Legislators / Angela Romero
Angela Romero
Democrat · House District 25 · Minority Leader
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- Email: angelaromero@le.utah.gov
- Phone: 801-538-1408
- Office: PO BOX 25732, SALT LAKE CITY, UT, 84125
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Angela Romero serves on:
- Criminal Justice Appropriations Subcommittee
- Executive Appropriations Committee
- House Ethics Committee
- House Government Operations Committee
- House Transportation Committee
- Government Operations Interim Committee
- Transportation Interim Committee
- General Oversight Committee
- Legislative Audit Subcommittee
- House Legislative Expenses Oversight Committee
- Legislative Management Committee
- Native American Legislative Liaison Committee
- Subcommittee on Oversight
What they've said
96 remarks on 28 billsS.B. 242 Transportation Amendments · House floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026
Asks whether any provisions in the fourth substitute directly affect Salt Lake City.
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Uh, a question for the sponsor of the substitute Representative Snider, will you yield to a question? I will, yes. Representative Romero, Any of the provisions related to, are there any provisions now with this four substitute that impact Salt Lake City directly?
S.B. 242 Transportation Amendments · House floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026
Asks the sponsor whether any provisions of the substitute directly affect Salt Lake City.
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Uh, a question for the sponsor of the substitute Representative Snider, will you yield to a question? I will, yes. Representative Romero, Any of the provisions related to, are there any provisions now with this four substitute that impact Salt Lake City directly?
S.B. 242 Transportation Amendments · House floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026
Asks a follow-up on whether there is any difference for Salt Lake City between the third and fourth substitutes.
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So there's, um, Mr. Speaker follow up question, Representative will yield to a follow up question. So there's no difference in relationship to the City of Salt Lake from the third substitute and the fourth substitute outside of what you just mentioned. Thank You. Thank you, Mr. Speaker for the question?
S.B. 242 Transportation Amendments · House floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026
Asks a follow-up on whether there is any difference for Salt Lake City between the third and fourth substitutes.
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So there's, um, Mr. Speaker follow up question, Representative will yield to a follow up question. So there's no difference in relationship to the City of Salt Lake from the third substitute and the fourth substitute outside of what you just mentioned. Thank You. Thank you, Mr. Speaker for the question?
S.B. 242 Transportation Amendments · House floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026
Thanks the sponsor for the answers to her questions.
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I appreciate, answer the questions to my answers, my, well the answers to my questions. Thanks.
S.B. 242 Transportation Amendments · House floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026
Thanks the sponsor for answers to her questions.
▶ Watch at 2:08:32Read what they said
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I appreciate, answer the questions to my answers, my, well the answers to my questions. Thanks.
S.B. 242 Transportation Amendments · House floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026
Says she will not vote for the bill because her constituents feel it targets Salt Lake City, and notes emails from Salt Lake City opposing it, while thanking the sponsor for the compromise with city leaders.
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Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I, I wanna commend the sponsors of this bill with working with Salt Lake City, especially repealing SB 1 95. But I still, in my heart of hearts, can't vote for this bill 'cause my constituents feel like it's a legislature trying to tie the hands of Salt Lake City. But I want to thank the sponsor for working with our city, meeting with our city leaders and, um, finding a happy compromise with them, but that they might, the compromise might be with our city leadership, but I can tell you the emails we are receiving from Salt Lake City are not in favor of this bill. So thank you, Mr. Speaker.
S.B. 242 Transportation Amendments · House floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026
Says she cannot vote for the bill because constituents feel it targets Salt Lake City, thanks the sponsors for working with the city, and says emails from Salt Lake City oppose the bill.
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Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I, I wanna commend the sponsors of this bill with working with Salt Lake City, especially repealing SB 1 95. But I still, in my heart of hearts, can't vote for this bill 'cause my constituents feel like it's a legislature trying to tie the hands of Salt Lake City. But I want to thank the sponsor for working with our city, meeting with our city leaders and, um, finding a happy compromise with them, but that they might, the compromise might be with our city leadership, but I can tell you the emails we are receiving from Salt Lake City are not in favor of this bill. So thank you, Mr. Speaker.
H.B. 89 Use of Polygraph Amendments · Senate floor debate (day 44) · Mar 5, 2026
Explains that the bill limits polygraph use on victims of sexual assault, notes that many other states have passed similar laws, and says several groups support it.
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So what this bill does is it puts limitations on the use of polygraphs on a, a victim of sexual assault. Um, let me just tell you that 20 states have passed a similar bill, including, including states like Arkansas, Georgia, Florida, Indiana, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, West Virginia. This is in, this is supported by CCJJ, swap, UDVC. Um, I, I like this policy. I'm always worried about polygraphs. What I worry about the most is, is intimidation tactics. We're re-victimizing somebody, somebody that's been sexually assaulted. I don't think polygraphs are very, very accurate to begin with. Um, I think it shows a lack of trauma sensitivity by using a polygraph in that situation. Again, we're in a …
S.B. 167 Reintegration for Disciplined Students · House floor debate (day 43) · Mar 4, 2026
Romero says the bill reintegrates students into schools and sets parameters for those schools, notes many members heard it previously, and offers to repeat her earlier remarks or move to passage.
▶ Watch at 1:08:24Read what they said
Thank you Mr. Speaker. This is, um, just came upon me. So many of you heard this bill already, um, in HB three 10. And so what this bill does is it just reintegrates, um, students into schools and it gives some parameters for those schools. And if you want me to repeat what I repeated last time on the floor, I can, but if not, we can just pass this bill.
S.B. 167 Reintegration for Disciplined Students · House floor debate (day 43) · Mar 4, 2026
Romero gives her closing summation, saying the bill is good and is needed by her school district.
▶ Watch at 1:08:57Read what they said
Representative Romero for summation. This Is a really good bill and it's needed by our school district. So thank you.
