This bill would allow an individual to cancel their registration, their car registration online and receive a prorated refund for any unused months of registration fees. Um, with a minimum refund of it has to be at least $40. So what this would do is if you say you register your car in February this month and in two months you sell your car to another uan, they register your car and you have to register a new car. The state has then collected 10 months of extra registration on the same car that you have already registered. So basically this would say you could go in online, show …
H.B. 56 Vehicle Registration Amendments · House floor debate (day 18) · Feb 6, 2026
Sums up that the bill is good tax policy, that Utah should join surrounding states, and that it would keep people from registering vehicles in other states.
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Thank you Mr. Speaker. Um, I think this is really good tax policy and um, it's again, like I said, it's time that we joined our surrounding states so that people don't go to other states to register their cars. Um, 'cause that we also have heard that as an issue. So thank you. I appreciate your support on this.
H.B. 188 Juvenile Justice Amendments · House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee · Feb 5, 2026
Asked whether the bill would begin collecting data.
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Thank you, Mr. Chair. So, is this bill going to start collecting some data then?
H.B. 270 Healthcare Worker Post-Employment Amendments · House Health and Human Services Committee · Feb 4, 2026
Presented HB 270 to limit post-employment non-compete agreements for healthcare workers and introduced Maryann Martindale to explain the background.
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All right. Thank you Mr. Chair. And thank you for committee for, for hearing this bill here. Um, amazingly, we, we were supposed to hear this in business and labor and their docket is so full and we've had some amazing, really good kind of consensus around this that is, was surprising honestly. Um, but it, it allowed us to kind of move it over here and still have the di the discussion over here a little sooner. So HB 70 or HB two 70, um, this issue regarding non-compete clauses in healthcare employment was brought to my attention by a family physician group, um, and Ms. Marianne Martindale here. Um, and, uh, so the, the issue was mostly from …
H.B. 270 Healthcare Worker Post-Employment Amendments · House Health and Human Services Committee · Feb 4, 2026
Summarized the bill's effects on patient access and continuity of care, noted it is not retroactive, and offered to take questions.
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So again, this supports patient access and continuity of care. It strengthens workforce flexibility at a time when healthcare staffing challenges are real. And it aligns with modern employment standards and fairness. And, and again, I wanna note that this is not retroactive. We're not going back into, into contracts that are already existing. Um, and it's just moving forward on non-competes. That doesn't mean that, as Marianne explained, it doesn't mean that a, that an employer couldn't have in their contract. You know, we, we paid such and such an amount for moving you out here and starting your practice. And it doesn't touch any of those things that they can make in their contract with themselves. Um, only …
H.B. 270 Healthcare Worker Post-Employment Amendments · House Health and Human Services Committee · Feb 4, 2026
Said the substitute fixed last-minute issues and asked the committee to adopt it.
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Thank you, Mr. Chair. Yeah. Sub two. Um, we had a, a good sub yesterday and some, we had some things that needed to be fixed last minute just now. And I'm pretty sure we got 'em all fixed. I've got the thumbs up from Austin, so, um, yes, let's move sub two. Thank you.
H.B. 270 Healthcare Worker Post-Employment Amendments · House Health and Human Services Committee · Feb 4, 2026
Urged members to vote for the bill, citing continuity of care and keeping healthcare providers in Utah.
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That is awesome. I would love it if you guys would all vote for this. I think, um, as a few people already mentioned, um, this protects all, all of our healthcare employees. It protects that continuity of care, it protects, um, he all of the healthcare spaces and keeping our physicians, our nurse practitioners, our mental health providers in the state of Utah where we want them. Um, I think I'm hopeful that other non-competes as well, passed through this, um, body as well. I think that now is the time. Somebody mentioned timing earlier, and I don't know why it's taken so long, but I think it's, I think the time is right to do this. So thank …
H.B. 270 Healthcare Worker Post-Employment Amendments · House Health and Human Services Committee · Feb 4, 2026
Expressed support for placing the bill on the consent calendar.
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Um, I think that would be amazing. I'm not sure how it's, in the past, it's been kind of a controversial thing, but this seems really like there's a, a wave to it, so I don't know. I'm, I'm for it. Yeah. Okay.
