Mark A. Strong

• H.B. 445 County Government Land Purchasing · House floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026

  Explains that the substitutes give owners of property in another county a three-year period to decide whether to sell it, pay the tax, or agree with the county on how tax is paid, and that transportation reinvestment language was removed.

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  Yes, I would. Um, so when the bill left here, we made, it's actually had a couple substitutes. Um, this is regarding counties purchasing property in other counties and, um, we added three years so that if you own a property in another county, you have a three year, say previous to this bill, you have a three year period where you can decide what you wanna do with that, that property, um, whether you wanna sell it or, or pay the tax on it or make an agreement with the county on how tax should be paid. Um, and then there was just, uh, they took out some language, uh, that about transportation, uh, that wasn't needed. Uh, transportation …

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• S.B. 305 Hospital Quality Incentive Amendments · House floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026

  Asks the sponsor to yield for a question.

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  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Would the sponsor yield to a Question Representative? Les? And will you yield?

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• S.B. 305 Hospital Quality Incentive Amendments · House floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026

  Asks how changes to the federal law known as HR 1 would affect the bill.

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  Thank you. Um, if the one big beautiful bill or the provisions in that bill change, how would it affect this piece of legislation?

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• H.B. 183 Sex Designation Amendments · Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee · Mar 4, 2026

  Presented the bill, saying it changes the word gender to sex throughout the code based on the drafting attorney's guidance, with exceptions such as references to the Utah Compact.

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  Thank you chair and committee. A few of you on this committee, a couple anyway that I've don't know, haven't met and some I've talked to a number of times. So, uh, if you're ready for me, I guess I should have asked that. Yes, the time's yours. Thanks. And we can go very quickly here. Um, maybe some of you have watched this bill. It's much, much, much, much, many, more, much is different now than it was. Um, I know there were some things that were a bit divisive, uh, to start. Um, this is, uh, directly from the, uh, the drafting attorney. I said, could you just gimme a couple little things about this bill? And I …

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• H.B. 183 Sex Designation Amendments · Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee · Mar 4, 2026

  Said some sections involving agreements such as the Utah Compact are not changed and that the bill creates consistency across the code.

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  There are a couple of sections that, um, that involve say some agreements that have been made, uh, such as the Utah Compact and other things like that. And I apologize. I um, I inherited this bill just a couple of days ago, but, um, yeah, in, in the, the, uh, sections of code where it's used just in, in regular, I don't even know if regular is the right word, um, uh, anywhere where it's not specific to the, the meaning of the bill, again regarding the Utah Compact and others. So yeah, it just creates, uh, um, some unity across the code with a word that we have defined. And that's probably not a great definition. We may …

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• H.B. 183 Sex Designation Amendments · Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee · Mar 4, 2026

  Said he did not know the exact number, that drafters have used the terms interchangeably, and that the intent is to use the defined term sex.

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  So yeah, it goes back, um, in fact, the drafting attorney told me they have a, an instructional book they use and there's some direction in that book from several years ago and it says you can use the words interchangeably. And so, um, so the intent here is to say, okay, since we have a de of definition of sex, let's not, anyway, that's, I wish I had some real detail for you.

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• H.B. 183 Sex Designation Amendments · Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee · Mar 4, 2026

  Said the intent is to clarify terms in the code and asked the committee to move the bill forward while deferring to the committee.

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  Uh, representative summation on the, Um, yeah, as you mentioned, some of those heartaches, uh, took place long before I was involved. Um, I know that our drafting attorneys, uh, do their very best. The intention of the bill is to make clarity in the code so that, uh, so that, I mean, someone had mentioned in comments that, uh, that sex and gender are different. And I agree with that, and it, it, I think in, when I was young, it really wasn't. And today we know it is different. It's the terms change over time. And so this is an attempt to, to clarify that in code across the board. And I think, uh, that our, our good …

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

  Says the bill has come before the House in past years and that unused state facilities should be sold; urges a vote against it.

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  Strong. Thank, thank you, Mr. Speaker. Um, we've, we've actually seen this bill a few years in a row, and if we have facilities that aren't being used, they should be sold. Um, typically these are in tr high traffic areas. I think this is, this is, uh, the same policy that we voted down, I think two, maybe three years. And I, uh, I'm not sure it's, I I, I'm sure, but, uh, I'll say it's not the right policy for us. And I, I would, uh, propose we vote against it. Thank you.

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• S.B. 190 Trailer Registration Amendments · House floor debate (day 43) · Mar 4, 2026

  Asks whether the sponsor will yield to a question.

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  Thank you. Uh, as the, uh, well, will the sponsor yield to a Question Representative Stevie? Listen, will you yield to a question?

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• S.B. 190 Trailer Registration Amendments · House floor debate (day 43) · Mar 4, 2026

  Asks why the bill requires a registration payment of four times the amount for a lifetime registration.

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  Thank you. As, as the sponsor of the greatest trailer bill in history, which was no registration at all. Um, I, my question is, why did we come up on four times? So you pay, you got, uh, you gotta register your trailer and you have to pay four times the amount of the registration, and it's good for a lifetime. Uh, thank, thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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• S.B. 190 Trailer Registration Amendments · House floor debate (day 43) · Mar 4, 2026

  Asks whether there would be a refund if a trailer owner sold the trailer within the registration period.

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  Thank you. Mr. Speaker. One other question. If say someone was to sell their trailer inside that four years, would there have been any sort of refund?

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• S.B. 190 Trailer Registration Amendments · House floor debate (day 43) · Mar 4, 2026

  Says he supports the bill and would have preferred a lower fee.

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  Thank you. Well, um, we are where we are and I'm supportive of the legislation. Uh, wish that it was times one, but, uh, maybe, maybe I can run a bill like that some other year. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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• S.B. 45 Kratom Adjustments · House floor debate (day 43) · Mar 4, 2026

  Opposes the amendment and supports the underlying bill, saying he has concerns about the product and asked his child about using it.

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  Yeah, thank you. Um, I also am in opposition. I circled it originally thinking, uh, not quite understanding as I looked into it in the last few minutes and over the last year or so. Um, I, I don't like the product. In fact, after learning a little more about it, I reached out to my children. I have one in particular that goes to health food stores and works out and, and I said, Hey, hey, have you used this product? And he goes, no, dad, never. And I was so grateful to hear that. So I'm, I'm opposed to the, uh, the amendment and in favor of the underlying bill. Thank you.

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• S.B. 91 Motor Vehicle Registration Services Amendments · House floor debate (day 43) · Mar 4, 2026

  Asks the sponsor to yield to a question.

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  Thank you, Mr. Speaker with the sponsor yield to a question. Representative Bollinger, will you yield?

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• S.B. 91 Motor Vehicle Registration Services Amendments · House floor debate (day 43) · Mar 4, 2026

  Asks whether the black license plate fee is increasing and whether that money is tied to something specific.

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  Thank you. The, the black license plate, um, fee is increasing. Excuse me? Is that money tied to something specific or is that State General just increasing that because of its popularity?

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