S.B. 242 Transportation Amendments · House Transportation Committee · Mar 3, 2026
Says she will vote against the bill, citing constituent concerns about the state directing city streets.
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Thank you, Mr. Chair. I just wanted to say I appreciate you taking out SB 1 95. I didn't vote for that bill, and I personally can't vote for this, this bill either. I, I think it's the message that sent to Salt Lake City employee, Salt Lake City residents, and just I've heard from all my constituents and I just don't, um, feel comfortable with, um, us telling municipal government what to do on their streets. And so with that, I, I appreciate the work people have done behind the scenes, but I have to stand with my constituents and I won't be voting for this bill.
H.B. 588 Murdered and Missing Indigenous Relatives Amendments · House floor debate (day 42) · Mar 3, 2026
Sponsor says the bill requires the Office of American Indian, Alaska Native Health and Family Services to create a training curriculum on investigating murdered and missing Indigenous individuals, based on a 2023 report, and will involve tribal communities and law enforcement.
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Thank you Mr. Speaker. This bill basically requires the Office of American Indian, Alaska Native Health and Family Services to create a curriculum for training related to the investigation of murdered and or disappearances of indigenous individuals. And this bill comes out of the report that this body sponsored in 2023. And, um, we'll be working with different invested partners such as our tribal communities and law enforcement. Thank you Representative Romero.
H.B. 588 Murdered and Missing Indigenous Relatives Amendments · House floor debate (day 42) · Mar 3, 2026
Says she has worked on this bill for many years and hopes to earn members' support.
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Thank you Mr. Speaker. This is something I've been working on for many, many years and many of you have supported and I hope to earn your support again. Thank you.
H.B. 588 Murdered and Missing Indigenous Relatives Amendments · House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee · Mar 2, 2026
Presents HB 588, which directs the Office of American Indian, Alaska Native and Family Services to create a training curriculum on investigating murders or disappearances of Indigenous individuals, based on a past task force recommendation.
▶ Watch at 1:39:49Read what they said
That's my name. Thank you. Um, this is a pretty simple bill. It's based off of the report when we used to have the murdered and missing indigenous, um, people and relatives task force. And all this bill is calling for is for, um, the Office of American Indian, Alaska Native American Health and Family Services to create a curriculum for training related to investigating of, uh, murders or disappearance of indi indigenous individuals. And this was something that, um, was suggested at the report we did as a legislature a few years back. And that's the bill.
H.B. 588 Murdered and Missing Indigenous Relatives Amendments · House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee · Mar 2, 2026
Says the committee passed related legislation last session on tracking information, and that this bill will feed into the curriculum the office develops.
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I'm just excited about this. Not excited about the issue, but, um, we've passed several pieces of legislation, this slide, last legislative session with Representative Malloy's bill that we're gonna be able to track information. And so this will go into this curriculum that the office will be developing.
H.B. 345 Victim Amendments · Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee · Feb 27, 2026
Romero presented HB 345, which would let people access mental health services after incarceration for sexual assault and would allow compensation for victims when a hit-and-run death occurs and the suspect is not identified.
▶ Watch at 1:35:54Read what they said
So this bill does two things. It allows people after incarceration to access mental health services. So if they were incarcerated and they were sexually assaulted and they didn't wanna get seek at help at that time after their, after they've been incarcerated, they can seek those services. The other, um, thing that this bill covers is allows compensation to be offered to a victim when a death, uh, has occurred as a result of a hit and run and the person who committed the crime is not identified. And those are the two things the bill does. Thank you very much. Thanks for your, um, being succinct.
H.B. 345 Victim Amendments · Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee · Feb 27, 2026
Romero said Department of Public Safety statistics show the hit-and-run cases are very rare, that the existing funding for these crimes can cover them, and that the sexual assault services would come from money already allocated.
▶ Watch at 1:37:16Read what they said
Do? So we actually got some statistics from DPS of, and specifically in the hit and run circumstances, um, of when that would apply and if there were very, very low numbers and they do have flexibility in their funding that's already allocated for those crimes. It was just this one area where, um, the suspects weren't identified. And so there would be availability. And then the other, with respect to the sexual assault, these are areas when someone is incarcerated, but they don't report until after, um, they are back out in society. And again, we pay for services for, or they pay for services for folks outside in society when they need it. And so the money was …
H.B. 89 Use of Polygraph Amendments · Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee · Feb 26, 2026
Introduces HB 89, which would bar law enforcement, prosecutors, courts, and government officials from asking or requiring a sexual assault victim to submit to a polygraph exam.
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Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you. Oh, let me turn that on for you. Okay. Thank you Mr. Chair. Uh, we had a long discussion about this last, um, last session. So basically what this bill does is it, um, law enforcement, prosecutors, courts, or government officials, uh, may not ask or require a victim of sexual assault to submit a polygraph exam. And that's the Bill. Okay.
H.B. 89 Use of Polygraph Amendments · Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee · Feb 26, 2026
Says the problem is not widespread but the bill follows best practices, is a priority for the Office of Victim Services and CCJJ, and has been pursued for three years.
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We've seen it happen. It's not like it's a huge problem, but we wanna make sure we're following best practices. This is a priority bill for the Office of Victim Services. It's supported by CCJJ. This is a compromise Bill. We've been working on this for three years, and every time we get here to the Senate, it passes committee, and then it doesn't make the, the last chapter. So we're hoping this time it does.
H.B. 89 Use of Polygraph Amendments · Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee · Feb 26, 2026
Sums up that the bill reflects best practices and is tied to VOCA funding, and says other ways exist to find the truth.
▶ Watch at 58:47Read what they said
These are just best practices and this is tied to vow funding, but I didn't wanna make that about this, that this year. 'cause we don't know. It's unstable with the federal government, but it's just best practices and there are other ways to get to, to find the truth.