H.B. 51 Adoption Amendments · House floor debate (day 16) · Feb 4, 2026
Says the substitute responds to DCFS concerns by clarifying that the bill applies only to private adoption agencies and not to DCFS or the adoptions it handles.
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Yes. This addresses concerns that DCFS had with some of the, um, adoption agency definitions. So the drafter has clarified that the provisions in this bill apply only to the private adoption agencies and not to DCFS and the, and the adoptions that they deal with.
H.B. 51 Adoption Amendments · House floor debate (day 16) · Feb 4, 2026
Explained that the drafter clarified the bill applies only to private adoption agencies and not to DCFS or the adoptions it handles.
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Yes. This addresses concerns that DCFS had with some of the, um, adoption agency definitions. So the drafter has clarified that the provisions in this bill apply only to the private adoption agencies and not to DCFS and the, and the adoptions that they deal with.
H.B. 51 Adoption Amendments · House floor debate (day 16) · Feb 4, 2026
Presents HB 51 as a judiciary committee bill that adds oversight of adoption agencies, a consortium of licensed agencies overseen within DHHS, disclosure and fee rules, consent standards, and counseling support for birth mothers.
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Colleagues. HB 51 was a judiciary committee bill, um, that I've been working on since last May. Uh, it addresses some concerns raised around out-of-state recruitment and travel to Utah for adoption. This bill will ensure proper oversight for physical and mental health concerns when pregnant women are brought into Utah for adoption purposes. It'll help prevent exploitation and improve Utah's reputation for ethical adoption. The bill improves oversight and accountability of adoption agencies by creating a workable consortium of licensed adoption agencies, overseen by a neutral party within DHHS to help with improving transparency, ensuring agencies clearly disclose their practices and fees and collecting much needed data regarding adoption in Utah. HB 51 protects birth …
H.B. 51 Adoption Amendments · House floor debate (day 16) · Feb 4, 2026
Presented the bill, saying it improves oversight, transparency, fee disclosure, consent standards, and counseling support for birth parents and adoptive families.
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Colleagues. HB 51 was a judiciary committee bill, um, that I've been working on since last May. Uh, it addresses some concerns raised around out-of-state recruitment and travel to Utah for adoption. This bill will ensure proper oversight for physical and mental health concerns when pregnant women are brought into Utah for adoption purposes. It'll help prevent exploitation and improve Utah's reputation for ethical adoption. The bill improves oversight and accountability of adoption agencies by creating a workable consortium of licensed adoption agencies, overseen by a neutral party within DHHS to help with improving transparency, ensuring agencies clearly disclose their practices and fees and collecting much needed data regarding adoption in Utah. HB 51 protects birth …
H.B. 51 Adoption Amendments · House floor debate (day 16) · Feb 4, 2026
Answers that the consortium would include the private adoption agencies in Utah, which would split the membership fee, roughly a thousand dollars each.
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. So the, the consortium will be made up of all of the adoption agencies in Utah of the private adoption agencies in Utah. And they will be splitting the fee that, that it costs to be in that consortium. So they'll each be paying roughly they thought maybe a thousand dollars. So,
H.B. 51 Adoption Amendments · House floor debate (day 16) · Feb 4, 2026
Answered that all private adoption agencies would form the consortium and split an estimated membership fee of about a thousand dollars each.
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. So the, the consortium will be made up of all of the adoption agencies in Utah of the private adoption agencies in Utah. And they will be splitting the fee that, that it costs to be in that consortium. So they'll each be paying roughly they thought maybe a thousand dollars. So,
H.B. 51 Adoption Amendments · House floor debate (day 16) · Feb 4, 2026
Gives closing summation that HB 51 improves adoption practices in Utah, that stakeholders have come together in support, and urges a yes vote.
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Thank you Mr. Speaker. HB 51 is about doing adoption better in the state. And what's really been great about this process is that all of the stakeholders have finally come together and are ready for this to get, go forward and start repairing Utah's Utah's reputation in the adoption space. So I encourage everyone's vote. Thank you.
