Leah Hansen

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

  Speaks in support, describing growing up in Tonga with Good Friday as a school break and saying the holiday is celebrated around the world.

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  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise in support of this bill. Um, I grew up in Tonga and 40 years ago today marks the day that I moved here to Utah. Um, my first Easter we had, I mean, my first Easter here, um, I was actually kind of confused to get an Easter basket with a bunny and with, um, with chocolate. Um, I didn't complain, but I thought it was really cool that there was something like an Easter bunny. Although growing up in Tonga, we had no, like, there was no school. We had Easter break because of Good Friday. It is celebrated around the world. It is not just an LDS specific, um, holiday. And I …

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• S.B. 290 Victim and Witness Privacy Amendments · House Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee · Mar 4, 2026

  Congratulates the sponsor for getting both sides to review the bill.

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  I just wanted to, um, to congratulate the sponsor on doing such a great job of getting both sides to look at the bill. So thank you.

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• S.B. 193 State Legal Holiday Amendments · House Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee · Mar 4, 2026

  Speaks in favor of the motion, recounting growing up in Tonga and noting other countries observe Good Friday.

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  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I grew up in Tonga. I, um, when I moved here in 1986, um, it was around this time. In fact, two days from now, I would've been here 40 years. Um, but I remember that Easter had come around and I was so shocked to find an Easter basket with the bunny and chocolate and all these things because it was not something I was used to in other countries. I know that they take school off, they have holidays. I mean, Tonga celebrates Good Friday. New Zealand celebrates Good Friday, Australia, the UK schools are out. It was so shocking to me that a state like Utah would not be celebrating Good Friday, but …

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• S.B. 295 Intellectual Diversity in Education and Government · House Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee · Mar 3, 2026

  Asked whether government involvement in making things neutral could make things worse.

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  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Um, I just have a question regarding, um, government involvement in trying to make things neutral. Do you ever wonder if it makes things worse?

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• S.B. 295 Intellectual Diversity in Education and Government · House Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee · Mar 3, 2026

  Asked whether natural discourse would be better than government involvement.

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  Thank you. Just one more question. Um, would it be better to let natural discourse prevail instead of having government involvement in it?

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• S.B. 295 Intellectual Diversity in Education and Government · House Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee · Mar 3, 2026

  Asked whether clubs based on different ideologies or religions could be restricted differently from one another. · speaker not certain

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  Thank you. I I have a question for you to make sure I understand. If, if, if I understand the purpose of, of the clarifications you're saying, we, we can have an Adam Smith Club, we can have a Karl Marx Club, you could have a Muslim club, you could have an evangelical club. You just can't restrict those clubs based on, uh, have standards, requirements or limitations that apply to one club that don't apply to a another club. Yeah,

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• S.B. 295 Intellectual Diversity in Education and Government · House Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee · Mar 3, 2026

  Asked whether Polynesian clubs could still hold luaus at universities.

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  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I just had one quick question. So, if people wanted to, to do luaus for their Polynesian club in universities, would they still be allowed to do that?

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• S.B. 295 Intellectual Diversity in Education and Government · House Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee · Mar 3, 2026

  Said she is in favor of the bill. · speaker not certain

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  Um, then I am in favor of this, not just for as long as they invite me.

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• S.B. 295 Intellectual Diversity in Education and Government · House Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee · Mar 3, 2026

  Expressed concern that government involvement can make problems worse, while saying she is grateful for the bill.

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  I, I, I just have concerns sometimes when government tries to get in the middle of everyone else's problems and tries to be the mediator because I see us making things worse than better. But I'm really grateful for this bill, so thank you.

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• S.B. 163 Municipal Prosecutor Amendments · House Political Subdivisions Committee · Mar 2, 2026

  Asked whether the bill would expand the authority of city attorneys.

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  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I am just wondering if this would expand the authority of city attorneys.

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• S.B. 275 State-Endorsed Digital Identity Program Amendments · House Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee · Feb 27, 2026

  Asks for an explanation of the word 'only' in the amendment.

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  Yes. I just had a question regarding that amendment. Um, the, the word only on line 31 39, I think that I'm not under, well, I'm not understanding it.

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• S.B. 204 Physical Therapy Payment Amendments · House Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee · Feb 27, 2026

  Noted the bill has no rulemaking authority but said regulating coverage like this is not a proper role of government and opposed it.

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  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I so respect that there is no rulemaking authority in this bill. However, I do not believe that this is a proper role of government in an US unnecessary regulatory overreach as much as I would really love this, but I will be unknown the

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• S.J.R. 8 Joint Resolution to Initiate a Law School at Utah Valley University · House Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee · Feb 27, 2026

  Says she appreciates the amendment and will support the bill because of it.

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  We go. Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'm so grateful for that amendment for that last part, especially, um, 'cause I was wondering where that, where that was gonna come from. So because of that, I think I'll be in favor of the bill.

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• S.B. 214 Home-based Childcare Solutions · House Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee · Feb 26, 2026

  Rep. Hansen said she opposes the grants as not a proper role of government and will vote no.

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  Thank you, Mr. Thank you, Mr. Chair. I applaud the idea of, of doing this, but, um, I do have concerns with the grants. I don't believe that that is the proper role of government. We are not a business to provide money for businesses to begin. So I will be a no on this. Bill.

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• S.B. 81 Dyslexia Testing Amendments · House floor debate (day 37) · Feb 26, 2026

  Asks to ask the sponsor a question and requests that the sponsor yield.

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  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I just, um, will the sponsor yield to a question? Representative Faye, will you yield? Yes.

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