H.B. 558 Elections Amendments · House Government Operations Committee · Feb 25, 2026
Said voters she meets door knocking are tired of partisan fighting and want to talk about the candidate as a person, and that municipal government should stay nonpartisan. · speaker not certain
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Ahead. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Chair. I, I do think this is an interesting discussion, but, um, I share boundaries with, uh, another representative on this, um, on this di on this DAAs and the people in that area, when I'm door knocking, 'cause some of it's my old district, the reason why they don't vote is because they're tired of Democrats and Republicans fighting. And so for, for me, the experiences I had on the door were very, very different. They wanted to talk to me as a person, not about my party affiliation. And when you're thinking about people participating at a municipal level in some parts of these district, people aren't participating even in party politics. …
H.B. 361 Elections Provisions Amendments · House Government Operations Committee · Feb 25, 2026
Moves to adopt the third substitute of the bill.
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Thank you, Mr. Chair. I, I move that we adopt, um, the third substitute for HB 360 1.
H.B. 361 Elections Provisions Amendments · House Government Operations Committee · Feb 25, 2026
Moves to pass the third substitute out with a favorable recommendation.
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Thank you, Mr. Chair. I move that we pass out, um, third substitute HB 360 1 elections Election Pro elections provisions Amendments with a favorable recommendation.
H.B. 561 Use of Motorized Vehicles by Minors Amendments · House Transportation Committee · Feb 25, 2026
Raises a point of order that the committee does not answer questions from the public.
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Hold, hold on a minute. There's a point of order. Uh, yeah. My Understanding of the process, um, Mr. Chairs, we don't answer questions from, he can state what he's thinking and, you know, have concerns, but it's not our role to answer his questions.
H.B. 561 Use of Motorized Vehicles by Minors Amendments · House Transportation Committee · Feb 25, 2026
Clarifies that the public may ask questions but the exchange should not become an ongoing conversation.
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Mr. Chair, I'm not, I'm not in a debate of person here. All I'm saying he can ask all the questions he wants, but this isn't a, an ongoing conversation between us and the, and the individual who's participating. Okay. Thank you. Which Is the only reason why, Um, yeah.
H.B. 561 Use of Motorized Vehicles by Minors Amendments · House Transportation Committee · Feb 25, 2026
Says Amendment 2 would allow impound if a parent knowingly allows a child to take the bike, and asks for clarification that there is no other infraction.
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Representative Romero, Mr. Chair, I think we're getting hung up on some stuff that could be figured out after. Right now we're, we're voting on an amendment, either vote no or yes. And so I think what your amendment's saying is like, if a parent willingly, um, knows that their child took this bike, then the bite could possibly be impounded. There's no other kind of infraction. That's my understanding of the amendment. Correct. Right. Okay. That's, that's what I wanted to clarify.
H.B. 561 Use of Motorized Vehicles by Minors Amendments · House Transportation Committee · Feb 25, 2026
Moves that the committee pass HB 561 out favorably as amended.
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Representative Romero. Thank you, Mr. Chair. I had it too many times. Sorry. That's okay. No, thank you Mr. Chair. I think we've, um, had long discussions about this bill. So I move that we pass out. Um, HB 365 61. 5 61. I have my reading glasses on now. 5 61 as amended.
H.B. 411 Human Trafficking Hotline Amendments · House Transportation Committee · Feb 23, 2026
Supports the bill, saying it gives survivors who may not call 911 a number to reach someone who can help them find resources.
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Yeah, I won't take too long. I just wanted to, um, thank Representative Peck for bringing this. I've been working on human trafficking issues as many of you know, since 2014. And we've done a lot of criminal penalties, but we haven't focused a lot on the survivors and people who might be experiencing this and, and where to go. And, and to answer the, the previous question, most people that are victims of sexual assault, domestic violence, they're, they're not gonna call an emergency hotline. They want, and sometimes they may not be ready to report, but they need to talk to somebody who underst understands and who's there for them to help them navigate spaces. And so I …
H.B. 411 Human Trafficking Hotline Amendments · House Transportation Committee · Feb 23, 2026
Moves to pass HB 411 as substituted with a favorable recommendation.
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Thanks, Mr. Chair. I, I move that we pass out HB four 11 human trafficking hotline amendments as substituted. Thank you. The motion is that we pass, we pass with a favorable recommendation house Bill four 11, first substitute.
S.B. 151 Public Safety Funding Amendments · House Transportation Committee · Feb 23, 2026
Moves to pass SB 151, substitute, out of committee.
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Yeah, I, I would love to. I move that we pass out SB 1 51, um, substitute for public safety funding amendments.
H.B. 310 School Reintegration Plan Amendments · Senate Education Committee · Feb 19, 2026
Asked whether the committee wanted to move the substitute and said she would speak to it.
▶ Watch at 2:03:19Read what they said
Representative Romero HB three 10 School reintegration plan amendments. I notice you do have a substitute online. Do you want us to move that substitute? Yes, I wanna move the substitute and I'll speak to the substitute. I hit my microphone's on, so, Okay. Go, go
H.B. 310 School Reintegration Plan Amendments · Senate Education Committee · Feb 19, 2026
Explained that the substitute matches language in a similar Senate bill and changes the reintegration plan timeline from five to seven days, giving more summer flexibility.
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Thank you Mr. Chair. And I, I think Superintendent Horsley's on online too. Well, who will help co present. And the reason why we did the substitute, Senator McKay and I have a similar bill, so we wanted to make sure we were matching language of our bills so it didn't cause problems later on. So basically, um, what this bill does is it's just helps with a reintegration plan. So it changes from five days to seven days. It gives more flexibility during the summer months, and it helps our different school districts work with that individual student when they're reintegrating them. And then I'll turn the rest of my time over to the superintendent.
H.B. 464 Parent Taught Driver Education Amendments · House Transportation Committee · Feb 19, 2026
Asked how driving schools expect to be affected by the bill given the many emails she received.