H.B. 51 Adoption Amendments · House floor debate (day 16) · Feb 4, 2026
Gave closing remarks, saying stakeholders have come together in support and urging a yes vote.
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Thank you Mr. Speaker. HB 51 is about doing adoption better in the state. And what's really been great about this process is that all of the stakeholders have finally come together and are ready for this to get, go forward and start repairing Utah's Utah's reputation in the adoption space. So I encourage everyone's vote. Thank you.
H.B. 220 Public Safety Data Amendments · House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee · Feb 2, 2026
Moved to favorably recommend HB 220, second substitute, to the floor.
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Motion to adopt or motion to favorably recommend HB two 22nd substitute public safety data amendments with a favorable recommendation.
H.B. 220 Public Safety Data Amendments · House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee · Feb 2, 2026
Said the bill sounds good, supporting getting the data out while protecting sensitive information needed for investigations.
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Um, I think it sounds like a good bill. I think it's good to get this data out there and also protect, um, sensitive information that's needed to do investigation. So.
S.B. 30 Human Trafficking, Exploitation, and Smuggling Amendments · House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee · Feb 2, 2026
Asks whether the bill's distinction is between knowingly and not knowingly committing the offense.
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Oh, thank you Mr. Chair. That's actually was what I was gonna ask of what, what the mens rea meant in that. So does that mean that if you know it, knowingly do it versus not knowingly? Is that the distinction?
S.B. 30 Human Trafficking, Exploitation, and Smuggling Amendments · House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee · Feb 2, 2026
Asks whether the 10-year minimum would still apply under the reckless standard.
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Well, that just brought up another question. So is it, would it still be that, that 10 year minimum though, regardless, or does it still be minimum,
H.B. 205 Substance Use Intervention Amendments · House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee · Feb 2, 2026
Asked whether there is data showing that harm reduction programs have reduced opioid addiction.
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Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Um, I've heard a lot of things about the harm reduction things, um, but is there, and I've asked this for, um, a few peop different people, and I've never gotten anything. Do you have any data saying that all these things reduce, like opioid addiction and they've reduced the numbers of opioid addicted people?
H.B. 205 Substance Use Intervention Amendments · House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee · Feb 2, 2026
Asked what kinds of items harm reduction workers collect in parks.
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and then you also talked about collecting things that when you're out in the parks, are you can, what kinds of things can you collect?
H.B. 205 Substance Use Intervention Amendments · House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee · Feb 2, 2026
Said she looks forward to receiving the data and noted concern about recent increases in numbers.
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I, I'm really excited to see the data that you get me. 'cause it seems like our numbers have just gone exponentially more in recent years. So thank you.
H.B. 205 Substance Use Intervention Amendments · House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee · Feb 2, 2026
Moved to substitute the first substitute for HB 205 and asked whether the sponsor agreed it was the version he wanted.
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Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Is there an amendment or substitute or anything? We Have a first substitute that We need to All right. I move Substitute one. That's an order. Would you like to speak to it? Um, I trust that the sponsor knows that sub one is the one he wants.
H.B. 205 Substance Use Intervention Amendments · House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee · Feb 2, 2026
Moved to favorably recommend HB 205 first substitute and said she would speak to it at the end.
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I move that we favorably recommend HB 2 0 5 first substitute substance use intervention amendments with a favorable recommendation In order. Would you like to speak to it? Um, I'll speak to it at the end.
H.B. 205 Substance Use Intervention Amendments · House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee · Feb 2, 2026
Summed up in support of the bill, saying it may not go far enough, and called for further review of whether harm reduction programs have reduced harm.
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Yes. I just wanna thank, um, the sponsor of the bill for working so hard on this and he's making so many big strides in this bill. I, I kind of agree with the last commenter online, though. I don't think it goes far enough. I, I really don't. I, I support it, but I think there is more that we can do and maybe that's comes later. Um, I feel that some of what we've done in the name of harm reduction hasn't actually reduced harm. I think you can say it's maybe reduced some disease spreading potentially. But I think, I think we really need to take a look at some of the harm reduction things that we've …
H.B. 293 Public Education Student Athlete Protections · House Education Committee · Jan 30, 2026
Introduces Rick Corbridge, athletic director at Bonneville High School, who is speaking on his own behalf.
