Jason B. Kyle

• S.B. 31 Office of Professional Licensure Review Amendments · House floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026

  Moves that the House adopt House Amendment 4 to the bill.

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  Thank you Mr. Speaker. I, I move that the house, uh, adopt house amendment four in my name. That's, uh, four substitute four, correct or no, amendment four. Sorry. Please Amendment. You're

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• S.B. 31 Office of Professional Licensure Review Amendments · House floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026

  Says the amendment states that CRNAs cannot use prescribed ketamine.

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  Yes. Uh, this is a licensure bill and, um, we're in the bill. The, the underlying bill expands the, the use of, um, or the ability of CRNAs to prescribe medications. And this is just saying that they cannot use, uh, prescribed medi, uh, ketamine.

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• S.B. 31 Office of Professional Licensure Review Amendments · House floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026

  Describes the bill's provisions across several healthcare licenses, including nurse practitioner minor surgery, CRNA prescribing, athletic trainers, and a sunset date for the surgery language.

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  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This, this bill's been a, uh, a lot of work. A lot of people have, have put time into it. LER did a, a study and they, they looked into, um, a lot of pr well this into licensing for, uh, different types of healthcare clinicians. And, uh, I'll, I'll, I'll go through it now. I I only have five minutes, but it, it's quite extensive. Uh, so, uh, one, one thing, first thing that it does is that it makes it so that nurse practitioners, uh, can, uh, do, uh, minor surgical procedures. There was a recent healthcare, uh, there was a recent Supreme Court case where the, our Supreme Court ruled that our current …

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• S.B. 31 Office of Professional Licensure Review Amendments · House floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026

  Explains that the sunset date is included because a court ruling on minor surgical procedures needs more study.

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  Yes. So, uh, for the ability of this, uh, um, physician assistants and the nurse practitioners, there was a recent court case that went up to our Supreme Court that took away their ability to perform, uh, to perform biopsies and, uh, like skin tag removals and, and very minor surgical, uh, procedures. And so we put the sun site date in there because it requires more study. And, uh, so we want to get it right. We put in some vague language right now that allows them to, to continue doing what we they need to do, but we just want to, to revisit, make sure it's there to make sure that we get it right. Nobody wants to …

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• S.B. 31 Office of Professional Licensure Review Amendments · House floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026

  Thanks members for their comments and says the bill is in a good place for the state.

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  Uh, thank you. I appreciate the comments and questions and, and support. Uh, a lot of work has gone into this, uh, um, and it's, it's to a good place and it, it, it'll serve our state. Thank you.

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• S.B. 298 Programmable Money Amendments · House floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026

  Presents S.B. 298, which sets guardrails for programmable money so it cannot be used to discriminate based on political opinions, religious beliefs, medical history, or lawful firearm ownership, and bars issuers from using ESG standards and diversity programming compliance as a basis for refusing a transaction; says the bill was worked on with the state treasurer, who supports it.

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  Thank you Mr. Speaker. The this bill establishes, uh, guardrails for programmable money that, uh, may contain built-in rules restricting how it may be used. So, uh, a couple years ago, my, my good friend from Utah County and our, our current congressman, uh, uh, who was former, our former Senator Kennedy, he, uh, they, uh, clarified that CBDC is not recognized as currency in our state. Uh, this bill ensures that money in our, uh, digital, digital assets or digital currency, uh, in our state, cannot be used to discriminate based on political opinions, religious beliefs, medical history, lawful or lawful ownership of a firearm. It prevents an issuer from using ESG standards and diversity programming, uh, compliance as …

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• S.B. 176 Landscaping Procurement Amendments · House floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026

  Opposes the bill, saying electric tools may not hold up for larger state projects that need repeated recharging, and that gas equipment is more practical.

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  Thank, thank you, Mr. Speaker. I obviously care less about animals, but I care, uh, more about, uh, the, um, uh, the, the applic the practicality of this. I, I I use electric, uh, tools at my home because it's nice. They, they're, you know, you get a charge, they're good enough for, for what, what I need to do. But I I, what I see in state, uh, state employees, they might have to do a larger, uh, larger projects. And, and, and, and I think that when it comes to elec using electric, uh, products, it might not hold up to what they need to do. They'll have to recharge multiple times. You're changing things out and it's, …

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

  Proposes substitute language limiting the change to counties of the first class.

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  Add that instead of on, on the same line, it can be in counties of the first class instead of counties of the first and second class.

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

  Says people in his county do not want to deal with this and that people in Salt Lake can do it.

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  Yeah. I don't think the people in my county wanna deal with this, so if people in Salt Lake wanna do it, they can do it.

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

  Says he does not like the bill and worries animal welfare groups will start litigation if rules are not followed.

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  Yeah, I mean, to be honest, I just don't like the bill, but, uh, I feel like a lot of these groups that, that really love animals, they're, they're very passionate people, but, and, and they, they, I I feel like they're gonna start litigation on if, if people don't follow things correctly or, or do Well, I think that's, that's what this bill's about. Um, and I, I, I love animals as well, but I, I think they can, these, these groups, they'll start to get out of hand and that that'ss why I'm running this. Thank you.

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• S.B. 312 Educator License Amendments · House floor debate (day 44) · Mar 5, 2026

  Said a state school board member supported the bill and that it is a reasonable policy, and urged support.

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  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Uh, I, I, my, uh, state, uh, school board member reached out to me and, and, and showed his support for this bill. Um, so I, I, I know that some of them, at least some of them have been involved in, in developing this. I think it's a reasonable policy and, and navigates the, this area fairly well. So I'd encourage your support. Thank you.

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• S.B. 235 Governor Compensation Amendments · House Business, Labor, and Commerce Committee · Mar 4, 2026

  Says the salaries are all competitive, that the bill keeps the existing structure of stepping salaries down from the governor's, and that other states often set salaries by legislative enactment.

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  I, I think that it's all competitive. We've always done it just as a step off of whatever the governor does. And so I wasn't really looking at competitiveness. I was trying to preserve the, you know, the structure of what we've had. Um, other states, I am told by a very kind person to my left that, uh, other states, what they typically do is, um, uh, they just set it by legislative enactment, what the salaries are. Uh, ours tries to have it be a little more lockstep, uh, percentage wise,

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• S.B. 297 School Social Worker Amendments · House Business, Labor, and Commerce Committee · Mar 4, 2026

  Asks why interns are added to the bill; Rep. Hayes answers that the bill covers intern roles that already exist in schools.

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  Thank you, Mr. Thank you, Mr. Chair. What, why are we adding interns in, in, in this bill? Sure. So this isn't, this is again, trying to capture the people that are already working. So there are intern roles that work in school. So, um, if you're in the process of getting a degree, you might have to intern as as part of that. So that's why it's, it's stated. Thank you. Mm-hmm. Okay.

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• S.B. 248 Child Care Expansion Act · House floor debate (day 43) · Mar 4, 2026

  Says there is a need for childcare help but that this is an inefficient use of government resources; urges a no vote.

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  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I, I, I agree with, um, my other, uh, colleague from Salt Lake County's, uh, sentiments. There, there's a, we understand that there's a, a need for some childcare and some, some help out here, but this is a very inefficient role for government to be in. Um, it's, it's, it's doesn't make the best use for our resources, and I would encourage a no vote on this. Thank you.

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• H.B. 300 School District Taxation Amendments · House floor debate (day 42) · Mar 3, 2026

  Explains that the bill is a compromise that changes the hold harmless language from five years to two years.

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  Yes. Um, this, uh, is just a compromise. We move back the hold harmless, uh, language from five years to two years because the Senate's not as cool as us. So

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