Legislators / Candice B. Pierucci
Candice B. Pierucci
Republican · House District 49 · Majority Whip
Hear from them directly
Contact Rep. Candice B. Pierucci
- Email: cpierucci@le.utah.gov
- Phone: 385-414-1488
- Office: 5526 West 13400 South #617, Herriman, UT, 84096
Constituents get priority, so say you live in their district. Writing about a specific bill? Open it and use Take action for a ready-to-send message.
Watch or join a meeting
Every committee hearing and floor session is open to the public and streamed live on le.utah.gov. Each committee's agenda has the link to watch or join online, and how to sign up for public comment.
Candice B. Pierucci serves on:
- Executive Appropriations Committee
- Public Education Appropriations Subcommittee
- House Education Committee
- House Government Operations Committee
- Education Interim Committee
- Transportation Interim Committee
- Legislative Process Committee
- Legislative Management Committee
- Veterans and Military Affairs Commission
What they've said
211 remarks on 38 billsH.B. 467 Utah Fits All Scholarship Program Modifications · House floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026
The bill was heavily negotiated and the compromise does not allow pass-through to entities while still giving parents options and choices.
▶ Watch at 26:24Read what they said
Yes. So this bill has been heavily negotiated, but we landed in a good place where we are not allowing pass through to entities. Um, and we are still allowing parents the options and choices needed. And, um, this is the compromise we reached on this bill to help with the program.
H.B. 495 Capital Felony Case Amendments · House floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026
Says the bill was improved by taking some recommendations from the ACLU and the Attorney General's office.
▶ Watch at 27:50Read what they said
Yes, briefly. We took some of the recommendations of A CLU and the ags office, uh, and it made the bill better.
H.B. 118 Driver Training Schools for Commercial Driver License Amendments · Senate floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026
Explains that H.B. 118 sets requirements for CDL driving schools, including English proficiency for applicants so they can understand traffic signs, communicate with the public and respond to official inquiries; says no questions have been raised and asks Senator Ipson for a motion.
▶ Watch at 2:36:12Read what they said
Thank you Mr. President. What this does is it sets up certain requirements for CDL driving schools. One of the things that it does is it requires the applicants to be able to speak English and be proficient in English so they can understand traffic signs, communicate with the public and respond to official inquiries. With that, I'm open for questions. Senator Ipson, I'm not seeing any questions. I'm going to you for a motion Under suspension of the rules.
H.B. 118 Driver Training Schools for Commercial Driver License Amendments · House floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026
Says the Senate amendments made some very important changes to help protect the privacy of students.
▶ Watch at 2:52:21Read what they said
Would you like to speak to? It Is very briefly. It made some very important changes to help protect the privacy of the students.
H.B. 429 Special Districts Amendments · House floor debate (day 44) · Mar 5, 2026
Says that working with the Senate, the bill now includes the narrow trash collection component and addresses the county withdrawal process, allowing a county entity to withdraw in a responsible way.
▶ Watch at 42:06Read what they said
Yes. Thank you. Uh, working with the Senate, not only does this have the narrow trash collection component, but it now also addresses the county process, um, in a very fair way, so that if you were to look at a county entity, they would have an opportunity to withdraw in a responsible way.
S.B. 186 Charter School Modifications · House floor debate (day 43) · Mar 4, 2026
Says the substitute adds two previously passed, noncontroversial provisions on charter board member oaths and renaming the charter school revolving account, and that adopting it turns the bill green.
▶ Watch at 17:59Read what they said
Yes. Colleagues. Uh, this is actually just adding in a couple of pieces that this body already voted on that weren't controversial. Controversial that have to do with the charter school board members taking an oath office and then just replacing the charter school revolving account with the charter school revolving funds. Those policies already passed out of this body. We're just helping make this Senate bill better. And when you adopt this sub, the bill will turn green.
S.B. 186 Charter School Modifications · House floor debate (day 43) · Mar 4, 2026
Says the bill adds provisions the House already approved, including charter school board member oaths and a change to the charter school revolving account, and that adopting the substitute will make the bill green.
▶ Watch at 17:59Read what they said
Yes. Colleagues. Uh, this is actually just adding in a couple of pieces that this body already voted on that weren't controversial. Controversial that have to do with the charter school board members taking an oath office and then just replacing the charter school revolving account with the charter school revolving funds. Those policies already passed out of this body. We're just helping make this Senate bill better. And when you adopt this sub, the bill will turn green.
S.B. 186 Charter School Modifications · House floor debate (day 43) · Mar 4, 2026
Says the bill addresses the funding gap between charter and district schools with a temporary, targeted stabilization fund without reducing district funding, and asks for colleagues' support.
▶ Watch at 18:50Read what they said
Thank you colleagues. Uh, this bill is really important and has been worked on over interim carefully to try and address the funding disparity that we have between charter schools and district schools. Over time, charter schools have had added reporting and compliance and accountability standards, uh, similar to our district schools, but are con continuing to receive less funding to meet those requirements. Now, this bill is not proposing a new formula or a radical change, um, but it is trying to give some one type stabilization fund to help support, uh, these charter schools meet existing legal and accountability requirements so that we can continue working on this policy to make sure we have made the right adjustments …
S.B. 186 Charter School Modifications · House floor debate (day 43) · Mar 4, 2026
Says the bill seeks to address funding disparities between charter and district schools through a temporary, targeted stabilization fund to help meet existing requirements, without reducing district funding, and asks for colleagues' support.
▶ Watch at 18:50Read what they said
Thank you colleagues. Uh, this bill is really important and has been worked on over interim carefully to try and address the funding disparity that we have between charter schools and district schools. Over time, charter schools have had added reporting and compliance and accountability standards, uh, similar to our district schools, but are con continuing to receive less funding to meet those requirements. Now, this bill is not proposing a new formula or a radical change, um, but it is trying to give some one type stabilization fund to help support, uh, these charter schools meet existing legal and accountability requirements so that we can continue working on this policy to make sure we have made the right adjustments …
S.B. 151 Public Safety Funding Amendments · House floor debate (day 43) · Mar 4, 2026
Moved to adopt the fifth substitute to S.B. 151, which would address the fiscal note.
▶ Watch at 52:21Read what they said
Thank you Mr. Speaker. Motion to adopt fifth sub, which would take care of the fiscal note.
S.B. 151 Public Safety Funding Amendments · House floor debate (day 43) · Mar 4, 2026
Said growth on the southwest and northwest sides of the state has increased traffic on Bangerter and Mountain View Corridor, and that the bill is meant to get Utah Highway Patrol resources to patrol those roads so cities are relieved of the burden.
▶ Watch at 52:59Read what they said
Thank you Mr. Speaker colleagues. As our state continues to grow and we have more growth along the southwest northwest side of our state, we are seeing Bangerter and Mountain View Corridor become increasingly more like highways. And that's our goal. We wanna keep people off five 15 and near to their home when they're commuting. Uh, but part of that has introduced new challenges. And one, one thing we've been working on for the past couple sessions is getting Utah Highway Patrol the resources they need to actually be able to patrol those roles and lift the burden off of cities who are unable to go and patrol those roads. I already Worked out Withher.
S.B. 151 Public Safety Funding Amendments · House floor debate (day 43) · Mar 4, 2026
Says growth on the southwest and northwest sides has put more traffic on Bangerter Highway and Mountain View Corridor, and that the Highway Patrol needs resources to patrol those roads.
▶ Watch at 52:59Read what they said
Thank you Mr. Speaker colleagues. As our state continues to grow and we have more growth along the southwest northwest side of our state, we are seeing Bangerter and Mountain View Corridor become increasingly more like highways. And that's our goal. We wanna keep people off five 15 and near to their home when they're commuting. Uh, but part of that has introduced new challenges. And one, one thing we've been working on for the past couple sessions is getting Utah Highway Patrol the resources they need to actually be able to patrol those roles and lift the burden off of cities who are unable to go and patrol those roads. I already Worked out Withher.
S.B. 151 Public Safety Funding Amendments · House floor debate (day 43) · Mar 4, 2026
Said the Highway Patrol is 35 troopers short and the bill would add 19 troopers to cover I-15, Southern Parkway and Mountain View Corridor, and that the substitute consolidates appropriations and removes prior transfer and coordination provisions.
▶ Watch at 53:45Read what they said
Sorry, hold on just a second. And so what this bill does, Mr. Speaker is, uh, right now the Highway patrol is short 35 troops. And so what it will do is add an additional 19 troopers to cover I 15 Southern Parkway and Mountain View Corridor State Highways. This substitute streamlines funding to support hiring additional Utah Highway Patrol troopers and consolidates appropriations and removes prior transfer and coordination provisions to get them the resources they need. And that is the bill.
S.B. 151 Public Safety Funding Amendments · House floor debate (day 43) · Mar 4, 2026
Says the Highway Patrol is short 35 troopers and the bill adds 19, streamlines funding for hiring, consolidates appropriations, and removes prior transfer and coordination provisions.
▶ Watch at 53:45Read what they said
Sorry, hold on just a second. And so what this bill does, Mr. Speaker is, uh, right now the Highway patrol is short 35 troops. And so what it will do is add an additional 19 troopers to cover I 15 Southern Parkway and Mountain View Corridor State Highways. This substitute streamlines funding to support hiring additional Utah Highway Patrol troopers and consolidates appropriations and removes prior transfer and coordination provisions to get them the resources they need. And that is the bill.
H.B. 146 Mentoring and Supporting Teacher Excellence and Refinement Program Amendments · Senate floor debate (day 43) · Mar 4, 2026
Presents H.B. 146, which lets districts pay teachers extra for leadership roles outside the lane pay scale and release them from part of their contract for mentoring, and says the program was run as a pilot and is now made permanent.
▶ Watch at 1:19:50Read what they said
and mentoring roles without leaving the classroom. So to become full-time administrators and it creates a way for teachers to lead and mentor other teachers while still spending the majority of their time teaching students. It authorizes school districts to pay these teachers more for their extra leadership responsibilities outside the traditional steps in lane pay scale. It allows teachers to be released from part of their regular teaching contract to focus on these leadership tasks and it increases freedom by providing more career options in economic liberty to earn higher wages without being forced into an office job or administration. For districts, it provides more freedoms to experiment with how they staff their schools. It helps them to retain …
H.B. 495 Capital Felony Case Amendments · Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee · Mar 3, 2026
Introduces the bill and says she will present the second substitute.
▶ Watch at 1:42:27Read what they said
Thank, thank you very much. Representative Pucci capital house Bill 4 95. First Subcapital felony case amendments. Thank you. And if, if it works for the,
H.B. 495 Capital Felony Case Amendments · Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee · Mar 3, 2026
Says she will present the second substitute and HCR 28 together with the bill.
▶ Watch at 1:42:44Read what they said
Thank you. And if the committee may, I'll be presenting to the second substitute today. The second substitute? Yes. Okay, thank you.
H.B. 495 Capital Felony Case Amendments · Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee · Mar 3, 2026
Presents the bill, describing the Menzies case, changes to the Utah Supreme Court review timeline, limits on ineffective assistance claims, intellectual disability pre-screening, and competency motions filed close to an execution.
▶ Watch at 1:42:52Read what they said
And then, uh, I'll have HB 4 95 and then HDR 28, if that's all right. The two Are, you wanna present them together on the Same issue? Okay, well I can, I can speak to HCR 28 after, but they're on the same policy. Okay. So, and I have with me today Will Haynes with the Attorney General's office. So, uh, here to help answer any of the especially technical legal questions. But, uh, colleagues over interim, uh, many of you'll remember the Ralph Menzies case and what was incredibly unfortunate amongst many things about that case is, was he, uh, died of natural causes and sat on death row for 37 plus years. So he committed his crime …
H.B. 495 Capital Felony Case Amendments · Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee · Mar 3, 2026
Says she wants to make sure the bill receives adequate time.
▶ Watch at 1:51:36Read what they said
You bet. Okay. I just wanted to make sure I gave this bill the time. I didn't wanna f**k Through important bill.
H.B. 495 Capital Felony Case Amendments · Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee · Mar 3, 2026
Says the core of the bill is adjusting competency and that she will take questions.
▶ Watch at 1:51:50Read what they said
Again, I just wanna make sure I answered questions. So, um, you can see at the core of this, we're trying to adjust competency. So, uh, with that, I'll answer questions.
H.B. 495 Capital Felony Case Amendments · Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee · Mar 3, 2026
Agrees to sum up briefly and says staff expert Will Haynes can help with the IQ discussion.
▶ Watch at 2:11:59Read what they said
Yes, briefly and Will Haynes really is an expert on this, so I would sure we could facilitate that discussion as well.
H.B. 495 Capital Felony Case Amendments · Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee · Mar 3, 2026
Says the second substitute does not change appellate rights, that intellectual disability claims keep appeal and hearing rights, and that Kansas uses a similar approach.
▶ Watch at 2:12:05Read what they said
I will just point out though on the second sub, the appellate rights are not changed. And from an intellectual disability perspective, they're still able to appeal and they're still able to offer additional hearing for evidence. If you were to look at other states that have this policy on the books or a similar policy in this area, Kansas has a 14 day turnaround and no appeal. So really what we're asking is not out of boundaries or out of the realm of possibility. And I think helps us actually get to a better place. Um, I wasn't able to walk through the other changes in this. It increases pay for defense attorneys and tries to increase some of …
H.J.R. 28 Joint Resolution Amending Court Rules Related to Capital Felony Cases · Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee · Mar 3, 2026
Says the committee does not need to rehash the resolution and that the rule must be adopted whenever a judicial rule is affected.
▶ Watch at 2:13:14Read what they said
Exactly that. I don't know that we need to rehash anything. Just know that we have to do this when we're impacting judicial rule.
H.R. 8 Resolution Admonishing and Censuring Judge Don M. Torgerson · House floor debate (day 42) · Mar 3, 2026
Supports the censure, stating the judge's comments about the child sexual abuse video were inappropriate and that the judge remains on the bench after a private reprimand.
▶ Watch at 1:28:36Read what they said
Thank you, Mr. Speaker, proto colleagues. I think it's important, uh, to address some of the comments that were raised by my colleague from Salt Lake County. When we talk about timing, those other judges that have committed crimes have been removed from the bench. They're not there anymore. Judge Torgerson is still on the bench. We already had the Judicial Conduct Commission investigate this, and he was met with a gentle private reprimand. But there has to be consequences to this. When we talk about context, if you look, and I've made sure that I've tried to wait till the classes were outta the gallery. If you look at what this video was, it was a young child being …
H.B. 467 Utah Fits All Scholarship Program Modifications · Senate Education Committee · Mar 2, 2026
Presented the fourth substitute as a cleanup bill, covering private school tuition reimbursement criteria, pre-approval of expenses, program manager duties, marketplace rules, and an annual audit.
▶ Watch at 47:56Read what they said
Thank you, Mr. Chair and Committee. I appreciate your time today and, uh, know that it is the last week of session. We're all tired, and so I just appreciate you serving on this committee. Uh, colleagues. This is a cleanup bill on the Utah Fits All Scholarship Program. Uh, if you'll remember, we passed this, uh, program two years ago, and, uh, you can see in your flyer, I know it feels like a little bit of a packet, but one of those things, uh, actually gives you the statistics on student participation. So, um, there's over 15,000 students who are on this program. It can tell, it tells you the majority of the funds were spent on tuition. …
H.B. 467 Utah Fits All Scholarship Program Modifications · Senate Education Committee · Mar 2, 2026
Explained that the funding tiers were a compromise from last session and that the private school amount was kept to keep the program meaningful for lower and middle income families.
