Evan J. Vickers

• H.B. 436 Moderate Income Housing Infrastructure Amendments · Senate floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026

  Asks whether the bill would move transportation projects up in fast-growing areas and how rural communities would be affected.

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  Senator Vickers, When we talk about transportation projects and transportation commission, I'm always sensitive because, uh, when we get into rural Utah, oftentimes, uh, it's really difficult to get a project. You know, for example, it took us five or six years longer to get a freeway interchange done in Cedar City than maybe would've done on the north, the Wasatch front. So my question is, because I'm, as I understand the bill, if I read it correctly, it it does incentivize towards a fast-growing area, which, which I understand the needs for the infrastructure in those fast-growing areas, but how can I go back to my constituents and say, we're still just as well off as we were before? …

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• H.B. 436 Moderate Income Housing Infrastructure Amendments · Senate floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026

  Says he remains skeptical and thanks Musselman for answering the question.

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  Yeah. Thank you Mr. Senator. Go ahead, Senator. Mr. President, like I say, I just, you know, I have to be a little skeptical by nature, so thank you for the answering question.

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• H.B. 59 Identification Verification Amendments · Senate floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026

  Says the bill corrects last year's change so restaurants again need not scan every customer's ID unless the customer appears to be 35 or younger, and moves that H.B. 59 pass.

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  Thank you Mr. President. This is correcting an issue that we kind of messed up last year. Uh, this corrects it going back for alcohol identification. When you go into a restaurant now it reverts back to the system where they don't have to, uh, identify your card Jew unless you appear to be 35 years or younger. So we, uh, inadvertently had that so that they moved it to the same as like in a bar or a tavern. We automatically have to, to identify everyone have scan everyone. And so this moves it back to the previous policy and, uh, with that I would make a motion that five fifth substitute house bill 59 pass. Thank you. The …

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• H.B. 265 Non-nicotine Inhalation Product Amendments · Senate floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026

  States that THC may not be combusted in any form in Utah, says CBD and THC must be separated, and thanks the sponsor for making that distinction.

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  Mr. President, I appreciate the, you know, the sponsor, you know, speaking with me before the presentation and just wanna clarify too that, uh, THC is not allowed to be, uh, combust used in any combustible form in the state. So I I'm sure he and I know that he made that clear and, and so we just have to be, so you need to separate the difference between CBD and THC and he has done a good job with that, so I appreciate it.

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• H.B. 3 Appropriations Adjustments · Senate floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026

  Pays tribute to Senator Stevenson's long service and thanks him, Senator Sandall, and the budget staff.

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  Thank you, Mr. President. Um, I rise, not so much to discuss the bill, but maybe more of a personal privilege. I've, uh, figured there May be a few of them. Senator Bickers. Yeah, I've, uh, watched Senator Stevenson for many a number of years. I had the great privilege one year of working as his vice chair and watching the budget process. And, um, and now I see it coming to, uh, close. Probably this is the last, uh, I assume this would be the last budget bill that he will run. And, uh, I just want to pay homage to a great statesman, uh, a great professional, a great legislator, a great friend along with him, you know, …

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• H.B. 527 Pharmacy Pricing Amendments · Senate floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026

  Explains that the bill lets pharmacies appeal below-cost reimbursements to pharmacy benefit managers, gives the insurance commissioner enforcement power, and adds a penalty for violations.

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  Thank you Mr. President Pro Tem. The bill is dealing with interactions between, uh, retail pharmacies and PBMs. Prescription benefit managers think of Express Scripts or CVS Caremark Prime Therapeutics. Um, specifically when a, a pharmacy is reimbursed for a product, they're, it's based on a certain pricing scheme called mac, which is maximum allowable cost. Oftentimes the reimbursement rate is actually below cost. And so the, this gives the pharmacy a mechanism where they can appeal that to the PBM and have them correct that and then allow them then require the PBM to allow the pharmacy to reimburse it, or I mean to reprocess it free of charge and get the, you know, after they've made the correct …

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• H.B. 527 Pharmacy Pricing Amendments · Senate floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026

  Moves under suspension of the rules that the substitute bill pass.