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Question. 'cause I've been thinking about this bill, it's been on my mind a lot because I've got all the emails. How many people do you think, how do you think your organization's gonna be impacted by all of a sudden people saying, I wanna just teach my kid to drive? That's a really good question. Is it really going to impact the, the clients you all serve? Because I'm getting all these emails and I got an email even from a former constituent, and I'm like, but it doesn't sound like you're, you are going to be the targeted population if, if I'm understanding from the sponsor of the bill is students. We're not talking about all ages. Correct. …
H.B. 464 Parent Taught Driver Education Amendments · House Transportation Committee · Feb 19, 2026
Asked whether providers' concern is untrained drivers on the road or the impact on their businesses.
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So I guess my follow up question, Mr. Chair, is, is the concern from the providers coming from the fact that there, you don't feel like if this bill was to pass, there's gonna be untrained drivers on the road? Or is it a concern about the impact on your business? 'cause I'm hearing two different things in emails, so I'm just, I'm just wanting the clarification on that.
H.B. 89 Use of Polygraph Amendments · House floor debate (day 30) · Feb 19, 2026
Presented H.B. 89, which bars law enforcement, prosecutors, courts, or other government officials from requiring a victim of a sexual offense to take a polygraph; she said the bill passed committee unanimously last session and has been stalled on third reading in the Senate.
▶ Watch at 27:43Read what they said
Thank you Mr. Speaker Pro tem HB 89 just states that law enforcement, prosecutors, the courts, or other government officials may not ask or require a victim of se a sexual offense to submit to a polygraph exam. That's all the bill does. We pass this ballot out unanimously last session. It just got stuck on the third reading calendar in the Senate. That concludes my presentation.
H.B. 89 Use of Polygraph Amendments · House floor debate (day 30) · Feb 19, 2026
Summarized the bill as heavily negotiated and a top priority for its committee, and listed groups that endorse it, including the Utah Chiefs of Police Association, the Utah Law Enforcement Legislative Committee, and the Utah Coalition Against Sexual Assault.
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Yeah, thank you. As the good representative mentioned, this was heavily negotiated. This is a number, it's a top priority bill for A-C-C-J-J. It's endorsed by the Utah Chiefs of Police Association, the Utah Law Enforcement Legislative Committee, swap VVSC, the Utah Coalition Against Sexual Assault and Utah Domestic Violence Violence Coalition.
H.B. 345 Victim Amendments · House floor debate (day 30) · Feb 19, 2026
Romero said the bill lets victims who were sexually assaulted during incarceration get mental health services through the Utah Office for Victims of Crime after incarceration, and allows compensation to be offered to victims when a death occurs in a hit-and-run where the driver has not been identified.
▶ Watch at 56:29Read what they said
Thanks Mr. Speaker Pro tem. This, um, bill does two things. So it allows people who after incarceration to get access to mental health services through the Utah Office of Victim of Crimes. So somebody's been a victim of sexual assault in, in when they've been incarcerated. They may not be comfortable enough to get the treatment or the services. So what this bill allows them to do is after they're incarcerated to get those services. And then this bill also allows compensation to be offered, um, to victims when death occurs as a result of a hit and run and they haven't been able to identify who caused the accident. And this would also come through the Utah Office …
H.B. 464 Parent Taught Driver Education Amendments · House Transportation Committee · Feb 17, 2026
Made a substitute motion to hold the bill, saying she needed more information.
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Thank you, Mr. Chair. Um, I guess I'm, I'm motioning to hold 'cause I'm confused with this whole conversation that we've been having. I feel like I need more information. I can't support the bill as it is, so I'm motioning to substitute to hold it. 'cause I think there, there's a lot of conversations going on and I'm lost.
H.B. 464 Parent Taught Driver Education Amendments · House Transportation Committee · Feb 17, 2026
Said she was not opposed to the bill but was not comfortable sending it to the floor amid many unresolved discussions.
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Yeah. I'm not saying I'm opposed to the bill, but I feel like there's about six conversations going on here and I don't feel comfortable sending it to the floor.
H.B. 504 Political Advertising Modifications · House Government Operations Committee · Feb 13, 2026
Moves to hold the bill so the sponsor can work on language with colleagues.
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Thank you Mr. Chair. I would motion to hold to give the, um, good representative time to work out, um, some language with, um, our colleagues on the other side of the, the DAAs Thank you.
H.B. 170 School Board Referendum Amendments · House floor debate (day 25) · Feb 13, 2026
Asks whether a particular issue prompted the sponsor to run the bill on school boards.
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Thank you Mr. Speaker ProAm. Uh, may I ask a question? Sponsor, yield Representative Shipp, will you yield to a question? Yes, Go ahead. Was there a particular issue that, um, influenced you on running this bill in regards to school boards?
H.B. 170 School Board Referendum Amendments · House floor debate (day 25) · Feb 13, 2026
Asks whether the bill has any connection to school mascots and Native American names.
▶ Watch at 37:41Read what they said
Mr. Seber, may I have another question? Go ahead. This has nothing to do with mascots and, um, native American rep, native Americans as mascots.
H.R. 6 House Rules Resolution - Lobbyist Ethics Amendments · House Rules Committee · Feb 12, 2026
Presented House Resolution 6 on lobbyist ethics, saying it limits who may be on the House floor and in standing committee prioritization spaces, and that it restricts use of a legislator's or spouse's badge.
▶ Watch at 57:43Read what they said
Thank you. I, I miss being on rules committee. Hey, Trevor. Wait, Representative Lee, you listening? So this, this, this bill is pretty simple. And what this bill does, my earring fell out. Sorry, is if somebody is, um, hanging out on the floor, they shouldn't be using anyone's spouses or a legislator's, um, badge. An another important thing that happened last session, and this happened with my caucus, is there was, um, there were individuals that weren't necessarily professional staff that were, from my perspective, particip participating in prioritizing legislation and, um, and on floor action and standing committees. And also people who are not authorized staff participating in spaces that are for professional staff and legislators. So this …
H.R. 6 House Rules Resolution - Lobbyist Ethics Amendments · House Rules Committee · Feb 12, 2026
Said she would work with drafting attorneys to clarify the volunteer lobbyist language so visitors are not penalized, and expressed concern about people on the floor daily who are not elected, citing past caucus interference with bill prioritization.