▶ Watch at 53:26Read what they said
It does not, no. Okay. So, But I can't address your earlier question if that's okay, Mr. Chair. Uh, so last session, the amounts were changed. And this is, uh, to your point, Senator Rebe, this is a collaborative process. Uh, that may not have been my first preference from a policy perspective, but I am one of, uh, 104 people, right? And so we needed to, um, find a policy that fit everyone, find a way to get more kids in the program. So the distinction is for a private school family, they receive $8,000 in the program for homeschool families. Uh, in elementary it's 4,000, and for high school it's 6,000. So, um, to just, that is the …
H.B. 467 Utah Fits All Scholarship Program Modifications · Senate Education Committee · Mar 2, 2026
Said UFA students would use part of their scholarship to pay for extracurricular activities, the same rule homeschool and private school students already follow.
▶ Watch at 54:58Read what they said
Correct. So that was in the preexisting, uh, language, and thank you for reminding me on that. So right now, homeschool students and private school students have that same requirement in place. So what this is saying is, if a student wants to participate in football, they can use a portion of their scholarship and they need to pay the school for it. So it is not that they're double dipping, they have to use a portion of their scholarship to cover the cost of that extracurricular expense. But right now, UFA students are outliers because that same courtesy is extended to private school kids and home-based learners, homeschool students.
H.B. 467 Utah Fits All Scholarship Program Modifications · Senate Education Committee · Mar 2, 2026
Said there are two types of micro schools under code, with home-based micro schools receiving the same funding under existing law.
▶ Watch at 56:22Read what they said
Confusing. No, if you go, there are two types of micro schools. Uh, and I just had the code pulled up today. Yep. But you actually have two types. One is a home-based micro school. Okay. And it's smaller. And that home-based one would receive this funding Based off existing law and code.
H.B. 467 Utah Fits All Scholarship Program Modifications · Senate Education Committee · Mar 2, 2026
Explained the enrollment preference for new students with family income below 300% of the federal poverty level.
▶ Watch at 56:48Read what they said
Yeah, that is, I, I I enrollment pre preference new scholarship students with one family income at below 300% of the federal poverty level.
H.B. 467 Utah Fits All Scholarship Program Modifications · Senate Education Committee · Mar 2, 2026
Said the change is to the sibling preference so families are not split up, and that once enrolled, students keep their preference for continuity.
▶ Watch at 57:23Read what they said
I'm glad you brought that up. So under enrollment preference, the thing that we're changing is actually the siblings preference. So the income levels are in place, but what we found was we had families that were getting split up, so there wasn't enough funding. So they'd call and say, two of your five kids can get a scholarship. So this gives the preference similar to charter schools, um, and other scholarship programs, that being having a family member in the program gives you preference. It also makes the distinction that if say there's only one scholarship left in a family of five, the parent can pick which of the kids if they want to give it to. And to …
H.B. 467 Utah Fits All Scholarship Program Modifications · Senate Education Committee · Mar 2, 2026
Said UFA students would try out for teams in the same way homeschool and private school students do under existing code.
▶ Watch at 1:04:16Read what they said
So we're not changing the process the same way that a homeschool student would have to try out for a team. Yep. Or a private school student would've to try out for the team. They would have to do the same thing for a UFA student. And so whether or not a homeschool student or private school student uses a GPA, it wouldn't be any different than the existing process,
H.B. 467 Utah Fits All Scholarship Program Modifications · Senate Education Committee · Mar 2, 2026
Said LEAs already must accommodate homeschool students who do not have a GPA.
▶ Watch at 1:04:50Read what they said
So I would say that those schools already have to provide an accommodation for homeschool students who wouldn't have a GPA. And so there's already an existing policy in place for LEAs to accommodate should someone actually make the team.
H.B. 467 Utah Fits All Scholarship Program Modifications · Senate Education Committee · Mar 2, 2026
Said UFA students face the same tryout process as homeschool and private school students, with no added preference.
▶ Watch at 1:05:28Read what they said
but I do believe it's accurate. So if you let me answer. Yeah. So a student at an LEA has to try out for a team. Yep. A homeschool student right now in code or a private school student also has to try out for the team uhhuh. That same process applies to a UFA student that they would have to try out for the team. Okay. So there isn't any extra preference given to them for being a UFA student. It just says they cannot prohibit them from trying out for the team, and they have to use a portion of their scholarship to pay for that. So there's no academic ground for a homeschooler to be a part …
H.B. 493 Consumer Products Amendments · Senate Business and Labor Committee · Mar 2, 2026
Presents H.B. 493 on consumer products amendments, saying it raises civil penalties for repeated pricing violations, starting with a notice for a first violation, and cites a retailer inspection case; asks if staff wants to add anything.
▶ Watch at 2:25:05Read what they said
Pricing protection Amendments representing Pucci. Thank you Mr. Chair and committee. And I have a flyer if my intern can hand it out. You killed a tree. I did kill a tree probably. Thank you. Thanks for coming today. Uh, colleagues, this is a bill that was brought to my attention over the summer. Uh, as many of you're aware, families are very price conscious right now. And so they are shopping with coupons and checking the prices twice. And some are even shopping with a calculator as I have done. And we found that there was an issue, um, with some of our businesses, particularly one in particular that was listing a certain price, but then at checkout it …
H.B. 493 Consumer Products Amendments · Senate Business and Labor Committee · Mar 2, 2026
Thanks the staff member, confirms the presentation is concluded, and turns the bill to committee questions.
▶ Watch at 2:27:38Read what they said
Thank you. Appreciate you adding that. Um, does that conclude your presentation? It does come back to the committee for further deliberation or, yeah, I mean for questions Senator Musselman?
H.B. 493 Consumer Products Amendments · Senate Business and Labor Committee · Mar 2, 2026
Explains that weights and measures works with businesses to help them succeed, and that the penalty escalates because businesses continuing to fail are knowingly not complying.
▶ Watch at 2:34:45Read what they said
Senator, if I may answer your question too. I think after working with weights and measures, when we're looking at the amounts, they go above and beyond to work with these companies. They build relationships with them, they want them to succeed. I think that, to me, it felt fair, you know, first, second time, you know, probably the 500 you'd pay attention, but after the third or fourth time at that point, you're just knowingly not listening. And in this case, it was very likely they were making more than the actual fine. And so you have to make it meaningful enough that they're actually going to pay it and not just count that as part of their business …
H.B. 493 Consumer Products Amendments · Senate Business and Labor Committee · Mar 2, 2026
Says consumer protection must be balanced with business protection and is open to adding a timeframe between violations. · speaker not certain
▶ Watch at 2:40:45Read what they said
I will just say too, part of the concern here though, is as mom who, when I'm grocery shopping and checking out, I'm usually wrangling two kids. I'm very rarely checking to make sure the price matches what I saw on the shelf. Yeah. So I think there's a balance there between consumer protection and business protection. But I'm absolutely open to adding in the amount of time.
H.B. 493 Consumer Products Amendments · Senate Business and Labor Committee · Mar 2, 2026
Gives closing remarks, thanks the committee, and says the timelines and per-incident versus per-bag counting will be spelled out before the rule goes to the board.
▶ Watch at 2:42:42Read what they said
Yes, thank you committee. And I appreciate you flushing this out when we took this from rulemaking. It is a great point you bring to bring the rest of the rulemaking, uh, best practices with it. And we'll make sure to spell that out, uh, before it goes to your board on the timelines and per incident verse per bag in practice. That's what they're doing right now. They're working with the businesses. They're not pinging them for every bag of gummy bears, but absolutely. We'll make sure we spell that out.
S.B. 241 Early Literacy · House Education Committee · Feb 27, 2026
Asks how the bill would affect schools already performing above benchmark.
▶ Watch at 1:59:59Read what they said
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you, Senator. Good to see you here. Good to see you. Um, I just, uh, and I appreciate, I know you and Representative Peterson have worked a lot on this bill, and I also believe in the power of reading, and I think that third grade is a critical time. So I am, I know that you guys have worked hard on this and I just wanna make sure I'm understanding the concept and what we're trying to achieve here as we're, it looks like, you know, discussing assessments and benchmarks. And if, let's say, uh, let's say a school already has a great system in place. Let's say they're off the chart. They're one …
S.B. 241 Early Literacy · House Education Committee · Feb 27, 2026
Asks whether the bill requires a specific software or vendor.
▶ Watch at 2:03:38Read what they said
Thank you. And thank you for that clarification. One last question. Mr. Chair would just be, is there anything in this that forces or requires that they change or adopt a certain software or vendor or anything like that in this. Okay. I just wanna make sure we're still aligned for that autonomy. And I, I knew you would navigate that, so thank you.
H.J.R. 28 Joint Resolution Amending Court Rules Related to Capital Felony Cases · House floor debate (day 38) · Feb 27, 2026
Pierucci said the first substitute makes minor changes requested by the Attorney General's office, and that the resolution moves ineffective assistance of counsel claims to the post-conviction relief phase to accompany companion bill HB 495, addressing process rather than capital punishment itself.
▶ Watch at 1:06:46Read what they said
Thank you Mr. Speaker. And the first substitute makes some minor changes that the attorney General's office requested to my good colleague from Utah County. Uh, colleagues, this is quick. This is a companion bill to HB 4 95 that we spent a great deal of time debating on the floor and we already passed HB 40 95. So this is, um, to, to reiterate in dealing with capital punishment, this is not actually about the capital punishment itself, it's only about the process. And we actually have to run this resolution because part of the changes that need to be done are in court rule. And the way that we do that per the Utah Constitution is via joint …
H.J.R. 28 Joint Resolution Amending Court Rules Related to Capital Felony Cases · House floor debate (day 38) · Feb 27, 2026
Pierucci thanked colleagues and the Attorney General's office and said the policy and resolution together will make a difference in these cases.
▶ Watch at 1:07:56Read what they said
Thank you colleagues. I appreciate, uh, the opportunity to work with the Attorney General's office on this. And I think this policy coupled with this resolution will go a long way and making a difference when we look at these cases.
H.J.R. 28 Joint Resolution Amending Court Rules Related to Capital Felony Cases · House floor debate (day 38) · Feb 27, 2026
Said she has a substitute to make public so members can read it and will do so in a couple of minutes.
▶ Watch at 1:12:31Read what they said
Yes. I actually have a substitute that I need to make public so everyone can read it and I'll do that in the next couple minutes and then we'll come back.
H.B. 118 Driver Training Schools for Commercial Driver License Amendments · Senate Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee · Feb 26, 2026
Presents H.B. 118, which would have testers report to the Driver License Division when they fail a student for lack of English proficiency, so the division can identify schools that charge students for training.
▶ Watch at 37:08Read what they said
Thank you, Senator. Thank you for the committee's patience. I've had a chance to work with Senator Winterton. I think we've gotten to a good place on this bill. So the substitute, I'll be speaking to you today, is the second sub. Um, but colleagues, uh, actually last session, uh, right before I had a constituent reach out who actually is, uh, one of the testers in our state with a testing company. And, uh, they were finding that there was an inordinate number of, of applicants who were coming through who, uh, were not proficient in English, which is already the federal law around this, uh, when they were coming in for their CDLI. Um, and it was negatively …
H.B. 118 Driver Training Schools for Commercial Driver License Amendments · Senate Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee · Feb 26, 2026
Comments that a motion to substitute has not yet been made and says she hopes one will be.
▶ Watch at 40:04Read what they said
Discussing to the, to the motion to substitute, which has not been made yet, which I'm hoping will be made.
H.B. 118 Driver Training Schools for Commercial Driver License Amendments · Senate Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee · Feb 26, 2026
Says the first substitute does not include changes negotiated with Senator Winterton, that the school is the key focus, and that the federal system already holds applicant information; offers to remove the applicant's name from state code.
▶ Watch at 42:12Read what they said
Thank you. And I appreciate that. I took this to the, the drafter. This is really challenging because we do not control the federal database. And the truth is, if you're already going to one of these schools and applying, um, and have a learner's permit, you're already in the system. And so this is not adding you into a system. They're already in the system. And so, uh, the first sub does not make the changes that I've worked out with, uh, representative Winterton. I will say there is a line in here where we're talking about the data that the, the, um, sorry, I'm pulling it up. That the driver's license division collects that it has the name …
H.B. 118 Driver Training Schools for Commercial Driver License Amendments · Senate Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee · Feb 26, 2026
Says the bill targets schools rather than burdening testers, that it aligns state practice with federal law and public safety, and that the Trucking Association and Highway Patrol support it.
▶ Watch at 47:47Read what they said
You. I think I've given the bulk of my presentation, I am happy to continue working if we need to strike that line, um, because the schools is what we're trying to target here. And also the concern was that initially the burden was being put on the testers as to what's going on. Why are you failing so many people when really they were catching things that the school was passing through. So, uh, I appreciate the committee's work on this. I know the Trucking Association is in support of this. I've had conversations with Highway Patrol last year when I worked on this, and they supported this. Again, this is already federal law. Uh, we're just making sure …
H.B. 118 Driver Training Schools for Commercial Driver License Amendments · Senate Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee · Feb 26, 2026
Thanks the committee for its patience and support.
▶ Watch at 52:50Read what they said
Thank you. I appreciate the committee's patience on this and your time. And, uh, appreciate the support as well.
H.B. 545 Budgetary Modifications · House floor debate (day 37) · Feb 26, 2026
Thanks colleagues for their work on the bill and says she looks forward to supporting it.
▶ Watch at 55:17Read what they said
You Mr. Speaker. I appreciate our colleagues. Great work on this bill and look forward to supporting it.
H.B. 545 Budgetary Modifications · House floor debate (day 37) · Feb 26, 2026
Thanks colleagues for their work on the bill and says she looks forward to supporting it.
▶ Watch at 55:17Read what they said
You Mr. Speaker. I appreciate our colleagues. Great work on this bill and look forward to supporting it. Thank you Representative Pucci.
S.B. 130 River Restoration Amendments · House floor debate (day 37) · Feb 26, 2026
Apologizes for arriving late from a photo with the governor and asks the sponsor to yield to a question.
▶ Watch at 1:07:44Read what they said
Thank you Mr. Speaker Pro Tem. And I apologize to the good sponsor. I was running down to get the photo with the governor. I was gonna come chat with him. Uh, and so I just am wondering if the sponsor will yield to a question.
S.B. 130 River Restoration Amendments · House floor debate (day 37) · Feb 26, 2026
Recalls last session's human trafficking legislation that increased penalties, and asks whether this bill undoes that work.
▶ Watch at 1:07:59Read what they said
So, uh, last session we'd work on legislation. I'd pass legislation around human trafficking and enhancing our penalties there to make us on par at least with where the federal standard was. Does this bill undo that?
S.B. 130 River Restoration Amendments · House floor debate (day 37) · Feb 26, 2026
Asks to continue with another question to the sponsor.
▶ Watch at 1:08:25Read what they said
Okay. And on the, I'm just Thank you Mr. Speaker. We'll approach him. Will the sponsor yield another question?
S.B. 130 River Restoration Amendments · House floor debate (day 37) · Feb 26, 2026
Asks how someone could traffic an individual without intent, given the bill's distinction between intentional and reckless standards.
▶ Watch at 1:08:34Read what they said
Thank you so much. So on the penalty structure, when it makes a differentiation between, on human trafficking, between intentional and reckless. Yes. Can you explain how someone could not intentionally traffic an individual?