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Thank you. I miss this committee. We miss having you. Thank you. Let me plug in here. Why don't you, uh, why don't you, when you have a moment to introduce your guest. Yes. So with me, I have Rick Corbridge and he's the athletic director at Bonneville High School, which is in my district. And he was my athletic director when I coached tennis at Bonneville. And he's here on behalf of himself, not the school. Just clarifying that. All right. Okay.
H.B. 293 Public Education Student Athlete Protections · House Education Committee · Jan 30, 2026
Presents HB 293 and says she worked on it with Corbridge after concerns about student athletes and families.
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So HB 2 93. Um, so last year I've been working on this like all year. Last year, um, Rick, or I call him Corp, that's how everybody knows him. I, so Corp came to me and said, there's some issues with sports. And, um, I've seen them when I was coaching tennis there. Um, so he was like, what can we do about this? And as we talked about it, um, we came up with some plans, but I, first of all, I just wanna turn some time over to him to, to kind of say, set the stage of what he is seeing in the, the world of sports in high school. So,
H.B. 293 Public Education Student Athlete Protections · House Education Committee · Jan 30, 2026
Explains the extra summer week off is meant to let families take vacation outside the school year. · speaker not certain
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Well, no. So it's just taking that one extra week off. Right now they get the week of 4th of July, and we're just saying get one more week, do one more all sports so that families can go on vacation. This is a family friendly bill too. And they can go on vacation in the summertime and not during the school year. The summertime. Summertime. Exactly.
H.B. 293 Public Education Student Athlete Protections · House Education Committee · Jan 30, 2026
Agrees the equity concern is important and asks how to support students without access to club sports.
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Be great. Yes. And I think that's a, that's a, a great concern, right? Is, is what do we do with those kids who don't have that opportunity?
H.B. 293 Public Education Student Athlete Protections · House Education Committee · Jan 30, 2026
Says the amendment is friendly and responds to concerns from people about regional differences. · speaker not certain
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Yeah, that's a friendly amendment. That's in regards to some of the people reaching out saying their differences. So we
H.B. 293 Public Education Student Athlete Protections · House Education Committee · Jan 30, 2026
Responds to comments, says the bill is flexible, cites research on rest and cross training, and asks the committee to listen to the survey respondents.
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Thank you. I appreciate all the comments. Um, I have experienced the same thing as representative per pucci. Um, not that I don't trust them, I just think, um, sometimes you need a little feet to the fire. Um, also I think, um, I just wanna address a couple of the things. We tried a few different times to get to all the regions and we realized that we didn't get to all of them, but we did try a few different times to get that out to there. And that just goes to show there's a lot of communication gaps in, in education that's just, we need to help solve that problem, but this isn't gonna solve that. Um, …
H.B. 293 Public Education Student Athlete Protections · House Education Committee · Jan 30, 2026
Thanks the committee and notes that one more bill remains on the agenda.
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Uh, thank you to the members of the committee. We're gonna do one more bill, uh, and I'm aware of the time.
H.B. 56 Vehicle Registration Amendments · House Revenue and Taxation Committee · Jan 26, 2026
Presented HB 56 to refund unused vehicle registration fees when a vehicle is sold, add data collection, and noted that neighboring states have similar programs.
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Can you hear me? Yeah. Is that, there we go. Thank you. Thank you for having me. Thanks. Um, Mr. Chair and thank you committee. Um, yes, I will be speaking to the first substitute that's online. Um, not a big change on the first substitute, but I'll speak to that in just a second. So, vehicle registration amendments. I've tried to get this passed, uh, for a couple years now. Um, this, this time we made a few adjustments to see if we could adjust the fiscal note a little bit. Um, basically what it is, is if you register your car, you register for a full year. If you sell your car after two months, the state keeps …
H.B. 56 Vehicle Registration Amendments · House Revenue and Taxation Committee · Jan 26, 2026
Said a refund is simpler than a transfer and that the state keeps the fees if no one applies.