▶ Watch at 1:01:36Read what they said
And maybe that I have to go back with our drafting attorneys to clarify that a little bit more, but that, that's my goal is not to penalize anyone like who is coming to visit because they're here for the PTAI, I just do have great concern about people being on the floor every day when they're, they're not elected or they're not the spouse or they're not a family member of, uh, a legislator. Okay. We Had, we had some struggles last year with our, our caucus where somebody was interfering with even how we were prioritizing our bills. And that just is very disrespectful.
H.R. 6 House Rules Resolution - Lobbyist Ethics Amendments · House Rules Committee · Feb 12, 2026
Said the badge provision is in the bill near the end, around line 239.
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Yeah, there is. It should be in there. I was just trying to find, maybe I should have been a little more prepared today. 2 39, I think it's towards the end of the bill. 38, 2 39. Yep.
H.R. 6 House Rules Resolution - Lobbyist Ethics Amendments · House Rules Committee · Feb 12, 2026
Said her concern is that someone could have access to a badge and wander around, and that the badge language should have been looked at more closely.
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I'd actually, and maybe I, this is me. It should have looked deeper into the built, my, my concern is just somebody having access to a badge and just wandering around.
H.R. 6 House Rules Resolution - Lobbyist Ethics Amendments · House Rules Committee · Feb 12, 2026
Said the wording may need work and she would return with revised language; her main concern is protecting legislative process spaces from outside influence.
▶ Watch at 1:03:37Read what they said
So maybe we need, and maybe what we need to do is work on some wording, and I can come back and present to, to all of you. But again, my, my main concern, to be honest with you, is, um, the process and spaces that should be sacred to legislators and to staff we've hired, um, through a, a proper vetting process, and that there's not an individual or a person who has influence in interfering with that process and, and, and creating chaos within our chamber. Yeah.
H.R. 6 House Rules Resolution - Lobbyist Ethics Amendments · House Rules Committee · Feb 12, 2026
Said she would work with staff and members on language and bring the bill back, hoping to pass it this session.
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I'm just wondering with the language. So, And I can, I can work with staff on language and bring this back. I, I'd hope to pass this resolution before, um, during this legislative session. Sure. So I can work with some of the members here and, and, and work on that language Representative
H.R. 6 House Rules Resolution - Lobbyist Ethics Amendments · House Rules Committee · Feb 12, 2026
Said the bill is not meant to keep the public out, but to keep outside influence out of bill prioritization between staff and legislators and out of private legislative offices.
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And again, there, um, sorry, I wanted to have this conversation 'cause I think it's open and, and that's why I'm having this conversation and I'm being very transparent. And we would never want to take away the people's right to the people's house. That's the whole, the whole point. But there are situations where, um, we are working on legislation and prioritizing bills, and that should be between the professional staff and the legislators. And there shouldn't be someone interfering on how that process goes. Or, um, having access to private spaces, which, um, are private offices in the legislature.
H.R. 6 House Rules Resolution - Lobbyist Ethics Amendments · House Rules Committee · Feb 12, 2026
Summarized that the bill aims to do the people's work by keeping outside forces from interfering with the legislative process while respecting public access.
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Again, this is not to, um, hide behind doors, um, from the public. This is to make sure that we're doing the people's work on behalf of the public and ensuring that there's not an outside force interfering with the process and respecting the process.
H.B. 118 Driver Training Schools for Commercial Driver License Amendments · House floor debate (day 24) · Feb 12, 2026
Asks the sponsor whether she will yield to a series of questions.
▶ Watch at 59:50Read what they said
Thank you. Thank you Mr. Speaker, may I ask a few questions? Representative Pucci, will you yield to a series of questions?
H.B. 118 Driver Training Schools for Commercial Driver License Amendments · House floor debate (day 24) · Feb 12, 2026
Asks how the state will track who verifies that applicants are English proficient.
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Thank you Mr. Speaker. My first question is how are we going to track who tests people and says that these individuals are English proficient?
H.B. 118 Driver Training Schools for Commercial Driver License Amendments · House floor debate (day 24) · Feb 12, 2026
Asks why a state bill is needed if English proficiency is already required by federal law.
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And my question is, if this is already federal law, why do we need to, um, pass a bill at the state legislative level?
H.B. 118 Driver Training Schools for Commercial Driver License Amendments · House floor debate (day 24) · Feb 12, 2026
Says she has concerns that recent legislation is affecting Latino families in her district.
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Thank you Mr. Speaker. I do have concerns with this bill. I, I'm from Tua, Utah. My, my grammar sucks, my speaking skills suck at times. Just gonna say, um, that we have a good English teacher in my caucus that reminds me when I speak. I don't speak correctly, but my concern is, is just the chilling effect with some of the bills we've been passing this last legisl of Legisl this past session where I feel like many people in my district, my district's 50% Latino feel like, um, their state is running legislation to hurt their families. And I know that's not the intent of the speaker, but this brings a lot of concern to me because …
H.B. 345 Victim Amendments · House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee · Feb 11, 2026
Thanks the chair and turns her time over to Marlesse Jones to introduce herself and explain the bill.
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Thank you, Mr. Chair. I am going to turn my time over to Marlis and she'll introduce herself.
H.B. 89 Use of Polygraph Amendments · House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee · Feb 11, 2026
Introduced HB 89, which limits polygraph use on victims of sexual offenses, and turned her time over to Patty Johnston.