S.B. 130 River Restoration Amendments · House floor debate (day 37) · Feb 26, 2026
Asks whether sex trafficking charges under the bill would be intentional or reckless.
▶ Watch at 1:09:24Read what they said
Thank you Mr. Speaker. Yes. So I, and that thank you and I, again, I apologize so alike on lines 3 13 70, we're talking about sex trafficking. We're now differentiating between, there's two types of sex trafficking and code On lines 1373. I'm scrolling. That's okay. Speaker. I think it's just, thank you Mr. Speaker ProAm. I think it is just my question is, so are we saying under sex trafficking now there will be intentional sex trafficking or reckless sex trafficking that people will be charged with?
S.B. 77 Dual Language Immersion Amendments · House floor debate (day 37) · Feb 26, 2026
Presents S.B. 77, which adjusts the dual language immersion bridge program's teacher qualifications, adds grade 10-12 proficiency assessments, and aims to keep Utah's program strong.
▶ Watch at 1:32:40Read what they said
Thank you Mr. Speaker Pro, Tim. Colleagues, if you'll remember back to the last night of our session, uh, last year, this bill was, I stood up and then we ended session. So I'm so glad we are here now and not at the end of session. Uh, this bill is about our dual language immersion program. It actually was enacted in by the legislature in 2008. We actually have over 50,000 students enrolled in this program, and there are over 341 schools in our state. It is regarded as one of the finest program in the country. Uh, Utah's dual language immersion program actually has been visited by 42 states, 20 countries, and numerous embassies from around the world …
S.B. 77 Dual Language Immersion Amendments · House floor debate (day 37) · Feb 26, 2026
Says she will confirm the requirement with the drafting attorney and understands it is any master's degree.
▶ Watch at 1:36:02Read what they said
Thank you, Mr. Speaker Pro tem and I will need to clarify that with the drafting attorney. My understanding is it's just a master's degree.
S.B. 77 Dual Language Immersion Amendments · House floor debate (day 37) · Feb 26, 2026
Says the requirement reflects the quality expected for courses that earn college credit, similar to college professor qualifications.
▶ Watch at 1:36:35Read what they said
Thank you, Mr. Speaker proto. And that is a fair question. I think the reason, uh, behind this, and again, when we talk about clarifying the quality of the education in the classroom, uh, they're receiving college credit for this. So they're hoping that the goal would be that the teachers that are teaching this at the high school level would also be similar to say the same qualifications of a professor, uh, in a college setting.
S.B. 77 Dual Language Immersion Amendments · House floor debate (day 37) · Feb 26, 2026
Says removing the requirement would make the language program the only concurrent enrollment program without it and would undermine the bill's intent.
▶ Watch at 1:37:37Read what they said
Thank you, Mr. Speaker ProAm. If we were to do that, then the language learning program would be the only concurrent enrollment program that doesn't have that requirement in place. And so I don't think, um, we've made a conscious policy decision to have that requirement on concurrent enrollment, again, because it's college credit. So I think it would probably undermine the actual DNA and intend to the bill to make that change.
S.B. 77 Dual Language Immersion Amendments · House floor debate (day 37) · Feb 26, 2026
Gives closing summation, saying the bill allows a master's degree, 18 graduate credit hours in a related field, or approved exception so partnering institutions and high schools can offer real college credit.
▶ Watch at 1:40:50Read what they said
Thank you, Mr. Speaker Proto. And I apologize to my good colleague from Utah County. I was trying to pull this up and my internet wasn't working and I had to re-log in. If you, uh, and, and also appreciate colleagues who nudged on this. If you look at line 66 to 70 holds a master's degree or higher, has at least 18 completed credit hours of graduate work in an academic field related to the program or acquires exception for approval without a master's degree from the partnering institution and the LEAI think that's really important and uh, allows for that collaboration to happen, um, with our higher education institutions and our high schools so that these students can …
H.B. 241 Charter School Amendments · Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee · Feb 25, 2026
Presents H.B. 241, which lets cities and charter schools have first right of refusal on closed school buildings, requires a district share of revenue if a charter later sells such a building, adds a board oath for charter board members, and renames the charter school revolving account.
▶ Watch at 41:23Read what they said
Good morning, Senator Vickers. Uh, thanks for your patience and, and getting me into your committee. Uh, this is a bill that we worked on over interim in our education committee. And, um, as we look at some of the hurdles in place when we're expanding opportunities for education, one of those things is, uh, having buildings for charter schools available. And, uh, so as we worked on this, uh, we felt like it was very important that we looked at, uh, schools that were closing and making sure that we offered those up as an opportunity first for a charter or city to both have first right of, of refusal. Uh, now I'll point out that actually prior to …
H.B. 241 Charter School Amendments · Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee · Feb 25, 2026
Says the same rules apply to the fund and that the change is mostly a name change.
▶ Watch at 43:50Read what they said
I assume that the same rules apply Yes. Going forward, however, was being done Previously. Absolutely, yes. It's really just kind of a name change kind.
H.B. 241 Charter School Amendments · Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee · Feb 25, 2026
Says a buyer would pay fair market value, could have an inspector review the building, and would be responsible for the cost of any required upgrades.
▶ Watch at 44:44Read what they said
Absolutely. That's correct. And also, I mean, they, as part of this process, they have to buy it for fair market value. They can have an inspector come in, uh, but absolutely they would have to pay the cost of upgrading it.
H.J.R. 28 Joint Resolution Amending Court Rules Related to Capital Felony Cases · House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee · Feb 25, 2026
Presents HJR 28 alongside HB 495 because it includes procedural changes as well as policy changes, declines to repeat the full presentation, and offers to answer questions with Attorney General's office staff available.
▶ Watch at 1:25:10Read what they said
You. Committee, uh, colleagues, this will be very, very fast. Uh, we had HB 4 95 in your committee and, uh, because there are some procedural changes, not just substantive policy changes, we need to run this joint resolution alongside it. So unless the committee wants me to, I will not go through the full presentation again. Uh, but this is being respectful of the courts and our separation of powers. Do you wanna add anything? Well, No, I'm happy to answer any questions, but Alright. I've got the attorney general's office here if you have questions. Okay. Thank you. That's it.
H.B. 495 Capital Felony Case Amendments · House floor debate (day 36) · Feb 25, 2026
Pierucci presented H.B. 495, which changes Utah's capital felony case process, including competency review, automatic review, and timelines, and cited the Menzies case and costs of delays.
▶ Watch at 1:15:01Read what they said
Thank you Mr. Speaker, colleagues, uh, this bill is one that I have been working on all interim with the attorney general and his staff and that office. And it has to deal with how we handle capital. Felony case amend, uh, capital felony cases in our state. So, um, if you'll remember over this summer, uh, we had an individual who was on death row, uh, Ralph Menzies who sat on death row for 37 and a half years. He committed his crime before I was born and he was still on death row. Uh, and he had an execution date set and the district court had this worked out and then there was an appeal for, uh, a …
H.B. 495 Capital Felony Case Amendments · House floor debate (day 36) · Feb 25, 2026
Pierucci summarized, saying the bill does not change whether capital punishment is imposed, addresses intellectual disability review and appeal rights, and aims to reduce delays and costs.
▶ Watch at 1:41:08Read what they said
Thank you Mr. Speaker. There were a couple of things that were shared that uh, I just wanna make sure we correct the record and, and have a discussion a little bit about it. There's nothing in this bill that is going to change the determination of whether or not someone gets capital punishment that that comment was made. This is talking about the process that happens once that's been put on the table. And when we talk about intellectual disability, you can go in and look at the bill specifically. All of you should have a handout in your piles of papers that actually walk through this bill very specifically and go through the details. But when we talk …
H.B. 493 Consumer Products Amendments · House floor debate (day 35) · Feb 24, 2026
Presents H.B. 493, saying it raises penalties for pricing violations by weights and measures inspectors, from a warning for a first violation up to $10,000 for a fifth, to address stores that failed price accuracy inspections.
▶ Watch at 29:03Read what they said
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. ProAm colleagues over interim, it came to my attention that we had, um, some issues, uh, with, uh, store, particularly in Utah County that actually failed 28 price accuracy inspections in a row. Let me explain how this works. You have the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food and under them is the Weights and Measures department. And their job is to go out and make sure that, uh, our businesses are being fair and accurate when they're pricing and weighing goods. So, to give an example, if Costco says there's a hundred gummy bears in a bag, they'll go in, they do their, you know, secret shopper run, or, or they'll, they'll go in and …
H.B. 429 Special Districts Amendments · Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee · Feb 23, 2026
Presents H.B. 429 as a narrow bill letting first-class county cities withdraw from a trash collection district through a feasibility study and council vote, and asks for committee support.
▶ Watch at 1:38:43Read what they said
Senate bill, house Bill 4 29. Thank you. Great. Good morning colleagues. Good to see you. Uh, we're down to the wire here. Last two weeks. Uh, colleagues, this bill was brought to me over interim and, uh, was something I've been working with my city and now other cities on. Uh, this bill, if you'll look at the original, was much broader and with the sub, it has been brought to be as narrow as possible. Uh, so this bill only applies to counties. The first class, uh, a county that is very much built out wall to wall cities now. And, uh, it only, uh, targets that trash collection, uh, service district, not other service districts within, uh, …
H.B. 467 Utah Fits All Scholarship Program Modifications · House floor debate (day 34) · Feb 23, 2026
Presents the bill, describing changes to the Utah Fits All scholarship program on age eligibility, sibling preference, customer service, pre-approval of expenses, marketplace standards, and a distinction in accreditation for the higher scholarship amount.
▶ Watch at 59:17Read what they said
Thank you Mr. Speaker. Colleagues, uh, for those of you who are paying attention to your handouts coming your way, you'll be able to see an update that's come back from the program manager for the Utah Fits All scholarship program and to see a lot of the great work that's happening, uh, the items families are utilizing their scholarship for and um, also how, how the system's working. So, you know, we have over 15,000 students in this program. It's very exciting. Uh, we were, I think the only in first state to get a super majority vote on a universal school choice program. And it is a new program with new innovation and with any new program, we …
H.B. 467 Utah Fits All Scholarship Program Modifications · House floor debate (day 34) · Feb 23, 2026
Answers that scholarship recipients must pay a portion of their scholarship to take classes such as choir or math at their local school district.
▶ Watch at 1:03:20Read what they said
No, that is not correct. Uh, Mr. Speaker Prom right now, if a fits all recipient, say a home-based learner would like to participate at their local school district and they want to say take a choir class, then they would need to pay a portion of their scholarship to be able to do that. Same would go for a math class or any other class.
H.B. 467 Utah Fits All Scholarship Program Modifications · House floor debate (day 34) · Feb 23, 2026
Summarizes that the program is popular in rural communities, shares family feedback, expresses hope for fewer future fine-tuning needs, and asks colleagues for their support.
▶ Watch at 1:05:43Read what they said
Thank you Mr. Speaker. And I would just highlight for my good colleague from rural Utah that actually we have found this program as wildly popular in rural communities. Uh, because it offers an alternative choice in education in areas where maybe they don't see a lot of brick and mortar alternatives, uh, to say their district school. I'll also, uh, just add to this, uh, it's been incredible to hear the stories coming back from families. I've had multiple moms tell me this program is a game changer and how much it's meant for their children to be able to customize their learning experience. And um, I'm hopeful this will be one of our last years to need to …
H.B. 291 Security and Land Restriction Amendments · Senate floor debate (day 31) · Feb 20, 2026
Presents the bill's public list of restricted foreign entities, county recorder flags, DPS fines, land divestiture timelines, the felony penalty, and lowering the ownership threshold from 51% to 25%, then opens for questions.
▶ Watch at 48:11Read what they said
Thank you Mr. President. Um, this is, this is a great bill. It's designed to protect our land, water, and infrastructure, um, against foreign adversaries. Our foreign adversaries are de defined under the National Defense Authorization Act. Um, we've had a, we've had a lot of concern, not just in the state of Utah, but in our country about some of our foreign adversaries buying, buying properties, land, water, infrastructure near our critical critical infrastructure, critical to our security, critical to the United States and the state of Utah. Um, this bill attempts to address that concern. This is a series of bills that we've been working, working on. And what what this does is it'll create a, a public …
H.B. 210 Tax Penalties Amendments · House floor debate (day 31) · Feb 20, 2026
Says a fiscal note is needed for the fourth substitute and asks whether one is available. · speaker not certain
▶ Watch at 2:14:24Read what they said
a quick co couple things. Yes, yes. Uh, we need, before we speak to it, we have to make the motion to, uh, adopt the four sub, but there's also not a fiscal note, uh, on the four sub either. Do you have this?
H.B. 210 Tax Penalties Amendments · House floor debate (day 31) · Feb 20, 2026
Says a fiscal note is still needed to show how the tax shift would work. · speaker not certain
▶ Watch at 2:14:44Read what they said
Think there still needs to be a fiscal note to describe where the shift is going inside the taxes. So, um,
H.B. 210 Tax Penalties Amendments · House floor debate (day 31) · Feb 20, 2026
Asks whether the fiscal note is exactly the same for the fourth substitute. · speaker not certain
▶ Watch at 2:15:17Read what they said
you're saying the fiscal note's the exact same, The fiscal note is not exactly the same.
H.B. 210 Tax Penalties Amendments · House floor debate (day 31) · Feb 20, 2026
Moves a substitute motion to circle the bill while waiting for the fiscal note.
▶ Watch at 2:18:30Read what they said
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Uh, just make a motion to circle so we could just wait on that fiscal note. Okay.
H.B. 409 Legislator Leave Amendments · House Government Operations Committee · Feb 19, 2026
Spoke on the bill.
▶ Watch at 1:24:58Read what they said
Thank you. I'm pulling this up right now. The bill number is 4 0 9. Thank you.
H.B. 409 Legislator Leave Amendments · House Government Operations Committee · Feb 19, 2026
Said she has no substitutes and moved that HB 409 pass out of committee with a favorable recommendation.
▶ Watch at 1:25:08Read what they said
No, I do not. Okay. Thank you. And, and I know we do have one legislator on this committee who would be in this position, but we also have other emp, uh, other colleagues up at the Hill who are state employees. And I appreciate your thoughtfulness in working on this. So I'll make a motion that we pass HB 4 0 9 out of this committee with a favorable recommendation.
H.B. 495 Capital Felony Case Amendments · House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee · Feb 19, 2026
Introduced the bill as a change to the process for capital felony cases rather than a debate on the death penalty itself, cited Utah's average of 33 years on death row, and began explaining the intellectual disability pre-screening provision.
▶ Watch at 44:24Read what they said
Thank you, Mr. Chair, and good morning committee. And, uh, you know, next time I barrel through the parking lot and then run, I'm gonna text the chairs to make sure they're here. So, uh, it was a good exercise this morning. Uh, colleagues, I hope you're looking at the first sub that's come from some of the meetings we've had with stakeholders yesterday. Um, and in a moment, uh, the attorney General's office, um, will, one of their attorneys will be joining me up here. But, uh, colleagues, this bill, uh, well, the death penalty can be a hot topic. This bill is not about, you know, philosophically whether we should have the death penalty or not. This bill …
H.B. 495 Capital Felony Case Amendments · House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee · Feb 19, 2026
Walked through the bill's changes to automatic appeal review, ineffective assistance claims, appointment and pay of post-conviction counsel, qualifying for expedited federal habeas review, competency-to-be-executed procedures, and stays, and said the changes might cut time on death row to about 15 years.