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Um, in talking to the tax commission, and if they're here, they, they, they're more than welcome to speak on it if I don't answer this correctly. But in talking with them, it's easier just to do the refund and then they can apply it to their own new car, however, um, but that would be the easier way. And if people don't apply for the refund, then the state gets to keep their money. They're not applying for the refund. We'll keep it and use it where, where it's needed, but it ha it's a proactive thing. It has to be you going out to, to want your refund.
H.B. 56 Vehicle Registration Amendments · House Revenue and Taxation Committee · Jan 26, 2026
Said the $5 fee would cover administration and the rest of the effect is reduced tax revenue.
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Um, for the administering the refunds? Yeah. Yeah, they said that $5 fee would cover it And that'll cover it. And so the rest of that's just the fact that they're receiving less, uh, taxes.
H.B. 56 Vehicle Registration Amendments · House Revenue and Taxation Committee · Jan 26, 2026
Said a refund would not be requested if it fell under the $40 minimum, and that the amount depends on the months remaining.
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My guess is that would be less than the $50 if I may, Mr. Chair, I think the, my guess is that would be already under the $40 limit. So it's, it's basically, if it's gonna be less than $40 of a refund, then you wouldn't apply for it. So for some, some cars it just depends. It might be 10 months, it might be nine months, it might be,
H.B. 56 Vehicle Registration Amendments · House Revenue and Taxation Committee · Jan 26, 2026
Said the bill did not address notice on registrations and offered to add it; noted that people have asked about refunds after news coverage.
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Do you know? That's A good question. I don't think, I'm not sure we addressed that in the bill, but I'm happy to, um, we could, we could definitely add something in that says this needs to be put on the, the registration card or, um, on the website. Right now, it's, I've gotten lots and lots of emails just from people who've seen the news stories and, and saying, when can I get my refund? Because we passed it outta the house unanimously last year, and, and then it didn't pass in the Senate. So it's, uh, people, so there's some people that think it still passed, so. Gotcha.
H.B. 56 Vehicle Registration Amendments · House Revenue and Taxation Committee · Jan 26, 2026
Thanked the committee and said the data collection would be valuable.
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Thank you. I'd appreciate that. I'm, I'm grateful for you guys looking at this bill again. And, and I think some of the, like I said, I think some of the data collection is gonna be really valuable, so thank you.
H.B. 51 Adoption Amendments · House Judiciary Committee · Jan 23, 2026
Presented the substitute bill, describing the constituent concerns behind it and changes including court procedures, consortium cap increases, health inquiries before transfer, DHHS complaints, and attorney fee reporting.
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Hall, HB 51 Adoption Amendments Representative Hall. Thank you Chair Libe and thank you committee for having me again. Let's see you do your bill. Somebody tell me how to make this go big. Let's see. Let, Is it, I plugged it in. It's working. Okay. How do I make that part Slideshow? Slideshow, Yes. And present from first slide or start? There you go. From current slide. Okay. There you go. We'll just go. Okay. See we did this one. There we go. Okay. All right. Um, thank you committee for having me again. Um, I don't wanna belabor too much why we're here. Um, as this has been heard several issues or several times over the interim. So …
H.B. 51 Adoption Amendments · House Judiciary Committee · Jan 23, 2026
Said she appreciated the representatives working with her and asked whether the friendly amendment applied to the full substitute or only the substitute.
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That is a friendly, um, amendment. I'm, I'm grateful for, for the representatives coming to me and, and working with me on this. Um, I, is this where I sum? I'm not sure. Or is this just on the sub?
H.B. 51 Adoption Amendments · House Judiciary Committee · Jan 23, 2026
Closed by sharing a story from the original constituent about a supported adoption and urged the committee to support the bill.
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Thank you. And thank you for the motion. Um, I just wanna close with a story that, that actually came to me from the original constituent who first came to me a few weeks ago. She said, she described an a recent adoption that she assisted with, with, and she said both parties were supported with compassion and professionalism by the agency and by the healthcare team. And it was a loving process. And as she shared this with me, she became emotional. And she said that after witnessing so many transactional cases in the last year and a half, she had momentarily forgotten how beautiful adoption can be. And that came back to her in that moment. And I …
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