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Thank you, HB 89. We've heard this bill two times in this committee, one time in judiciary. It got stuck in the Senate last year like many other bills. But this is the use of polygraph, um, polygraph amendments. This bill would limit the use of polygraph on victims of sexual offenses. And I'm going to turn my time over here to Patty and she'll introduce herself.
H.B. 89 Use of Polygraph Amendments · House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee · Feb 11, 2026
Said the bill has been negotiated for three years and she hopes to pass it this session.
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Just that this bill's been negotiated for the last three years, and I'm hoping to get it over the finish line. This third, third time's a charm. Hopefully.
H.B. 310 School Reintegration Plan Amendments · House floor debate (day 22) · Feb 10, 2026
Presents H.B. 310, saying a school district in her district requested it and that it extends the deadline for developing a reintegration plan from five days to seven days, giving schools more summer time and flexibility to tailor plans to individual students.
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Thank you Mr. Speaker. This bill was given to me by one of the school districts in my district. I have two. And all this bill does is extends the timeline for developing a reintegration plan from five days to seven days. It provides schools with more time in the summer to develop a reintegration plan and it allows the schools the flexibility to, um, cater to that individual student with that reintegration plan. That concludes my presentation. Thank you Representative Romero.
H.B. 391 Vacancy Replacement Amendments · House Government Operations Committee · Feb 6, 2026
Romero asked whether party caucuses are also a small select group choosing candidates.
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That was an interesting answer, Mr. Chair to his question. So I, I guess my thing is when we have political caucuses, Mr. Chair, aren't they a select group of people that select somebody? 'cause not everyone participates in caucuses. So wouldn't that be similar to what we, what the good representative there was talking about? I don't know. Am I off that? That's
H.B. 391 Vacancy Replacement Amendments · House Government Operations Committee · Feb 6, 2026
Romero asked for clarification on the provision barring a local legislative body from appointing someone to fill a municipal vacancy.
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My, my concern is, my question is, um, well I have two questions 'cause he triggered a question. My first question is, can you just clarify for me when we're talking about appointing an individual to fill the vacancy of a, a municipal election, it says prohibits a local legislative body from approaching an individual to fill that vacancy. Can you clarify that a little bit more? 'cause that's a little bit different than partisan races.
H.B. 391 Vacancy Replacement Amendments · House Government Operations Committee · Feb 6, 2026
Romero asked whether the bill addresses municipal races at all.
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To, just wanted to go to my technical Clarification. So we, you're not talking about municipal races at all then
H.B. 391 Vacancy Replacement Amendments · House Government Operations Committee · Feb 6, 2026
Romero said the current municipal appointment process works and she does not think it needs to be changed.
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I think so. I just, uh, I just know that, um, municipal elections operate from my perspective being, um, active in local government as an employee as well as just someone who's active. Um, the way we we do things seems to work. Even though I may not, um, necessarily agree with who the city council appoints. There's a process in place there that I just don't think needs to be messed with. I guess that's my concern.
H.B. 396 Public Project Subcontractor Amendments · House Government Operations Committee · Feb 6, 2026
Moves to pass HB 396 out of committee with a favorable recommendation and waives comment.
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Thank you, Mr. Chair. I move that we pass out HB 3 96 public project subcontract amendments with the favorable recommendation. And would you like to speak to that? I'll waive. Okay.
H.C.R. 7 Concurrent Resolution Regarding Scenic Byway Designations · House Transportation Committee · Feb 5, 2026
Speaking remotely, asks why the bill should be held when the plan was already approved locally, and says the resolution only ensures it goes through the process.
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There? She, yes, I am. And I'm at the airport. So my concern is why are we hold something, one that's already been approved. This is just a resolution just to make sure it goes through the cost. Hopefully you heard me, I can Really hear it. Okay. Oh, um, okay.
H.C.R. 7 Concurrent Resolution Regarding Scenic Byway Designations · House Transportation Committee · Feb 5, 2026
Confirms she was the member speaking remotely and says she is at the airport.
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Yeah, that was me. Sorry. It's so loud in here. I'm getting ready to for a plane.
H.B. 62 Road Jurisdiction Amendments · House Transportation Committee · Feb 2, 2026
Asks whether there is a fiscal note on the bill.
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Just a quick question. Is there a fiscal note on this? 'cause I don't have the bill pulled up in front of me.
H.B. 118 Driver Training Schools for Commercial Driver License Amendments · House Transportation Committee · Feb 2, 2026
Asks who would determine whether applicants are proficient in English and how that assessment would work.
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Yeah. Uh, my comment would kind of be similar to the good representative, the, that just spoke and, um, who's gonna be able to determine this, um, whether someone's proficient or not, if they're not qualified to, so, so is it just gonna be, you know, the, the manager or is it just gonna be someone who walks in and says, I'm gonna test someone to see if they can speak English? How, how will that work?
H.B. 118 Driver Training Schools for Commercial Driver License Amendments · House Transportation Committee · Feb 2, 2026
Says she has a concern about who would determine English proficiency and plans more questions and discussion with the sponsor.
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Hi everyone. Sorry, I'm on a work trip, so I'm trying to do two jobs at one time. Now. I, I do have a concern with this. I just, with our current political climate and just concerns on who's gonna determine, um, who am is English proficient. And so I I just have a, a couple more questions, so I'm gonna know right now and I, um, wanna have more discussions with the Dr with the sponsor of the bill.
H.B. 310 School Reintegration Plan Amendments · House Education Committee · Jan 30, 2026
Presents HB 310, which extends the deadline for developing a reintegration plan from five to seven days, allowing more time during summer months and flexibility based on student need and risk level.