▶ Watch at 51:32Read what they said
Thank you. So then we're gonna shift to talking about the appeal. And again, if you turn to your handout, I feel like we're in school on page two, it walks you through what existing law does and what this bill would change. But when we talk about automatic review, current Utah code authorizes the Utah Supreme Court to conduct an automatic review in a capital case. This bill clarifies that an automatic review will happen in the following ways. Either an automatic review can be conducted only when the defendant waives the right to an appeal. The court reviews the conviction and sentence only for manifest I justice, or the court initially conducts its review without briefing from the …
H.B. 495 Capital Felony Case Amendments · House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee · Feb 19, 2026
Said she could look further into other states and that the bill is close to what other states do.
▶ Watch at 1:02:18Read what they said
And I can get, I can dig into what other states are doing when we looked at this, uh, we are not that far off base on what, what we're working on here.
H.B. 495 Capital Felony Case Amendments · House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee · Feb 19, 2026
Pointed to the relevant section around line 1443 and said the bill does not change how those costs are handled.
▶ Watch at 1:04:41Read what they said
Okay. I'm not, I'm just going off of what you said. Oh, okay. Okay. On page 43, oh, sorry. It's around line 1400. Yeah. Um, 1443. And my understanding is nothing in this bill would change how Vick's costs are currently handled. So
H.B. 495 Capital Felony Case Amendments · House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee · Feb 19, 2026
Said she has asked fiscal analysts for that figure because the fiscal note does not capture potential savings and will follow up.
▶ Watch at 1:07:09Read what they said
That's a great question. I've actually asked our analysts to dig into that because I think when you look at the fiscal note, you know how our fiscal notes work, uh, it doesn't necessarily capture potential cost savings, but I have asked them on, on the amount and they were gonna get that back to me. So I can circle back up with you. Okay.
H.B. 495 Capital Felony Case Amendments · House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee · Feb 19, 2026
Offered to save her summary for the end.
▶ Watch at 1:54:26Read what they said
Okay. Now? Yes. Thank you. And if I can also take this moment. Do you want me to sum everything at the end and just for your sake of time?
H.B. 495 Capital Felony Case Amendments · House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee · Feb 19, 2026
Summarized that 34 years on death row costs about $1.8 million in prison costs alone, said the Menzies court never found him incompetent, argued the current process is broken, and asked the committee to support the bill.
▶ Watch at 1:56:29Read what they said
Okay, thank you Will, I appreciate that. I just wanna, there were a couple things that are were said and Representative Hall to your question. I looked up the math and did it really quick. If you were sitting on death row for 34 years, just the prison costs alone would be 1.8 million. That's not the actual cost though of the trial and your attorney's fees. Um, and I also will just point out in the most recent Menzies case, the court never said he wasn't competent. The court said he had to have another hearing and he died of the natural causes. Literally, people are dying because we're taking so long. And I will, I will say too, …
H.B. 122 Pregnant and Postpartum Inmate Amendments · Senate floor debate (day 30) · Feb 19, 2026
Presents H.B. 122 on pregnant and postpartum inmate protections, describing the 12-week recovery period, limits on restraints, and reported program outcomes.
▶ Watch at 1:16:43Read what they said
You. This bill expands protections for pregnant and postpartum inmates by defining a 12 week recovery period limiting restraints and ensuring that the continued health and care and support of the mother is present. The, this would help 14 mothers be paroled early and have zero mothers return to prison. 88% of mothers graduated from the substance use treatment and 1,229 days of prison were prevented. Um, 190,495 taxpayer dollars are saved, um, through the, through this program and 11 infants were reunited with their mother. And with that, I'll conclude my presentation.
H.B. 493 Consumer Products Amendments · House Government Operations Committee · Feb 18, 2026
Presents H.B. 493, which raises civil penalties for repeated price-accuracy violations at retail stores, from $500 for a second violation up to $10,000 for a fifth, to address a Utah County store that failed 28 price inspections.
▶ Watch at 35:51Read what they said
Committee, uh, colleagues over interim, this issue was brought to my attention. You'll see HB 4 93 in front of you that we had actually one particular store. But this is something that we see happening where, um, you have within the Department of Agriculture, uh, u daf, uh, the weights and measures subdepartment there, and they go around the state and they do a lot of great work. And I've learned a lot about what weights and measures does. Uh, they'll go into Costco and if it says this bag has a hundred gummy bears, they get it. They open it up, and when it has 88, they take it to them and Costco clears the shelf and goes …
H.B. 493 Consumer Products Amendments · House Government Operations Committee · Feb 18, 2026
Says the department found that penalties take effect when they reach corporate management, and that a $10,000 threshold is intended to prompt that response; says she had proposed higher amounts but chose a reasonable approach.
▶ Watch at 41:00Read what they said
Looked at. Yeah, so we, we had a really good discussion with the weights and measures department. If they're here, they can, they can speak to this as well. But I will just say it was more around the discussion of what triggers higher management to see a mistake. And it's that $10,000 window generally. And that's what we found is they talked to this store, um, the store manager was just paying it to your point, but then once it tripped a wire and hit corporate, then they immediately changed behavior. So we're trying to trip that wire sooner. Um, I had recommended we could go a lot higher than this, uh, but also wanted to be reasonable in, …
H.B. 493 Consumer Products Amendments · House Government Operations Committee · Feb 18, 2026
Says the first violation is a notice intended to let businesses correct pricing, and that the department works with stores and will warn them when they undercharge customers.
▶ Watch at 42:27Read what they said
Again, in working with them, I was so impressed by how they do work with these businesses. And that's why the first one is just a notice. It's just a, hey, just so you know, this rang up this way. You need to go, you need to take some time and recheck your store pricing. A lot of stores you're seeing, especially the bigger chains are moving to digital price tags. A lot of that is 'cause then they can raise it immediately and they don't have this human error. Uh, but generally, I, like I said, weights and measures. I had, I mean, I was going to throw the book at this issue and they said, look, let us …
H.B. 493 Consumer Products Amendments · House Government Operations Committee · Feb 18, 2026
Explains that the current structure is in department rule, that the bill places the escalating penalties in statute, and that a related bill also addresses this area.
▶ Watch at 43:51Read what they said
Structure? Yeah, so, and I, um, I'm trying to remember back to our conversation around this, this we have, uh, added into code. They do have it in rule, but to make these kind of ratcheted changes, we thought we'd put it here. There's also another bill this session that's codifying, that's structured, I believe it's Representative Albrecht. And so we wanted to make sure we were catching that together. And if UD DAF is here, they're welcome to, and if not, then I can get back to you on it. But I just know when we talked, they said, yeah, it's in rural. Um, but for a department to then go above the 10,000, I think they wanted to …
H.B. 493 Consumer Products Amendments · House Government Operations Committee · Feb 18, 2026
Says inspections cost about $300 each, so repeated violations add significant cost to the business.
▶ Watch at 44:37Read what they said
Is that a significant cost or this is just Okay. The, I think when we had talked initially, it was like a $300 cost. So that adds up, especially if you have 28 violations to 28 times 300, the amount that we had to go in.
H.B. 493 Consumer Products Amendments · House Government Operations Committee · Feb 18, 2026
Says the department does not cite violations for undercharging customers and only penalizes overcharging.
▶ Watch at 47:42Read what they said
I'll also just add, uh, when I spoke to their director of weights and measures the violations they're putting in for overcharges, so they're not gonna slap a violation on them for 120 gummy bears in the a hundred gummy bear bag. Or if say the price rings up less than what it was, they're gonna let them know, Hey, you're losing money. But they're not gonna charge 'em a violation. It's only when they're overcharging the customer.
H.B. 493 Consumer Products Amendments · House Government Operations Committee · Feb 18, 2026
Thanks the committee for the motion and says the bill is a consumer protection measure addressing price accuracy as families face higher costs.
▶ Watch at 51:20Read what they said
Don't have to, but I'm going to go ahead ma'am. I Appreciate the motion. I also appreciate weights and measures, uh, clearing up memory early in the morning for me and I appreciate the work that they do. Uh, this might seem like a small bill, but I think, and it is in terms of scope, but I think it's significant when you think of, uh, the Utah families who when they go to check out, and I've had moments where the price at the end total I'm a little bit surprised at. Right. And, um, I think people are very price conscious right now and we need to do everything we can to make sure, uh, we have consumer …
H.B. 291 Security and Land Restriction Amendments · Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee · Feb 17, 2026
Presents HB 291, describing its effect on firearm liability claims and urging its passage.
▶ Watch at 35:59Read what they said
to the the P-L-C-A-A being enacted that their goal was to create law with litigation after failing to pass statutes in, uh, the US House and Senate. As Congress noted in its formal findings, these lawsuits attempted to impose liability for harm solely caused by the criminal or unlawful use of firearms by a third party, a standard inconsistent with American law. It would be like a akin to suing Ford because you crashed your car into a group of people, even on purpose or on accident. Uh, public luc nuisance lawsuits were a common tactic prior to the P-L-C-A-A. Uh, they argued that the mere existence of lawful firearms constituted a public nuisance. Even when sellers complied with all …
H.B. 291 Security and Land Restriction Amendments · Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee · Feb 17, 2026
Responds that a product maker would not be liable for a criminal's misuse of a lawfully made product, comparing it to a car maker not being liable when a driver misuses a vehicle. · speaker not certain
▶ Watch at 39:41Read what they said
Yeah. I mean, in my opinion, it wouldn't be any different. Like, uh, he mentioned about the vehicle being used to drive into a crowded people. I mean, the, it's not unless the accelerator malfunctioned their brakes didn't work, but even then, you just have to maintain that sort of stuff. And so even at that, I just think that, uh, holding a manufacturer liable for a product that's misused is not Vernal to the manufacturer for the product
H.B. 122 Pregnant and Postpartum Inmate Amendments · Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee · Feb 17, 2026
Pierucci thanks the chair and asks for a flyer to be handed out.
▶ Watch at 45:17Read what they said
Thank you, Mr. Chair. You're welcome. Uh, my intern has a flyer. Just bring him up. Okay.
H.B. 122 Pregnant and Postpartum Inmate Amendments · Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee · Feb 17, 2026
Pierucci explains that HB 122 extends restraint limits and social worker access to 12 weeks postpartum, requires tracking of incarcerated pregnant and parent women, and reports program outcomes.
▶ Watch at 45:30Read what they said
Uh, good morning. Hope you're having a great Tuesday so far. Uh, this bill is a follow up to some of the work that we've done for the past two sessions as it relates to pregnant women who are incarcerated. And if you'll remember back at one point, there was a discussion around a prison, a prison nursery, that was pivoted to more of a diversion program in trying to give these women, uh, additional resources, uh, while also the other component of the original bill was not shackling pregnant women, uh, while they were incarcerated and limiting the type of restraints. So this bill is a follow-up and hopefully the, the bow on the policy that we can finalize. …
H.B. 122 Pregnant and Postpartum Inmate Amendments · Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee · Feb 17, 2026
Pierucci says other states use diversion programs similar to halfway houses for women after childbirth, and that the program's results have come quickly.
▶ Watch at 47:58Read what they said
You know, that's a great question. There are a lot of states that have different approaches to this. When we were looking initially at nurseries in prisons, there were a couple states that are well known for having, uh, baby nurseries and lockdown facilities. But more and more states are moving towards a diversion program. And so, yes, there are other states that are doing diversion programs, kind of like a halfway house that would allow a woman after she gives birth to a baby if she meets certain requirements that they'd be able to do this. But I do think this is, I've been excited by how quickly we've turned this around and the numbers we're already seeing.
H.B. 122 Pregnant and Postpartum Inmate Amendments · Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee · Feb 17, 2026
Pierucci says the 12-week provision came from a postnatal advisory board and that shackling postpartum women is not common but remains an issue.
▶ Watch at 48:39Read what they said
You know, this was something that came from the pre and postnatal advisory, uh, board that we created is one of their recommendations. I do know when I worked on this, uh, it varied on what type of restraints, uh, generally speaking, when someone was pregnant in that final trimester, that wasn't something that we were seeing across the board, but postpartum, um, we haven't seen, uh, a lot of people who are doing this, but it still is an issue. And so we're just clarifying it to make sure that's the case.
H.B. 122 Pregnant and Postpartum Inmate Amendments · Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee · Feb 17, 2026
Pierucci explains the six-to-12-week range and says 12 weeks reflects typical postpartum recovery.
▶ Watch at 49:31Read what they said
Yeah. Uh, and we have that range six to 12 weeks, and, you know, if that's something this committee is interested in, we can absolutely look at it. Generally speaking, from a postpartum recovery perspective, your body is still healing. I mean, up to a year and then some, but generally speaking, those first three months, you're still very tender. And also, um, uh, having to hold a certain position might actually be very uncomfortable. And so 12 weeks is usually kind of the standard of when you're looking at that initial recovery, uh, and that's why we've landed it 12 weeks. So
H.B. 122 Pregnant and Postpartum Inmate Amendments · Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee · Feb 17, 2026
Pierucci says the 12-week period addresses the law's silence on restraints after childbirth and extends social worker access, which was previously limited to six weeks.
▶ Watch at 50:25Read what they said
Help? Yeah, so, so again, this came from the postnatal and, um, advisory committee that we put together because there are some areas that they would say, well, you've now given birth to a baby, this, you would be, um, eligible for those additional restraints. And the law is silent on that. And so that's why we're carving that out. Generally though, you go in after having a baby, um, for a regular checkup, uh, up and after the 12 week point, then it's a longer period for checkup. And so the 12 weeks is not just for the restraints though, that's also to give them access to, um, the social worker. And because right now it's just up to …
H.B. 122 Pregnant and Postpartum Inmate Amendments · Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee · Feb 17, 2026
Pierucci thanks the committee, notes that the Department of Corrections and jails participated, and cites program graduation and success rates.
▶ Watch at 56:27Read what they said
I know the Department of Corrections and our jails, uh, they've come along on this and I appreciate them participating in this. And, and also I think we talk about being a pro-life state, and this is one of those things that we can do to show that, uh, and having this balance of justice and mercy. And I think I've been really excited to see, uh, the rates of success and graduation coming outta this program in mothers who are able to rebuild their lives and be able to raise their child. So I appreciate the committee's support.
H.B. 467 Utah Fits All Scholarship Program Modifications · House Education Committee · Feb 17, 2026
Presented the second substitute of HB 467, describing lottery and sibling changes, customer service and pre-approval provisions, marketplace standards, and the proposed private school definition and accreditation work group.
▶ Watch at 1:31:06Read what they said
Good morning colleagues. Uh, and if it's okay, Mr. Chair, my intern has a handout. It's three handouts put together for you. Yep, that'd be great. Alright, colleagues, uh, I know you've gotten a lot of emails about this bill, and as you'll see, I actually have had this bill in process and we've been working on it for several weeks. And over interim, uh, and you'll see there's a second substitute, which I would direct people to online, which is what I'll be presenting to today. But I wanna highlight a couple of the really awesome things that are happening with this program right now, uh, because this is really exciting, uh, as we are a state that values …
H.B. 467 Utah Fits All Scholarship Program Modifications · House Education Committee · Feb 17, 2026
Explained that the substitute pauses accreditation for a work group to study it, outlined the timeline and ramp-up, removed private school audits, and noted that private schools need not become approved providers and can seek reimbursement.