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  Thank you Mr. Uh, president pro tem. Uh, under suspension of the rules, I would move that four substitute house bill 5 27 pass.

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

  Explains that the bill removes a proposed 2000-hour requirement for nurse practitioners and expands nurse anesthetist prescribing authority while barring ketamine prescriptions.

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  Yes. This is the, uh, OPULAR licensing bill. Uh, the provision, one of the provisions it was, uh, heavily negotiated it was the adding additional hours, 2000 hours to a nurse practitioner, uh, requirement. Uh, the house decided, the house committee decided that we, we'd like to pull that out and work on that as some do some additional work on that. So that provision was pulled out. And then another question was we were expanding slightly the ability of a, a nurse anesthetist to prescribe and it was, there was some concerns about ketamine so we specifically said that they would not be able to prescribe ketamine.

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• H.B. 259 Parental Access to Children's Medical Records Amendments · Senate floor debate (day 44) · Mar 5, 2026

  Asks about the implementation date, which he understands was moved to the end of 2027.

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  D I'll go ahead. Yeah, just a couple of questions. Uh, one had to do, I know in the committee we talked about the, the date of implementation and the penalty, and I, I'm pretty sure I know the answer to this, but it looks like that, uh, it's moved to the end of the year of 27. Is that correct? Seven 31st? Is that, Yes, Senator, am I looking, am I reading that correctly?

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• H.B. 259 Parental Access to Children's Medical Records Amendments · Senate floor debate (day 44) · Mar 5, 2026

  Asks whether the bill changes how certain minors can protect information they have shared.

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  I know there was, there was also some discussion about there are certain, uh, minors that have the ability to protect certain information. Uh, does that change that in this bill? Senator

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• H.B. 259 Parental Access to Children's Medical Records Amendments · Senate floor debate (day 44) · Mar 5, 2026

  Asks whether a minor who was sexually active and working with a physician could still protect that information under the bill.

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  Senator. Certain minors have certain information. Senator, I don't what, Where to go with that. Senator, follow up? I think the, the one that we were talking about is if, uh, if an indi if a, a minor was sexually active and working with the physician, would the, and under those circumstances, they had the ability to protect that information, would they still be able to protect that information?

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• S.B. 101 Specialized Product Amendments · Senate floor debate (day 44) · Mar 5, 2026

  Explains that a coordinating clause was added to the bill covering specialized product retailers, the Department of Agriculture, and the Tax Commission, and moves to concur.

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  Thank was present motion to Concur. We had to put a coordinating clause between the creative retailers, specialized product retailers, uh, the Department of Agriculture and, uh, the Tax Commission. Motion

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• H.B. 408 Data Sharing Amendments · Senate floor debate (day 44) · Mar 5, 2026

  Asks the substitute's sponsor whether it would repeal all prior work on the data portability law.

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  Yes. Senator Vickers. Mr. President pro tem. Uh, question for the sponsor of the motion to substitute. I assume he would yield.

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• H.B. 408 Data Sharing Amendments · Senate floor debate (day 44) · Mar 5, 2026

  Asks whether the substitute would repeal all prior work on the data portability law.

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  Um, as I look at the, the substitute, and I'm listening to this discussion, so you're repealing this act and I wanna make clear, is it repealing everything that we've done up to this point? Or is because we have done significant work in the past on this, is it, would that, would this substitute repeal that work as well? Yes.

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• H.B. 408 Data Sharing Amendments · Senate floor debate (day 44) · Mar 5, 2026

  Asks whether the sponsor of the substitute has consulted the executive branch.

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  Um, I would imagine since the executive branch was heavily involved in that, uh, and I'm not sure what that to their engagement on this, but I'm curious, have you engaged with them and the, the thoughts from, from the executive branch on your

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