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Thank you, Mr. Chair. And I just wanna let the committee know, I have a legislative audit committee, and so that starts out for, so I appreciate you hearing my bill ahead of schedule. This is a pretty simple bill. It's very straightforward. HB three 10. It extends the timeline for developing a reintegration plan. Um, right now it's at five. We're just asking that timeline to move to seven. It provides additional time during summer months for developing the reintegration plan, and that's due to the fact that it's summer. People go on vacation, some people are on contract. So just making sure we have that timeframe and it allows the school the flexibility to tailor that re-integration plan …
H.B. 310 School Reintegration Plan Amendments · House Education Committee · Jan 30, 2026
Says the bill intends that required checklist items must be addressed and that a unique plan is added beyond them, and raises a concern about the word notwithstanding.
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To. I think it's a, a appropriate question, and I wanna be clear that the intent of legislation not to do that. I would point out that in section four eight it says, shall address that, it has to be addressed. Those items shall be addressed. Whereas in four B two it says, uh, may, uh, may create a unique reintegration plan. I think in the education environment, we know that our kids are not on, uh, you know, uh, they're all different. They're all unique and they all have unique circumstances and needs. And the idea and the intent of that verbiage is simply to create a, each of these situations are dynamic. And we would wanna have the …
H.B. 310 School Reintegration Plan Amendments · House Education Committee · Jan 30, 2026
Waives comment and thanks the committee for hearing the bill early.
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I'll waive and I just wanna thank the committee for letting me bump up ahead so I can get to my legislative audit committee. Okay.
H.B. 75 American Indian and Alaska Native Education Amendments · House floor debate (day 11) · Jan 30, 2026
Raised a point of order that members should ask questions directly rather than read them from a script.
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I I thought when we're, um, speaking on the floor that we don't read, we ask a question to you directly, Mr. Speaker versus reading a script.
H.B. 173 Disabled Parking Permit Amendments · House Transportation Committee · Jan 28, 2026
Asks whether similar laws have passed in other states and says accessible stalls must remain available for people with mobility needs.
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Oh, thank you, Mr. Chair. Quick question. Has this law passed in any other state? I believe Florida, And then that is, I think correct. But didn't they have about 8,000 mothers who applied for the past? It's fantastic. Well, to you might might be fantastic. And I, um, but I mean, the reason why we have a DA law is for a reason because people who have disabilities, we wanna make sure that they're able to park and be able to do business. And not every person who's of childbearing years wants to have a ton of kids. So I, I guess my concern is like, I appreciate what you're trying to do, but there's a reason why we …
H.B. 173 Disabled Parking Permit Amendments · House Transportation Committee · Jan 28, 2026
Asks public advocates how many accessible stalls are already short and says she wants to understand current need before deciding.
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No, I, and and I agree and I am very sympathetic to, to those who who do need this and currently use it. And you know, it's interesting depending on who I talk to is, oh, I see open stalls all the time, but according to a lot of the numbers, there is a shortage in a lot of cases. I, I don't see that, but that's what the numbers do say, is there is a shortage of the amount of, um, eight or handicap stalls that we need. Uh, so yeah. Um, if 8,000 people in Florida applied and we're Utah, who knows how many we'd get here, but it would be interesting to see if it's that many …
H.B. 209 Voting Amendments · House floor debate (day 7) · Jan 26, 2026
Asks a follow-up question about what other changes the substitute makes and asks the sponsor to yield.
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Give Mr. Speaker, uh, a follow up question. May I ask Mr. Speaker, Uh, Representative Moss, will you yield to a question?
H.B. 209 Voting Amendments · House floor debate (day 7) · Jan 26, 2026
Asks what the other substantive changes in the substitute are.
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Besides what the good representative mentioned prior to me, what are the other substances? What are the other changes in the substitute?
H.B. 209 Voting Amendments · House floor debate (day 7) · Jan 26, 2026
Asks why the bill changed from county clerk to elected official and what scope that term covers.
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Thank you Mr. Speaker question for the sponsor. Representative Maloy, will you yield to a question? Yes, yes. Representative. So I, a question I have is why did we change it to elected official versus county clerk? And, um, what is the scope when we say elected official may determine, um, whether a registered voter is a citizen of the United States?
H.B. 209 Voting Amendments · House floor debate (day 7) · Jan 26, 2026
Asks the sponsor a question about the bill.
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Thank you Mr. Speaker question for the sponsor. Representative Maloy, will you yield to a question?
H.B. 209 Voting Amendments · House floor debate (day 7) · Jan 26, 2026
Asks why the bill changed from county clerk to elected official and what scope the term has for determining citizenship of registered voters.
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So I, a question I have is why did we change it to elected official versus county clerk? And, um, what is the scope when we say elected official may determine, um, whether a registered voter is a citizen of the United States?
H.B. 209 Voting Amendments · House floor debate (day 7) · Jan 26, 2026
Asks a follow-up question about whether the term elected official would include people who are not election officials.
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I, I guess my question, a follow up question, Mr. Speaker, if that's okay. Representative Moss, will you continue to yield to a follow up question?
H.B. 209 Voting Amendments · House floor debate (day 7) · Jan 26, 2026
Asks whether the term elected official would cover ordinary elected officials or only county clerks and Lieutenant Governor's office staff.
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So when you define elected official, are you, would that mean someone like myself or yourself, or is this specifically county clerks and members of the Lieutenant Governor's office that are elected?
H.B. 209 Voting Amendments · House floor debate (day 7) · Jan 26, 2026
Asks whether the term elected official would include legislators or only county clerks and Lieutenant Governor's office members.
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So when you define elected official, are you, would that mean someone like myself or yourself, or is this specifically county clerks and members of the Lieutenant Governor's office that are elected?
H.B. 209 Voting Amendments · House floor debate (day 7) · Jan 26, 2026
Says the term elected official is broad and her concern is that an official who is not an election administrator could decide who is eligible to vote.
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So my, my question was, when we say elected official, that's very broad. And so my concern is that an elected official may determine who is eligible to vote or not to vote if they're not a member of, they're not a county clerk or they're not an elected official in the, um, Lieutenant Governor's office. So my concern is about the broad nature of the term elected official.