▶ Watch at 1:42:23Read what they said
Yeah, so, and let me just walk through how the bill, the substitute currently works. I know there's other subs out there, but this bill would give, first off, it's a pause, but it's putting, so that as to not surprise people, it's a pause in this idea of accreditation and saying, this is our best bet yet right now on how we address this, but what that looks like, we don't know what it looks like for Utah. So we're creating this accreditation work group. They have a year to work on it, which means you have a whole nother academic year of things continuing. Uh, and then you in the next, in subsection G of that same area, …
H.B. 467 Utah Fits All Scholarship Program Modifications · House Education Committee · Feb 17, 2026
Said parents are the customers and that alternatives remain available, so the bill does not pick winners and losers, and described the market response to the program.
▶ Watch at 1:46:14Read what they said
I would say no, because you still have parents who are the customer. And so I'll give you an example. I've not talked to Challenger, but they pride themselves on having zero ties to government, right? And the, that is the brand of parents that they're going to attract, uh, to that private school from an organizational perspective. And just like a mechanic's perspective, having an approved provider is just something to fast track the money so that that parent can get it. But they absolutely have alternatives, which is why we have pre-approval and a reimbursement process. So, no, I don't think we are picking winners and losers. And I think that right now what you're seeing is a …
H.B. 467 Utah Fits All Scholarship Program Modifications · House Education Committee · Feb 17, 2026
Responded that the tiers depend on where most instruction takes place, that the bill does not require in-person instruction, and that a work group could help define a private school.
▶ Watch at 1:48:50Read what they said
Uh, I would say that if you are a home-based learner and you're academic instruction, the majority of it is taking place at home and you're Juab, you're going to your district school for choir class. And based off of all the people I've talked to, they'd be treated as a home-based learner who is then taking that money part of the market to their district. Um, so the idea of how do you describe a private school, you'll see none of this says in person. So it's not saying that you have to do that academic instruction in person, um, none of this puts an hour allotment or, um, you know, online or, uh, or anything like that. But …
H.B. 467 Utah Fits All Scholarship Program Modifications · House Education Committee · Feb 17, 2026
Explained that a private school meeting the definition could receive reimbursement for tuition even if it is not an approved provider, at the private school amount.
▶ Watch at 1:51:08Read what they said
Goes? No, so that's, I'm glad you asked that question. So to the example I gave previously, a challenger, or quite frankly, none of the private schools wanna be listed at as an approved provider that I'm aware of because they wanna maintain that purity as a true private school. But nevertheless, that's how we've ended up in this, um, world of trying to define it because they are in fact a private school and they would meet the definition for an $8,000. So that's why these two pieces connect in that if the program manager can identify, alright, they may not wanna be an approved provider, but clearly they meet the standards we've set of a private school, then …
H.B. 467 Utah Fits All Scholarship Program Modifications · House Education Committee · Feb 17, 2026
Said districts may charge fees for extracurricular courses, which can be paid from the scholarship amount, and described some districts closing access to UFA students.
▶ Watch at 1:52:12Read what they said
Yes. Yes. So, um, what one of the challenges we're seeing is, well, one of the things that we're seeing, I'll try not to describe it, is you have some districts that wanna become approved providers, and we have districts that are approved providers, which I think is brilliant because they're entering the marketplace. It's a way to make more revenue. And then you have districts who are closing the doors saying, Nope, we don't want UFA students at all. So like, I had one family reach out, their daughter just wanted to keep taking her choir class and the district said, absolutely not. You cannot come take your choir class here anymore. And I said, she can pay out …
H.B. 467 Utah Fits All Scholarship Program Modifications · House Education Committee · Feb 17, 2026
Said the definition earlier aimed to capture schools that are not accredited but have received awards, and that parents want what is best for their children.
▶ Watch at 1:56:09Read what they said
Thank you. And we've found, I think in the definition we had put something in there that also would've captured the challenger model of someone who doesn't wanna be accredited, but they have received awards. But to your, to your underlying question, I think parents want what's best.
H.B. 467 Utah Fits All Scholarship Program Modifications · House Education Committee · Feb 17, 2026
Said the accreditation idea arose from concerns about the rigid original definition and that other states use accreditation, and that she does not want to stifle innovation.
▶ Watch at 1:56:31Read what they said
Uh, but anyway, please proceed with, I can pull up the language. Um, and if we need to, if we miss that we were working a lot yesterday too, I can make sure we have that in there. Um, but parents, I think at their core want what's best for their children. I think you have highlighted though, when you introduce money, uh, into something, we want enough safeguards that we can ensure that taxpayer dollars are being spent well, but also maximizing the learning experience. So I'm excited to see all the micro schools that are popping up the homeschool pods that are popping up. I think that's good. I think that's what we expected with this, and I …
H.B. 467 Utah Fits All Scholarship Program Modifications · House Education Committee · Feb 17, 2026
Said the standards focus on educational quality and that the work group could review accreditation standards, or the committee could move faster on them.
▶ Watch at 1:57:46Read what they said
It's standards that, um, that really gold standard accreditors Will need. Yeah, absolutely. And I think what you're trying to hit at is the quality of education, right? Like you're not trying to dictate to a parent what type you're making sure that if you're considered a private school and getting 8,000, that's what we're looking at. So the crediting group, the work group in this sub, the idea would be it would get together and look at all those different standards. But if we wanna fast track that with this sub, then I'm open to that discussion
H.B. 467 Utah Fits All Scholarship Program Modifications · House Education Committee · Feb 17, 2026
Said she is open to the approach in the third substitute, that the work group could still help, and that the change in amounts drove the need for a clearer private school definition.
▶ Watch at 2:13:50Read what they said
I know that the representative has worked really hard on this and I'm open to that concept of it. And I think too, you know, for the discussion, we could even marry the idea of that's what the group is looking at. But I am, I think that if we wanna just jump to calling out what we're looking for, it also will hopefully alleviate some concerns around what can become accredited. I will just say like in this working group, it wasn't saying we're going to pick accreditors, it could even come up with their own model of how do you come before the Utah fits all and become, you know, considered a private school. So, um, but this …
H.B. 467 Utah Fits All Scholarship Program Modifications · House Education Committee · Feb 17, 2026
Said the work group makeup would likely prevent alternative pathways and that the language is intended to close the door, while arguing that the definition would open a pathway for tiny micro schools.
▶ Watch at 2:15:52Read what they said
So it's an excellent question. I appreciate, I have met with actually all the stakeholders in this area and I will tell you that when I look at the makeup of that working group in sub two, it looks to me, and this is no like it, my concern is that we will never receive from a working group at that makeup any alternative pathway to become a private school under Utah. It, the, the whole intent behind the language is to close the door, not open the door. And so, um, with that being my concern, and that is not on the sponsor because she has worked tirelessly to try to address all of the, the concerns across the …
H.B. 467 Utah Fits All Scholarship Program Modifications · House Education Committee · Feb 17, 2026
Said she is okay with the third substitute, could adjust the work group makeup if needed, and that the goal is to define what a private school is.
▶ Watch at 2:17:57Read what they said
Thank you. And I think that the, I we're both trying to get to this similar objective at the end and we can continue working on this if we need to, but I, I, uh, if we need in the makeup of the work group, obviously we could change, but I'm okay with this. I think that the, what we're trying to get at is this idea of, um, being able to identify what a private school is, which is proved to be very difficult.
H.B. 467 Utah Fits All Scholarship Program Modifications · House Education Committee · Feb 17, 2026
Thanked attendees and said the goal is what is best for families and that the program is working for them.
▶ Watch at 2:19:49Read what they said
Uh, don't wanna take up any more of the committee's time. I appreciate everyone who's come today and I hope the families know we really do want what's best for their families and I'm glad that the program is working for them.
H.B. 429 Special Districts Amendments · House floor debate (day 28) · Feb 17, 2026
Presents the bill as narrow, applying to trash collection in first-class counties, and describes a process letting a city withdraw from a special service district through a feasibility study within 90 days and a city council vote, saying it would save residents money.
▶ Watch at 1:39:05Read what they said
Thank you Mr. Speaker, colleagues. Uh, this bill is very narrow and li in limited in scope. It's one that I've worked on over interim, uh, with my one of the cities that I represent and really gets at the heart of the issue when we talk about working to save taxpayer dollars and encouraging our municipalities to maximize taxpayer dollars and be looking for ways that they can cut costs. So this is very simple. This bill is, uh, applies just to counties of the first class and in areas of trash collection. So what this would allow is it creates a process for a city in the county's the first class. So just right now in Salt Lake …
H.B. 146 Mentoring and Supporting Teacher Excellence and Refinement Program Amendments · Senate Education Committee · Feb 13, 2026
Presented H.B. 146 as a pilot-to-permanent mentor teacher program that aims to keep experienced teachers in classrooms, citing a pilot study with positive results.
▶ Watch at 58:25Read what they said
There you go. Thank you. Committee, uh, colleagues. This is a program we worked on last session. We did it as a pilot program last session. Uh, this is the brainchild of, uh, two fantastic leaders in the education community. Uh, working with former board chair Jim Moss and our superintendent Molly Hart, on trying to find ways that we can retain fantastic teachers in the classroom. If you think about some of your best teachers growing up, it is very likely that they are now an administration to make more money. And while we've done a lot to try and increase teacher pay, our state, this is still a challenge that we see in our schools. And so the …
H.B. 302 Government Speech Neutrality Amendments · House Government Operations Committee · Feb 13, 2026
Asks whether a city could fly a POW flag under the bill.
▶ Watch at 1:37:44Read what they said
Thank you. Just have a clarifying question. So looking at the bill, if a city wanted to fly a POW flag, would they be able to
H.B. 302 Government Speech Neutrality Amendments · House Government Operations Committee · Feb 13, 2026
Restates that a city could fly the flag at City Hall but not at a school.
▶ Watch at 1:38:35Read what they said
So, yeah, I'm just clarifying. Like a POW flag, A city couldn't fly at a city hall Building. They could at a city
H.B. 302 Government Speech Neutrality Amendments · House Government Operations Committee · Feb 13, 2026
Asks what criteria the oversight committee would use when reviewing a flag.
▶ Watch at 1:38:57Read what they said
Okay. And then the oversight committee, is there criteria for what they're looking at when they review a flag?
H.B. 302 Government Speech Neutrality Amendments · House Government Operations Committee · Feb 13, 2026
Says she wanted to ensure the bill was not about flags and asks for a walk-through of current code and the changes.
▶ Watch at 1:41:38Read what they said
Sorry, second bite of the apple. And we spent a lot of time on flags in education last session. Mm-hmm. So I think I'm a little PTSD here, but, um, I'm trying to, I Try, wanted to make sure this bill wasn't called Flags, if I'm being honest.
H.B. 302 Government Speech Neutrality Amendments · House Government Operations Committee · Feb 13, 2026
Asks for a walk-through of current code and how the bill changes it.
▶ Watch at 1:41:55Read what they said
Current code real quick for us, where we're at and how this changes it. I just think that would be helpful. Um, and then I don't have, um, Representative Lee and Senator McKay's bill mm-hmm.
H.B. 302 Government Speech Neutrality Amendments · House Government Operations Committee · Feb 13, 2026
Summarizes her understanding of current law on municipal flags in schools and how multiple official flags could bypass it.
▶ Watch at 1:42:09Read what they said
But from what I understand, under their current, um, the current, uh, statute, you can only display official flags from municipalities in schools. And there's some language about what display means. Mm-hmm. Um, and that it doesn't apply to textbooks or instructional material or other types of, uh, situations. And that, um, what this, what under the, the code originally, uh, supplied, if a municipality adopted multiple official flags, then that would essentially bypass the intent of the original language so that those municipal flags could be considered, uh, a, a carve out under the original language and could be flown at, for example, a school.
H.B. 302 Government Speech Neutrality Amendments · House Government Operations Committee · Feb 13, 2026
Says the bill will improve the current situation, that voters should hold local officials accountable, and that she will support the bill.
▶ Watch at 1:53:27Read what they said
Thank you. And thanks for walking through. It sounds like your bill will improve where we are at. I think too, to some of the comments made, um, at some point too, we have to allow local elected officials to live with their choices. And if a city wants to defend their constituents, that flying a pride flag year round is how they're gonna roll or what they're gonna do. I think at some point we have to let them own that and let the voters actually be able to see that decision in full force. And, uh, so I, I will be supporting your bill. I think too, this has been a lesson learned as well. Um, we talk …
H.B. 170 School Board Referendum Amendments · House floor debate (day 25) · Feb 13, 2026
Supports the bill, citing property taxes and the importance of checks and balances at all levels of government.
▶ Watch at 41:54Read what they said
Thank you, Mr. Speaker, uh, colleagues, I just wanted to rise in support as well of the, the bill. I appreciate the good work of the representative here. This is a policy, this body's passed twice, uh, out and one of the biggest things we hear from our constituents is about property taxes. And in my area specifically, 51% of the property taxes, uh, that my constituents pay come from their school district. Um, but it is the only legislative body in the state that citizens do not have the ability to referendum. And so I think it's important to have that check and balance in place at all levels of government and appreciate the sponsor working on this.
H.B. 219 Higher Education Civics Amendments · House Education Committee · Feb 12, 2026
Asked the sponsor whether the bill requires the board to establish a policy, citing the shall language in the substitute.
▶ Watch at 2:02:01Read what they said
Thank you Mr. Speaker. I know this is out of order of operations, but may I ask the bill sponsor question? You May. Thank you. Uh, I just wanted to clarify. So like I'm looking at the first sub on line 45, it says, the board shall establish policy. So it is an action item. Am I missing something? Is there another amendment I'm missing?
H.B. 219 Higher Education Civics Amendments · House Education Committee · Feb 12, 2026
Thanked the sponsor for clarifying the shall and may language.
▶ Watch at 2:03:08Read what they said
Thank you for Thats The shall part or the may part. Yeah, it comes later. Okay. Thank you for clarifying.
H.B. 399 Prohibition Against Student Character Tracking and Grading Systems · House Education Committee · Feb 12, 2026
Asks how the bill defines character education and whether it would affect charter schools and behavior techniques like breathing exercises.
▶ Watch at 2:47:32Read what they said
Thank you. And thank you to the sponsor. I know you've worked a lot on this. I'm looking at the first sub, so just wanna make sure. Here's my question because you define character education and I know at least in public, at appropriations, we talked about the role and mission of the state board of education and what kind of students we want. And character is one of the things, good character, right? And uh, and so when you say character education, I'm just trying to understand 'cause I feel like this could cut both ways. And, um, so I just come with me here. I'm trying to understand the scope of the bill. So like if I wanna …
H.B. 399 Prohibition Against Student Character Tracking and Grading Systems · House Education Committee · Feb 12, 2026
Asks whether a Utah Panorama screenshot showing grit and self-management is tracked, and how teachers can distinguish grit from tracked character traits.
▶ Watch at 2:50:05Read what they said
Okay. If I may, Mr. Chair, just to follow up, 'cause I'm looking at your packet, which thanks for preparing these materials. Yeah, go ahead. On here. Uh, it talks about like 1, 2, 3. I'm on the fourth page in, uh, exhibit D. Is this a Utah like screenshot of panorama? Yes. Yes It is. So it looks like it's self-management grit, right? That those are the things that you're saying they're tracking. Mm-hmm. Okay. Alright. I just wanted to verify it was Utah. I, I'm trying to grapple with, I absolutely want academic excellence to be the focus of schools. If my student happens, my child is learning grit though, because they fell on a test and they …
H.B. 312 School Curriculum and Standards Modifications · House Education Committee · Feb 12, 2026
Moves to adopt the second substitute of HB 312.
▶ Watch at 3:55:31Read what they said
Thank you Mr. Speaker. I'm trying to pull the bill number up right now. Oh, it's three 12 second. So Do we need to adopt the First amendment? We Have a second sub sub to adopt. We have a second sub to adopt and An amendment I make, I make the motion that we adopt the second substitute of House Bill three 12.
H.B. 312 School Curriculum and Standards Modifications · House Education Committee · Feb 12, 2026
Says the sponsor has worked on the bill over the interim and consolidated it with other members' bills.
▶ Watch at 3:55:51Read what they said
Just briefly? I know the sponsor's been working on this a lot over interim and cares a lot about it and I also appreciate that she's worked with Representative Walton and others to consolidate the bill.
H.B. 312 School Curriculum and Standards Modifications · House Education Committee · Feb 12, 2026
Moves to adopt the first amendment to the second substitute of HB 312.
▶ Watch at 3:56:30Read what they said
I'd make a motion that we adopt the first amendment to the second substitute of House Bill three 12.
H.B. 312 School Curriculum and Standards Modifications · House Education Committee · Feb 12, 2026
Moves to recommend the second substitute of HB 312 as amended out of committee.
▶ Watch at 3:57:06Read what they said
Pucci. That's make a motion that we favor Blake, recommend second sub of house bill three 12 as amended out of this committee.
H.B. 118 Driver Training Schools for Commercial Driver License Amendments · House floor debate (day 24) · Feb 12, 2026
Presents the bill, which would require CDL applicants to attest to English language proficiency at the start of training at testing schools, aligning state code with federal requirements and adding data collection.
▶ Watch at 57:16Read what they said
Thank you Mr. Speaker. Colleagues, uh, this is a very concise and easy to explain Bill. Uh, a constituent reached out to me actually two interims ago. I started work on this last session, uh, and was part of a company that provided a testing service for CDL applicants who had just gone through the school training and were going through the testing and they started noticing that a lot of these students actually were not proficient in English, which is a requirement, it is already a federal requirement. Uh, but these students unfortunately had paid thousands of dollars to said testing school, the school for CDLs, uh, and then when they got there, they had to fail them because …
H.B. 118 Driver Training Schools for Commercial Driver License Amendments · House floor debate (day 24) · Feb 12, 2026
Says schools would decide internally who checks English proficiency, and that it is already a federal requirement.
▶ Watch at 1:00:09Read what they said
So that would be left up to the schools, Mr. Speaker, and that is something they should be doing already. So whether it's, you know, a counselor within their office or someone in their department, that would be up to them to decide who would do that. As I've said, this is a requirement. Um, English proficiency is a federal requirement and we're just marrying that in code. Thank you Mr. Speaker.
H.B. 118 Driver Training Schools for Commercial Driver License Amendments · House floor debate (day 24) · Feb 12, 2026
Says students are being charged for training and then failing the test, and that the bill moves the proficiency check to the start of school.
▶ Watch at 1:00:38Read what they said
So thank you Mr. Speaker. If I may, English proficiency is required at federal law, but right now what you're seeing is students, I would argue being victimized and taken advantage of who are told, yes, you can pay me thousands of dollars to go through this school, but then when you show up for the test, they can clearly tell there's not an English proficiency. And so the reason for this bill is to move that check to the front end when someone first uh, goes to school.
H.B. 118 Driver Training Schools for Commercial Driver License Amendments · House floor debate (day 24) · Feb 12, 2026
Summarizes that the bill promotes public safety, cites highway patrol concerns about drivers, asks schools to be more honest with students, and requests colleagues' support.
▶ Watch at 1:04:02Read what they said
Thank you Mr. Speaker. I would just say this, that this is twofold of a bill. It's protecting public safety. I have heard from uh, individuals, members, officers in highway patrol who have said they've pulled over A-C-D-L-A big truck driving a big rig and they go and approach them and they'll ask them standard questions, but then they ask, what's that sticking outta the tire. And the driver did not know what they were asking. And so that's a obviously a hazard and a public safety issue for sure. But then also I think for these students we need to make sure that we are providing them, uh, the resources and realistic expectations. And I think these schools, uh, …
H.B. 141 International Money Transmission Amendments · House floor debate (day 22) · Feb 10, 2026
Speaks in support of the bill, citing public safety concerns about human trafficking and drug cartels and the importance of responsible use of taxpayer dollars.
▶ Watch at 55:03Read what they said
Thank you Mr. Speaker. I would just rise in support of the good colleagues work on this. This is actually her second year running this bill and she's been working through uh, any concerns that, uh, were had in this chamber on the other side, um, in the other chamber. And this is important colleagues, when we look at human trafficking, drug cartels, drug cells, drug trafficking, this is really important in terms of a public safety perspective and also making sure that we are being good stewards of the taxpayers dollars but also the process that we outline and have that authority to do. And I'd ask for my colleagues to support it.
H.B. 241 Charter School Amendments · House floor debate (day 22) · Feb 10, 2026
Moves to adopt the third substitute and notes it has been online for about 30 minutes.
▶ Watch at 1:16:35Read what they said
Thank you Mr. Speaker Motion to adopt the third substitute. It's been online for about 30 minutes and it's cherry colored
H.B. 241 Charter School Amendments · House floor debate (day 22) · Feb 10, 2026
Moves to adopt the third substitute; the remaining remarks in this stretch are garbled in the captions.
▶ Watch at 1:16:35Read what they said
Thank you Mr. Speaker Motion to adopt the third substitute. It's been online for about 30 minutes and it's cherry colored
H.B. 241 Charter School Amendments · House floor debate (day 22) · Feb 10, 2026
Agrees to withdraw the motion to adopt the third substitute and to circle the second substitute of H.B. 241.
▶ Watch at 1:17:05Read what they said
Yes, I would make the motion that we withdraw that motion and circle to, uh, second substitute of house bill 2 41.
H.B. 241 Charter School Amendments · House floor debate (day 22) · Feb 10, 2026
Agrees to withdraw the motion and instead moves to circle the second substitute of H.B. 241.
▶ Watch at 1:17:05Read what they said
Yes, I would make the motion that we withdraw that motion and circle to, uh, second substitute of house bill 2 41.
H.B. 241 Charter School Amendments · House floor debate (day 22) · Feb 10, 2026
Moves to adopt the third substitute of H.B. 241.
▶ Watch at 1:25:05Read what they said
Thank you Mr. Speaker. I'd also make the motion that we adopt the third substitute of this bill.
H.B. 241 Charter School Amendments · House floor debate (day 22) · Feb 10, 2026
Moves to adopt the third substitute of H.B. 241.
▶ Watch at 1:25:05Read what they said
Thank you Mr. Speaker. I'd also make the motion that we adopt the third substitute of this bill.
H.B. 241 Charter School Amendments · House floor debate (day 22) · Feb 10, 2026
Says she worked with the League of Cities and Towns and the charter school community, and that the League now supports the third substitute.
▶ Watch at 1:25:18Read what they said
Yes. Colleagues. Uh, for those of you who have been tracking this bill, I have worked closely with the League of Cities and Towns, as well as the charter school community to get to a good place on this. And with this third substitute, the League of Cities of Towns is now supportive of the bill. So it's an important sub.
H.B. 241 Charter School Amendments · House floor debate (day 22) · Feb 10, 2026
Says she worked with the League of Cities and Towns and the charter school community, and that the League now supports the third substitute.
▶ Watch at 1:25:18Read what they said
Yes. Colleagues. Uh, for those of you who have been tracking this bill, I have worked closely with the League of Cities and Towns, as well as the charter school community to get to a good place on this. And with this third substitute, the League of Cities of Towns is now supportive of the bill. So it's an important sub.
H.B. 241 Charter School Amendments · House floor debate (day 22) · Feb 10, 2026
Says the school board association has not contacted her about the third substitute.
▶ Watch at 1:25:53Read what they said
I cannot tell you that because they have not reached out to me on the third sub.
H.B. 241 Charter School Amendments · House floor debate (day 22) · Feb 10, 2026
Says the school board association has not contacted her about the third substitute.
▶ Watch at 1:25:53Read what they said
I cannot tell you that because they have not reached out to me on the third sub.
H.B. 241 Charter School Amendments · House floor debate (day 22) · Feb 10, 2026
Explains that the substitute changes the right of first refusal on closed school buildings so that cities can purchase them, removes leasing from the bill, and describes differences from the second substitute.
▶ Watch at 1:26:16Read what they said
Yeah. And this substitute actually should have been public for more than I think about an hour now, at least. Um, but just to walk through some of the changes, and if it's okay, Mr. Speaker, I might just present the bill because you have to understand the concept of the bill to get the changes. But colleagues, uh, one of the biggest barriers for charter schools is actually, uh, building capacity. And this is something that came up over the interim as a way that we could creatively find a solution that was in the best interest of students. And so, um, many of you may not be aware, and I was not aware until I opened this bill, …
H.B. 241 Charter School Amendments · House floor debate (day 22) · Feb 10, 2026
Explains the substitute's changes, including city first right of refusal to buy closed school buildings and a provision limited to sales rather than leases.
▶ Watch at 1:26:16Read what they said
Yeah. And this substitute actually should have been public for more than I think about an hour now, at least. Um, but just to walk through some of the changes, and if it's okay, Mr. Speaker, I might just present the bill because you have to understand the concept of the bill to get the changes. But colleagues, uh, one of the biggest barriers for charter schools is actually, uh, building capacity. And this is something that came up over the interim as a way that we could creatively find a solution that was in the best interest of students. And so, um, many of you may not be aware, and I was not aware until I opened this bill, …
H.B. 241 Charter School Amendments · House floor debate (day 22) · Feb 10, 2026
Describes how a city or charter entity may bid on a closed district school building, how revenue sharing and right of first refusal would work, and a required oath for charter school board members, then yields time to Representative Walter.
▶ Watch at 1:28:47Read what they said
Thank you colleague. So you've now with that robust discussion around the third substitute, have an idea of some of what this bill does. Uh, but I wanna go into it for greater detail so you can see how thoughtful we've been about this process. So should a district school choose to close one of their school buildings, the city and a charter entity could put in a bid, uh, of a fair market value to purchase that building? It would be up to the district to choose of those two, should two of them even offer a bid to select which one they would like to sell it to. So I've had people bring concerns of, well, what if …
H.B. 241 Charter School Amendments · House floor debate (day 22) · Feb 10, 2026
Describes how a district school closure could be sold to a city or charter school, the revenue-sharing and buyback rules, and the charter board oath, then yields remaining time to Representative Walter.
▶ Watch at 1:28:47Read what they said
Thank you colleague. So you've now with that robust discussion around the third substitute, have an idea of some of what this bill does. Uh, but I wanna go into it for greater detail so you can see how thoughtful we've been about this process. So should a district school choose to close one of their school buildings, the city and a charter entity could put in a bid, uh, of a fair market value to purchase that building? It would be up to the district to choose of those two, should two of them even offer a bid to select which one they would like to sell it to. So I've had people bring concerns of, well, what if …
H.B. 241 Charter School Amendments · House floor debate (day 22) · Feb 10, 2026
Gives closing remarks saying the bill increases opportunities and resources for students and charter schools, which are public schools, and asks for colleagues' support.
▶ Watch at 1:32:31Read what they said
Thank you Mr. Speaker. ProAm colleagues, I would just say, um, this bill is about increasing opportunities and resources for students and choice within the system. I've been really surprised as I've worked on this bill. How many people have asked me about charter schools and I just wanna be very clear, charter schools are public schools and so this is a great tool that we can give them to overcome a hurdle that's been placed before them as they work to service our students in our state. And I would ask for my colleague support on it.
H.B. 241 Charter School Amendments · House floor debate (day 22) · Feb 10, 2026
Summarizes the bill as expanding opportunities for students and asks for colleagues' support.
▶ Watch at 1:32:31Read what they said
Thank you Mr. Speaker. ProAm colleagues, I would just say, um, this bill is about increasing opportunities and resources for students and choice within the system. I've been really surprised as I've worked on this bill. How many people have asked me about charter schools and I just wanna be very clear, charter schools are public schools and so this is a great tool that we can give them to overcome a hurdle that's been placed before them as they work to service our students in our state. And I would ask for my colleague support on it.
H.B. 122 Pregnant and Postpartum Inmate Amendments · House floor debate (day 22) · Feb 10, 2026
Rep. Pierucci presented H.B. 122, which would extend the ban on shackling pregnant inmates to up to 12 weeks postpartum with exceptions for security risks, give access to a social worker for childcare and reunification planning, and require data collection on pregnant inmates, citing results from a diversion program for pregnant and postpartum inmates.
▶ Watch at 2:14:37Read what they said
Thank you, Mr. Speaker, colleagues. Uh, this bill is a follow up to, uh, many years of work that we have done in this body, and I'm excited to report back on it and hopefully this will be the final bill that we do. Um, but if you'll remember at one point in time, there was discussion around a nursery in the prison for women who were incarcerated and pregnant. And we pivoted away from that and moved towards the diversion program. And I'm really excited that the data that we're getting back already is encouraging that we have seen that of the 14 mothers who were in this program, uh, 14, were able to be paroled early, zero of …
H.B. 429 Special Districts Amendments · House Government Operations Committee · Feb 6, 2026
Introduces HB 429 and says the first substitute limits the bill to trash collection in first-class counties and sets a process for a city to leave a trash collection district, including a feasibility study and a city council vote.
▶ Watch at 47:42Read what they said
And, uh, I was, uh, reminded that we have a substitute online, so I'm assuming you'll speak to that. Absolutely. And the substitute is very important. So I took what could have been an exciting Friday for you and made it just a regular Friday where you can get home and have pizza with your family. So, uh, please make sure that you're looking at the first sub on this bill. Uh, colleagues I have with me here today, mayor Lauren Palmer, who is the mayor of Herriman, one of the cities I represent, uh, and the city I grew up in and over interim, uh, the mayor brought to me an issue where the city of Herriman has tried …
H.B. 429 Special Districts Amendments · House Government Operations Committee · Feb 6, 2026
Says the first substitute removes the SLAA and law enforcement pieces and argues private companies can collect trash more cheaply, so the bill is limited to trash collection in Salt Lake County.
▶ Watch at 52:06Read what they said
Yes, the first substitute, you're going to love Representative MacPherson. It removes the slaa piece and the law enforcement piece. And if I can just briefly, I I think this is a bigger issue. Uh, when we look at service districts, generally speaking, they're providing a good that the private sector does not provide and for economies of scale, right? They're able to service things like water or sewage or public safety or fire, right? In this case though, in trash collection, there are private sector companies that can provide this commodity for much cheaper. So I, I think in general, trash collection service districts will have to, you know, pivot to be more competitive if they wanna maintain that …
H.B. 429 Special Districts Amendments · House Government Operations Committee · Feb 6, 2026
Says she cannot speak to rate effects, lists the member cities, and describes a single home the district serves in a county of cities and the value of trash collection there.
▶ Watch at 53:19Read what they said
I couldn't speak to that. I think, uh, I can tell you the cities that are in the service district, if you'd like, we've got Holiday Brighton, Cottonwood Heights, Harriman Kearns, Magna Millcreek, partial, Murray partial, Sandy Taylorsville, West Jordan, White City. Um, I think it'd be up for those cities to take a look at that in a feasibility study for themselves. I will say though, I've learned a lot about some of the inefficiencies. There's an individual who, I have a map here. There's like an island of after we incorporated a lot of unincorporated county. But there is one house that this service district is coming down the street picking up that one trash and continuing down …
H.B. 429 Special Districts Amendments · House Government Operations Committee · Feb 6, 2026
Explains that current code effectively prevents a city from leaving a trash district and that the bill requires a city council vote to leave.