H.B. 209 Voting Amendments · House floor debate (day 7) · Jan 26, 2026
Says the term elected official is broad and could allow officials who are not election administrators to determine voter eligibility.
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So my, my question was, when we say elected official, that's very broad. And so my concern is that an elected official may determine who is eligible to vote or not to vote if they're not a member of, they're not a county clerk or they're not an elected official in the, um, Lieutenant Governor's office. So my concern is about the broad nature of the term elected official.
H.B. 209 Voting Amendments · House floor debate (day 7) · Jan 26, 2026
Says she still has concerns, believes existing processes already address citizenship questions, and does not think the legislation is needed.
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Thank you. I I still do have concerns because as I, um, in regards to who can question who is a citizen or not, I feel like we already have processes in place. And I, as my colleague before me said, I, I don't think this is needed legislation. So thank you.
H.B. 209 Voting Amendments · House floor debate (day 7) · Jan 26, 2026
Says she still has concerns about who may question citizenship, notes existing processes, and says the bill may not be needed.
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Thank you. I I still do have concerns because as I, um, in regards to who can question who is a citizen or not, I feel like we already have processes in place. And I, as my colleague before me said, I, I don't think this is needed legislation. So thank you.
H.B. 128 Traffic Amendments · House Transportation Committee · Jan 23, 2026
Asked whether a driver still needs to signal when turning right at a roundabout with two entry options, and was told that signaling is required for driving through or switching lanes.
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It's actually Romero Romero, go ahead. That's okay. Sorry, Just to clarifying question. So a roundabout here, when we're coming up the hill, since it has like kind of two ways you can enter. So someone still needs to signal when they're making a right? Correct. Because we have a lot of accidents and that's why they put the roundabout there in the first place. That is a good question. I do not enter that roundabout. So I guess if there's another way that can you, you can go somewhere other than the roundabout? Yeah. Well, you go up the roundabout and you can turn off on one area or you can keep on going around and to go the …
H.B. 136 Unlicensed Driver Amendments · House Transportation Committee · Jan 23, 2026
Opposed the bill, citing fear in immigrant communities and hardship from impounded cars, and said she might support it if privilege card testing were offered in other languages.
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Thank you, Mr. Chair. I have a problem with this bill, and I just think it's right now the climate in our state and, and across the country. But more importantly, I think it's been mentioned a couple of times about the driver's privilege card. And the reason why we, uh, established a driver privileged card was for people to be able to drive on the road safely. And it has increased our roads and the safety on our roads. But there are people right now that are just afraid. And I'm afraid that we're going to punish someone if they get pulled over, take their car, and they're already working a job where they don't make enough money, and …
H.B. 120 Tail Light Obstruction Amendments · House Transportation Committee · Jan 23, 2026
Said she had joked that a representative from Millcreek would vote yes on the bill.
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Was just teasing him. I said I, I think the representative from Millcreek would vote yes on this too.
H.B. 16 Solar Power Plant Amendments · House floor debate (day 4) · Jan 23, 2026
Asks the sponsor why the bill is needed given that state incentives phase out in 2028.
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Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Um, a question for the sponsor. Will the sponsor yield? Yes. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Go Ahead. I just have a question 'cause I know like our incentives are phasing out in 2028, so why does the sponsor think we need this bill?
H.B. 52 Tribal Endorsement of Utah Driver License Amendments · House floor debate (day 3) · Jan 22, 2026
Asks whether the bill covers tribal members who are not enrolled in a Utah tribe; the sponsor responds that it refers to federally recognized tribes.
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to the bill Representative Romero. Thank you Mr. Speaker. Uh, question, um, How ask Representative Malloy, will you yield to a question? Yeah. Does this include tribal members that are not enrolled in a Utah tribe? It, it, uh, the bill indicates that federally recognized tribal tribes. Okay. That's all I wanted to know. Thank you.
H.B. 209 Voting Amendments · House Government Operations Committee · Jan 21, 2026
Asks how many non-citizens have attempted to vote in Utah state elections and whether that has been documented.
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Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Chair. My my question is, how many cases of individuals without US citizenship have attempted to vote in state elections? And has that been documented in Utah?
H.B. 209 Voting Amendments · House Government Operations Committee · Jan 21, 2026
Asks what safeguards ensure a person suspected of not being a citizen has adequate time to provide proof before an election.
▶ Watch at 57:38Read what they said
And then another, just another question to, to ask if that's okay In the future. Yes, Go ahead. What safeguards are in place to ensure that an individual who an elected official suspects is not being a citizen like maybe me, um, would have, how would they have adequate time to provide proof of citizenship ahead of an election?
H.B. 209 Voting Amendments · House Government Operations Committee · Jan 21, 2026
Asks what protects a citizen from being stereotyped as a non-citizen by a clerk at the polls.
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Right? I guess my question is, what if I walk in and, and, um, there's a clerk who doesn't think I'm a citizen? Well, so what are the safeguards to protect me, a US citizen from not being stereotyped or being called a non-citizen because they suspect I'm not a citizen?
H.B. 209 Voting Amendments · House Government Operations Committee · Jan 21, 2026
Romero opposed the motion, saying existing laws protect voting, aspiring citizens have strong reasons not to vote illegally, and the bill could disenfranchise populations such as Native voters.
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Thank you, Mr. Chair. I, I can't support that motion. I, I already feel like we have existing federal and state laws in place that, that protect our voting process. And I just wanna remind people, if somebody is aspiring to be a citizen, why would they vote in an election knowing if they, um, they vote and they're not allowed to, that that's probably gonna ruin any prosperous prospect of becoming a citizen. Another thing I wanna remind people of, it wasn't, no, it was in February. I mean, we're talking in November of 2002, 2024. We had to have the Justice Department come monitor a particular county. And this wasn't dealing with people who are aspiring to be …
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