▶ Watch at 54:51Read what they said
So right now we do have code that outlines a process that ensures, I would argue a monopoly and no exit for a city. Because right now, if say a city like Herriman says, we can save more money and provide efficiencies for our constituents, but these nine other cities don't want them to leave, they cannot leave. Which is why this updates the process and trash collections special service districts that says no, a city would have to take it to a vote. So the legislative body within their city or municipality makes a vote on whether or not they're gonna leave and then they notify the sur district. So that's the change current code. They'd have to go …
H.B. 429 Special Districts Amendments · House Government Operations Committee · Feb 6, 2026
Comments briefly on the trash issue and her learning from working on the bill. · speaker not certain
▶ Watch at 55:44Read what they said
So, uh, this is your last trashy bill of this system. Right. I've learned a lot about trash while working on this bill.
H.B. 429 Special Districts Amendments · House Government Operations Committee · Feb 6, 2026
Describes the process: notice to the district, a feasibility study of up to 90 days, a city council vote, and then a bid process for a private trash provider.
▶ Watch at 1:07:39Read what they said
So if, should this bill pass, the change in the process would be that they could notify the district, the trash collection district that they would like to withdraw and either there's two ways the parties could agree and come up with this withdrawal process, which is outlined here if they don't wanna do a feasibility study. But the default plan would be it would trigger a feasibility study that they would kick back. They'd have 90 days to complete it and bring it back to them. And then the city would be able to take a vote in their city council whether or not they're going to stay in the service district after reviewing the feasibility study. And If …
H.B. 429 Special Districts Amendments · House Government Operations Committee · Feb 6, 2026
Gives closing remarks disputing comments about bond ratings, saying the bill is narrow and limited to trash collection, and asking for the committee's support.
▶ Watch at 1:09:45Read what they said
I just wanted to respond. A couple of the comments that were made when I worked on this with O-L-R-G-C specifically just looking at trash collection. There was not any concern about bond ratings. I know that comment was made. I think that's very much an overstatement. I also think that, um, the idea that you have to pause any financial growth, it's a 90 day pause and that's just, if they take that full time for the feasibility study, as also will just point out, this has been a great learning experience for me. I largely work in policy related to education as DU Representative MacPherson. Uh, but I will tell you, uh, in many ways we have created …
H.B. 391 Vacancy Replacement Amendments · House Government Operations Committee · Feb 6, 2026
Pierucci asked whether the first substitute had already been adopted.
▶ Watch at 1:45:25Read what they said
Thank you. You're looking for a motion to adopt the first sub or has it already been adopted? It
H.B. 391 Vacancy Replacement Amendments · House Government Operations Committee · Feb 6, 2026
Pierucci moved to favorably recommend the first substitute of H.B. 391.
▶ Watch at 1:45:30Read what they said
Okay, then I would make the motion that we favorably recommend for sub HB 3 9 91 out of this committee.
H.B. 318 Agency Fee Amendments · House Government Operations Committee · Feb 6, 2026
Moves that the committee favorably recommend HB 318, Agency Fee Amendments.
▶ Watch at 1:58:45Read what they said
Thank you. I'd like to make a motion that we favorably recommend HB three 18 agency fee amendments.
H.B. 318 Agency Fee Amendments · House Government Operations Committee · Feb 6, 2026
Supports the bill, praising the sponsor's diligence in protecting taxpayer dollars and making agencies run efficiently, and says it is overdue.
▶ Watch at 1:58:52Read what they said
Yeah, I appreciate the sponsor's persistence and diligence and always trying to protect taxpayer dollars and trying to make sure that our agencies are running efficiently. So I support this and I'm surprised it's 2026 and we haven't done this already, so I'm glad you're doing it.
H.B. 92 Presidential Electors Amendments · House Government Operations Committee · Feb 6, 2026
Pierucci asks how many electoral votes Nebraska and Maine have, relates the bill to proportional voting, and thanks the sponsor for thought-provoking legislation.
▶ Watch at 2:03:41Read what they said
I think that we were both thinking the same thing. Grips gonna McPherson around the states that do it, it's Nebraska and Maine. Maine. Okay. I was just curious on that. How many electoral votes do they have like testing all of our American government history? Okay, I was just curious on that. And I think, you know, this comes largely down to a discussion around the electoral college and, um, proportional voting we're first winner takes all. But you are very much unicorn and I appreciate you, uh, always giving us thought provoking legislation. So Thank you. Thanks.
S.B. 140 Election Adjustments · House floor debate (day 18) · Feb 6, 2026
Restates the motion to circle S.B. 140 before the House.
▶ Watch at 20:17Read what they said
We'll go ahead and place the motion to motion before us the house circle SB one 40.
S.B. 140 Election Adjustments · House floor debate (day 18) · Feb 6, 2026
Explains that S.B. 140 is a cleanup bill that changes the Lieutenant Governor's deadline for creating the master ballot position list and the deadline for congressional candidates, following the special session.
▶ Watch at 28:07Read what they said
Thank you Mr. Speaker. Uh, colleagues, this is a cleanup bill. It has to do with our special session and the bill that we passed. When we move the Congressional, uh, filing deadlines, we miss some important information. So there's two things this does to make sure we can do that successfully. One is, it changes the deadline for the Lieutenant Governor to create a master ballot position list 'cause it didn't catch that and it changes the deadline for congressional candidates, uh, to what we had intended. So that is the cleanup.
H.B. 264 Prescription Medication Amendments · House floor debate (day 18) · Feb 6, 2026
Asked whether the bill allows more flexibility for chronic conditions that may need an annual physical or review, and whether it moves everything to two years.
▶ Watch at 39:53Read what they said
Thank you Mr. Speaker. Will the sponsor yield to a question? Representative Ward, will you yield to a question? Yes, Yes. Represe representative. Thank you. And I appreciate his expertise in this area. Just have a question. Um, if someone say, has like a chronic condition that may need an annual physical or review, does this bill give flexibility there? Is it pushing everything to two years? Can he speak more to that process and how a provider would come to that conclusion?
H.B. 264 Prescription Medication Amendments · House floor debate (day 18) · Feb 6, 2026
Asked to confirm that the decision on longer refills remains with the provider.
▶ Watch at 41:00Read what they said
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. So just to be clear, the discretion is still up to the provider.
H.B. 291 Security and Land Restriction Amendments · House floor debate (day 18) · Feb 6, 2026
Presents H.B. 291, which lowers the foreign restricted entity ownership threshold from 51% to 25%, adds DPS notice and a 30-day proof requirement with fines, sets a confiscation process, and was developed with DPS and the Attorney General's office.
▶ Watch at 1:07:34Read what they said
Representative per Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Colleagues. Uh, I'm very excited about this Bill. As many of you know, we've been working as a legislature, uh, for the past three to four years in making sure that we are protecting our agriculture land, our state, our security, and working to prohibit restricted foreign entities and foreign adversaries like the Chinese Communist Party from owning land in Utah. Since we've been working on this, and especially after last year's bill, we have made major strides in our goal of getting countries like China, Russia, North Korea, and Iran out of our state. We have had over 35,000 acres divested at this point. And because of the proactivity in this bill and …
H.B. 291 Security and Land Restriction Amendments · House floor debate (day 18) · Feb 6, 2026
In summation, thanks colleagues, the Department of Public Safety, and others who worked on the bill, and says it will help finish the existing work.
▶ Watch at 1:11:53Read what they said
Thank you. And colleagues, I appreciate so many of you who have co-sponsored legislation in the past and worked with this. I appreciate the good comments from the general who has so much experience in this area. And, uh, I'll also just thank the Department of Public Safety and Sac specifically who has been working really closely with me on this issue. And I think we should all be excited to see a policy that's working. We don't always get to see that, but also know we're almost done with that work ahead of us, and this bill will help us finish that off. So I appreciate the, the support of this body.
H.B. 112 Political Advertising Amendments · House Government Operations Committee · Feb 3, 2026
Asked how the bill applies to boosted posts, outside groups paying for ads, and party-paid postage, and whether the paid-for line must name both the party and the candidate committee.
▶ Watch at 1:27:53Read what they said
Thank you. I just had a couple of questions. I am, 'cause I've looked through your bill and I understand what you're trying to, to hit on. I, here's my question. So like boosting posts, anyone can boost a post. So we could post something and then some third party could boost that post and it might help increase your viewers or it might try and influence people. But how, I mean, under this bill, would you have to report if someone's boosting your post? No, reposting is fine. That's, that's, that's one person that's not being paid for. So this is if there's an exchange of money. So if I paid you, But like if a C four paid …
H.B. 112 Political Advertising Amendments · House Government Operations Committee · Feb 3, 2026
Asked a hypothetical about a group funding a C4 that boosts social media posts, and who would be required to disclose it.
▶ Watch at 1:36:42Read what they said
I'm sorry for the second bite of the apple because I love apples. I'm still trying to understand the flow of this. So let's say there's a group, Anthony and Paul, who get together and say, we're gonna start a C four for reading, and they start a C four and they intentionally give a million dollars to the C four 'cause they're loaded and they take that money and give it to the C four and the C four boosts social media posts. Who discloses it?
H.B. 112 Political Advertising Amendments · House Government Operations Committee · Feb 3, 2026
Asked why the party rather than the candidate would not be the one listed when the party pays postage.
▶ Watch at 1:37:30Read what they said
But, so using that same logic, going back to the party idea, technically you're giving the money to the party to send the mailer. Let's pretend they're the C four in this case. How is it not just the party that's being listed?
H.B. 112 Political Advertising Amendments · House Government Operations Committee · Feb 3, 2026
Said she was trying to understand how the disclosure logic applies to a group using a C4 vehicle.
▶ Watch at 1:37:49Read what they said
No. And I'm not trying to, I actually just worry that this might be a lot stickier because in the case I just described with Paul and Anthony technically using the logic of who paid for it, technically they paid for it through a C four pack. So should it have said paid for by Anthony and Paul, even though they used the vehicle of the pack? That's why I'm just trying to understand.
H.B. 112 Political Advertising Amendments · House Government Operations Committee · Feb 3, 2026
Asked whether the issue arose because parties paid for postage while candidates disclosed only their committees.
▶ Watch at 1:38:16Read what they said
So my understanding is this issue came up because parties were paying just for postage and candidates were mailing it out with only the disclosure of the party, the candidates?
H.B. 112 Political Advertising Amendments · House Government Operations Committee · Feb 3, 2026
Said her experience has been that the party is listed, not the candidate, and thanked the sponsor.
▶ Watch at 1:38:35Read what they said
And my understanding is the clerks and Lieutenant Governor's office has got a ton of questions about it. Who's the Party? So, Okay. And in my experience, I've only ever seen paid for by the party, not the inverse of the candidate. And that's why maybe we're speaking past each other. I'm just trying to understand it. So thank you.
H.B. 118 Driver Training Schools for Commercial Driver License Amendments · House Transportation Committee · Feb 2, 2026
Presents HB 118, which would require CDL applicants and driver training schools to sign a form attesting they can read and speak English sufficiently, and adds data collection so the division can monitor schools.
▶ Watch at 16:40Read what they said
Alright, colleagues. Thank you for your time today. Uh, if you'll remember, this committee actually reviewed this policy last year, but it was late into the session, and so it didn't quite make it, uh, through the process there at the end. But, uh, I did refile this, uh, this is a bill that actually was brought to my attention and this idea by a constituent that I was working with who actually, actually worked for one of the, uh, uh, companies or examiners that provides the tests for CDLs. And there was a concerning trendy notice where students were coming to him who were unable to speak English proficiently, despite the fact that that's actually a requirement to get …
H.B. 118 Driver Training Schools for Commercial Driver License Amendments · House Transportation Committee · Feb 2, 2026
Says the training school, through a counselor, supervisor, or designated staff member, would assess English ability through conversation, and that schools should already be doing this.
▶ Watch at 20:12Read what they said
No. So the, at the training school, it would be up to them, whether it's the counselor or a supervisor, someone that they would appoint to do that. But the idea is if you look at lines 33 47 to three 50 specifically that they, from having conversation with them would have the ability to evaluate it. This is something they should already be doing, but we're just calling it out in law because we're noticing that there are some schools that are not actually doing it.
H.B. 118 Driver Training Schools for Commercial Driver License Amendments · House Transportation Committee · Feb 2, 2026
Says testing companies have had to fail students who were not prepared, and that Highway Patrol officers have reported drivers who could not communicate during roadside stops.
▶ Watch at 20:52Read what they said
It's a great question. So this actually came up, like I said, uh, that the, the, um, companies that were doing the testing were the ones cashing these students and they would have to fail them, which then reflects poorly on them and the student for being failed when really it should have been on the school for, uh, charging them thousands of dollars and then requiring, telling them they were prepared when they know they weren't. But after talking to Highway Patrol and others on this, yes, I've had, uh, officers explain that when they've pulled someone over, they'll ask what is viewed as like the standard questions of license and registration, but then they'll say, Hey, what's that …
H.B. 118 Driver Training Schools for Commercial Driver License Amendments · House Transportation Committee · Feb 2, 2026
Responds to concerns, saying schools operating in good faith should already be assessing English ability under federal guidelines, and offers to continue the discussion online.
▶ Watch at 24:15Read what they said
You. And I appreciate Rick, there have been a lot of high profile cases that have been really concerning, and as you know, there's a reason we require a CDL, uh, because the trucks you're driving are massive and an accident in one of those is a little bigger and worse than say if you're in two normal cars. Uh, and to the good representative, representative Romero's question, I'm happy to continue that discussion. The schools, if they're operating in good faith, should have someone who is already doing that assessment as it is, uh, federal guidelines now. And I would hope they're flagging that already. But I'm happy to continue that discussion online, and I appreciate Robeson of Oland's …
H.B. 122 Pregnant and Postpartum Inmate Amendments · House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee · Feb 2, 2026
Presents H.B. 122, which extends postpartum recovery to 12 weeks, limits restraints on postpartum inmates, extends social worker access from six to twelve weeks, and requires reporting of pregnant inmates in custody.
▶ Watch at 1:25:26Read what they said
Thank you. You're welcome. Thank you committee, and I appreciate your good work on this issue. If you're familiar with this, many of you have been on this committee for several years. Uh, a couple years ago, it started out as a policy I'd worked on that would prohibit our, uh, correctional facilities from Shackling and or restraining pregnant inmates. Um, and since then we have worked through a lot of different issues. Uh, working with the Department of Corrections. This bill is a refile from something we'd worked on last year, but over time we've taken those recommendations that have come that try and consider the health and safety of the unborn baby, as well as, um, the health …
H.B. 122 Pregnant and Postpartum Inmate Amendments · House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee · Feb 2, 2026
Responds that county agencies would likely absorb the cost since it affects few cases, and says the Department of Corrections requested an amendment to also count female prisoners.
▶ Watch at 1:28:33Read what they said
Magic. Very strange. I'm just kidding. Uh, so when this Uintah the agency, I think most of them just assume they could absorb it. This is happening maybe 11 to 14 times throughout the state, so we're not talking about a high number. And so just adding that availability for the next six weeks, um, felt like it could be absorbed. I will say though, there's an important amendment. Uh, the Department of Corrections just reached out to me. It's on line one 12. Uh, right now it reads the number of prisoners, and they would like us to add the number of female prisoners because they just caught that and said that would add a high fiscal note to …
H.B. 146 Mentoring and Supporting Teacher Excellence and Refinement Program Amendments · House floor debate (day 14) · Feb 2, 2026
Pierucci presented the bill to make the Master Teacher program permanent, ending the pilot, and said the pilot reached over 2,080 educators and is contingent on funding.
▶ Watch at 15:50Read what they said
Thank you, Mr. Speaker, colleagues. Uh, hopefully you remember the bill we passed, uh, last session on the Master teacher program, but if you don't, I'll refresh you as this bill would remove the pilot and have this be a permanent program as we've seen so much success. But if you all think back to your K through 12 experience, it's likely you have a couple of favorite teachers that stick out for me. It's Mrs. Enrico, Mrs. Jacobson, who changed my life for the good. Uh, it's also very likely that the people you look back as your favorite teachers are now in administration. Uh, sometimes our best and brightest teachers, we take and have them go in administration …
H.B. 146 Mentoring and Supporting Teacher Excellence and Refinement Program Amendments · House floor debate (day 14) · Feb 2, 2026
Pierucci gave closing remarks, describing the bill as a consensus bill and asking for support.
▶ Watch at 19:23Read what they said
You Mr. Speaker. And I appreciate the comments from my good colleague who is a phenomenal teacher, uh, in his own right and I appreciate his leadership in that community. Uh, colleagues, again, there are a lot of times we work on contentious bills up here. This bill, though, truly is a consensus bill and one where you can go back to a district knowing that this is going to make a phenomenal impact on the teachers and by extension the students in your area. And I would ask for your support.
H.B. 241 Charter School Amendments · House Education Committee · Jan 30, 2026
Presents HB 241, which lets charter schools join cities in the right of first refusal on surplus school buildings, requires charter board oath of office, and adds a revolving loan fund provision.
▶ Watch at 1:00:27Read what they said
Hello, colleagues. Thank you. It's a great place to be on a Friday afternoon. Um, and we have a full audience, so thanks to the audience. It's awesome to have this much participation today. Uh, I appreciate the committee's patience. I've been trying to work with stakeholders on this bill, which is why you see that second sub before you and Mr. Chair when the time is right. I would definitely be looking for someone to adopt that substitute. But colleagues, let me tell you, uh, this bill actually came about, if you'll remember back to interim, which feels like a while ago, we had a discussion, uh, about charter schools and one of their requests came as it related …
H.B. 241 Charter School Amendments · House Education Committee · Jan 30, 2026
Says the second substitute puts cities and eligible municipalities on equal footing with charters and requires profit sharing with the district if a charter later sells a purchased building.
▶ Watch at 1:04:02Read what they said
Yeah. So we didn't, in the initial, the very first draft of the bill, it said that charters would supersede cities. Right. But now we've added back in municipalities that qualify for this, uh, writ of refusal are on equal footing. And then this also just to bring it up to speed, it also makes sure that if a charter were to sell that building later on, which we don't anticipate, but if they wore, they would have to split the profits with the district they purchased it from. Yeah. The, yes.
H.B. 241 Charter School Amendments · House Education Committee · Jan 30, 2026
Points to the lines of the second substitute covering the charter school revolving account fund and the right of first refusal.
▶ Watch at 1:04:49Read what they said
Oh, yeah. So, and it, it wasn't necessarily, I don't believe another bill, but just another concept with the revolving loan fund. So you can see in line 71 2 1 16, it'll be talking about that charter school revolving account fund. You'll see that on the Utah Charter Finance Authority sits the state superintendent, the treasurer or governor, or one of their designees. And this is Representative Walter's baby that's in the front here. And then you have the piece around the WR Of first refusal starting about 1 61. Okay.
H.B. 241 Charter School Amendments · House Education Committee · Jan 30, 2026
Says the revolving loan fund change is not about charter makeup or management and is a repurposing of an existing fund that is no longer needed for startup costs.
▶ Watch at 1:06:41Read what they said
Is No, it has nothing to do with, this is exclusively to do with, there was a, there was a fund that was used for, to help schools start up. And now that fund isn't needed for that purpose anymore. Um, it's a, it's a fairly reg regular occurrence that a, uh, school needs a small capital ex, uh, improvement, uh, loan. And so this is a way for us to repurpose that. That's, it's all, This isn't about their makeup or their managers Don't need anything do, do with any, Anything like that. Okay. It's the same policy we've heard, um, in past years, but, um, for various reasons it hasn't made it through the process. And instead of …
H.B. 241 Charter School Amendments · House Education Committee · Jan 30, 2026
Confirms the equal footing change is in the second substitute and identifies the eligible entities language.
▶ Watch at 1:18:10Read what they said
That's correct. It's on line 1 61. Correct. Under if both a charter school and one or more eligible Entities, and excuse me, which are you speaking to? The second Substitute, second sub. So everyone should be on the second sub line 1 61.
H.B. 241 Charter School Amendments · House Education Committee · Jan 30, 2026
Asks whether she can return to speak when the original bill is considered.
▶ Watch at 1:19:12Read what they said
Will I be able to come back When, when we get to the original bill?
H.B. 241 Charter School Amendments · House Education Committee · Jan 30, 2026
Responds to concerns that enrollment declines are caused by charter competition, citing falling fertility rates, and asks for committee support.
▶ Watch at 1:25:12Read what they said
You. Thank you the committee. I appreciate the discussion we've had today. There are a couple things that were said that I were concerning to me. I just wanna respond on them. First off, enrollment isn't declining because we're reducing funding and education. We have invested funding and education every year. In fact, we are dumping money in public education. Enrollment is falling because we have falling fertility rates and we have the seventh fastest falling fertility rates in the country right now. And it is not because part charters are poaching. And I, I think I have a real concern multiple times and even committee members said, charters and public schools, charter schools are public schools and our job …
H.B. 234 Education Testing Amendments · House Education Committee · Jan 30, 2026
Asks to confirm the first substitute has been adopted.
▶ Watch at 2:45:02Read what they said
It's the first sub correct? And it's already adopted. The first sub is already adopted. Great. It was adopted, yes. Okay, thank you.
H.B. 234 Education Testing Amendments · House Education Committee · Jan 30, 2026
Says the sponsor did a good job and has worked hard on the bill during the interim, and thanks her.
▶ Watch at 2:45:21Read what they said
I think the sponsors in a good job speaking to it, and I know she's worked really hard over interim on this as well. Thank you to the sponsor.
H.B. 293 Public Education Student Athlete Protections · House Education Committee · Jan 30, 2026
Thanks Rep. Hall for her work and says she supports the direction of the bill, citing frustration when change is delayed.
▶ Watch at 3:19:43Read what they said
Really sorry. I'll be very brief. No, That's okay. This Is great. I appreciate representative Hall's. Work on this. I know she has spent hundreds of hours on this, and she has tried to be really fair to some of the public comments that were made. I just wanna say, all of us up here have had different experiences and have been in the legislature for different amounts of times. This is my sis seventh session, and I will tell you a frustration that I have seen is we hear a lot of times just let us do it on our own, and then we wait and wait and we don't see a lot of change. That is the direction …
S.B. 134 Court Amendments · House floor debate (day 11) · Jan 30, 2026
Pierucci supports the bill, saying the state's population growth and court workload justify expanding the Supreme Court from five to seven justices and adding lower court judges.
▶ Watch at 13:24Read what they said
Thank you, Mr. Speaker and colleagues. I just wanna rise in support of this. I know, uh, we've had a lot of discussions on this bill, but if you take a step back and look at the population size of our state and the workload that our courts have, this bill has been needed for a while now. Uh, the vast majority of states, in fact, 34 other states currently have Supreme Courts with either seven or nine justices. This bill is just expanding two more, uh, to seven while adding two additional appellate judges and three additional district judges. If you look at the 10 states closest to Utah, all of them have either seven or nine justices. And …
H.B. 223 Electronic Signature Collection Amendments · House Government Operations Committee · Jan 29, 2026
Agrees a deadline is needed to push progress and asks for the sponsor's position on the motion.
▶ Watch at 1:09:45Read what they said
I was just gonna say usually a date we can just strike and fix and committee if we wanted to do that now, but I, I think I agree with Representative Walton that we need to have something pushing us. If not, this never happens. But we can continue that discussion. I was curious where the sponsor was at on the motion as well, if the good chair would go to him at some point.
H.B. 104 State Holiday Amendments · House Government Operations Committee · Jan 29, 2026
Moved that the committee favorably recommend HB 104.
▶ Watch at 1:35:10Read what they said
Thank you. I'd like to make the motion that we favorably recommend House Bill 1 0 4.
H.B. 104 State Holiday Amendments · House Government Operations Committee · Jan 29, 2026
Spoke in support of the bill, saying elections are important and that the bill does not replace Columbus Day.
▶ Watch at 1:35:16Read what they said
like to speak to it? Yeah, Just briefly. I know that the good sponsor has worked on this for a couple years now. I know when I teach American government, one of the things that we look at is the different things countries do to try and incentivize and encourage people to vote. And this one stands out. I think, you know, we have holidays for a lot of different things that range from Groundhog Day to Labor Day. I can think of nothing more important than our elections. And so I support election day and I very much appreciate you did not replace Columbus Day. So thank you.
H.B. 291 Security and Land Restriction Amendments · House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee · Jan 28, 2026
Presents HB 291 as a follow-up to the 2023 and 2024 foreign-adversary land laws, lowering the restricted ownership threshold from 51% to 25%, adding DPS notices with a 30-day response window, and a $500 daily fine.
▶ Watch at 45:06Read what they said
And I'm just gonna really quick, my interns made a great presentation. Just gonna see if I can get it to work. Do I just push start, Mary? Okay. There you go. Alright. Okay. Colleagues, I appreciate your patience and I think this is my first time presenting to this committee, so I'm pretty excited about. It's my seventh session. I finally managed to get into the Great Brooks Committee, so You are in the best committee. I know. I know. Uh, anyways, and I have, joining me today, captain Jensen with the Department of Public Safety. Uh, so, uh, colleagues, HB 2 91 is a follow up to a lot of the good work that we've already done, and …
H.B. 291 Security and Land Restriction Amendments · House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee · Jan 28, 2026
Thanks Captain Jensen and the public commenter, cites Utah's large Chinese Communist Party agricultural land holdings and divestitures, and asks for the committee's support.
▶ Watch at 53:47Read what they said
would you like to Some, yeah, Just really quick, and I appreciate the public comment. I appreciate Captain Jensen, who his team has been the one, the boots on the ground on this. Uh, in 2020 when we started this process, Utah had the fourth largest agricultural land holding by the Chinese Communist Party in the country. And we've made major inroads and headway on this policy with having multiple properties divested. I wanna clarify, the fine is just in place until we actually sell that property. So we are kicking them out of Utah, and hopefully we have made a very strong show that Utah is not for sell, uh, particularly by our restricted foreign entities. And more and …
H.B. 242 Initiative and Referendum Signature Gathering and Removal Amendments · House Government Operations Committee · Jan 26, 2026
Asks whether there is a substitute or amendment and moves to favorably recommend HB 242.
▶ Watch at 53:15Read what they said
Thank you. I'd make them, there's no substitute or amendment right? Negative. Okay. So I would make the motion that we favorably recommend HP 2 42 initiative and referendum signature gathering and removal amendments.
H.B. 146 Mentoring and Supporting Teacher Excellence and Refinement Program Amendments · House Education Committee · Jan 22, 2026
Presents HB 146 as a simple follow-up to the Master Teacher program, which supplements pay for effective teachers who stay in the classroom and mentor colleagues.
▶ Watch at 1:15:06Read what they said
Appreciate Thank you, Mr. Chair, and thank you members of the committee. And if it's all right, I've got superintendent Molly Hart joining me today. Dr. Hart, I guess I should say whatever title trumps that you want to use. Uh, but she's fantastic. So this bill is a very simple bill. It's a follow up to a program that we, we worked on last year myself with, uh, superintendent Hart and then, then, um, chair Jim Moss. But one of the challenges that we have, and we've done a, a really great job as a legislature trying to increase teacher pay specifically over the past three, four years. But one of the challenges that we have is some of …
H.B. 146 Mentoring and Supporting Teacher Excellence and Refinement Program Amendments · House Education Committee · Jan 22, 2026
Confirms that the program rewards high-quality teachers for leadership without requiring advanced degrees.
▶ Watch at 1:24:40Read what they said
and dollars of your own to get Correct. Correct. That is correct. Yeah. I don't think, and I think the idea is rewarding those really high quality teachers and not forcing them to go get a master's, but just acknowledging their natural leadership and skillset and getting them more money so they can stay being a great teacher.
H.B. 146 Mentoring and Supporting Teacher Excellence and Refinement Program Amendments · House Education Committee · Jan 22, 2026
Gives closing summary, saying the bill empowers teachers, supports peer mentorship and local customization, and may improve retention.
▶ Watch at 1:27:58Read what they said
Okay. Well, thank you. I appreciate the comments made. And again, this was the brainchild of Superintendent Heart and Chair Moss previously. And, uh, I just would point out, we do a lot in this committee. I think last session we passed 68 bills outta this committee. If I'm not mistaken. It was in the sixties. We do a lot of things, um, from the state level, but what I love about this is it's empowering teachers. It's getting right down to the professionals who are in the classroom with our students and children. And the data shows, you know, the teacher leadership can help improve classroom instruction and improve teacher satisfaction, which thereby, uh, increases retention. Uh, which, you …
H.B. 209 Voting Amendments · House Government Operations Committee · Jan 21, 2026
Lists many everyday activities that require ID, says voting is the most important, and confirms the bill simply asks for a state ID or other listed document.
▶ Watch at 1:22:37Read what they said
Thank you, Mr. Chair. And I just, I was, um, not necessarily confused, but the previous question, I think lines 1 0 5 to 1 21 of your subs highlight. If there is conflict or it is in question, then you just provide one of these documents that verify it. And a state ID is gonna be the easiest form. And since we've been discussing this, I've, uh, I know when I take my kiddos to Thanksgiving point, just to check into the Curiosity Museum, I have to show them my state ID to verify I am Candace Pucci, checking in with my pass. Uh, when I go to Costco, I have to have my Costco card, which they used, …
H.B. 209 Voting Amendments · House Government Operations Committee · Jan 21, 2026
Pierucci moved to adopt the first substitute of H.B. 209.
▶ Watch at 1:53:36Read what they said
Thank you. I'd make the motion to adopt the first sub of HB 2 0 9 voting amendments.
H.B. 209 Voting Amendments · House Government Operations Committee · Jan 21, 2026
Pierucci said the sponsor had done a good job making changes the committee appreciated.
▶ Watch at 1:53:47Read what they said
Just that I think the sponsor's done a good job and know the committee's expressed, uh, gratitude for making some of the tweaks that he did.
H.B. 209 Voting Amendments · House Government Operations Committee · Jan 21, 2026
Pierucci thanked the sponsor, said the committee has heard versions of this for several sessions, and called requiring proof of citizenship a common-sense way to build election confidence.
▶ Watch at 2:00:39Read what they said
Appreciate. Just briefly if I can on the motion, I just think I appreciate Representative Moy working on this. I think our committee has heard a variation of this for the past two, at least two sessions, possibly three. And I think that confidence in our election system is critical for people to have trust in the system. And to me it's a very common sense solution to require some identification that you are in fact a citizen voting in our election. So appreciate your work on this and would ask for the committee's support.
From the official recordings' automatic captions, with speakers and summaries identified by AI. Use the ▶ links to check the recording before you rely on a quote.