At first, I was excited to see the title of Senator Ralph Okerlund’s (R – Monroe, District 24) SB 60 – Voluntary Search and Rescue Funding. I often complain that it is unfair to us non-outdoorsie types that we have to pay to pluck people off the side of the mountain every time they purposefully [...]
Archive for the ‘2010 Legislature’ Category
Bills to Watch: SB 58 – Transportation Expense for Defendants, S. Adams
The newest member of the Utah State Senate, Stuart Adams (R – Layton, District 22) is already starting to get his chops wet with SB 58, Transportation Expense for Defendants. The bill itself would mandate that convicted defendants in criminal cases have to pay for any sort of transportation expenses incurred by the government if [...]
Bills to Watch: HB 278 – Government Records Access and Management Amendments, C. Herrod
All too often, it seems as though I am attacking Republicans for the sake of attacking Republicans on the “Bills to Watch” series – but I am not above giving credit where credit is do. Indeed, Representative Christopher Herrod’s (R – Provo – District 62) HB 278 – Government Records Access and Management Amendments is [...]
Bills to Watch: HJR 15 – Joint Resolution on Legislative Ethics Commission, D. Clark
There has been much hullabaloo concerning ethics reform in this legislative session. Indeed, it is quite obvious that the Utahns for Ethical Government have gotten under the skin of many-a-legislator. In an attempt to quell some of this, none other than the Speaker of the House, Representative Dave Clark (R – Santa Clara – District [...]
Bills to Watch: HB 288 – Daylight Saving Time, K. Sumsion
Ok, this one is just a little odd. For some reason Representative Kenneth Sumsion (R – American Fork – District 56) wants to do away with daylight savings time with the aptly named HB 288 – Daylight Saving Time. Yup, for some reason Sumsion wants to join Arizona and Hawaii in doing away with daylight [...]
Bills to Watch: HB 114 – Disclosure of Donations to Higher Education Institutions, C. Wimmer
You know, I should institute a new policy, just don’t write posts about Representative Carl Wimmer (R-Herriman-District 52) – he is just so diametrically opposite from me that it is not even funny, and I am convinced that he would not know how to propose a good bill if we were to sit him down [...]
Bills to Watch: HB 112 – Supreme Court Review of an Initiative or Referendum – B. Dee
As many of you may know, I am the Director of Operations for the Fair Boundaries Imitative, and I want to be very clear that the views I express in this blog (or any blog, for that matter) are my own and do not represent the views of any organization I work for. That being [...]
Bill to Watch: HB 247 – Lobbyist Restriction Modifications, C. Moss
I always find ethics reform on the hill a rather fascinating exercise and I liken it to a wheel spinning in the mud – sure, there is a lot of noise and movement but, ultimately, nothing gets done. What makes this year interesting is that Republicans have vowed to put ethics reform on the agenda [...]
Bills to Watch: HB 237 – Restriction on Use of Wireless Telephones in Vechiles by Minors, P. Riesen
Representative Phil Riesen (D – Millcreek, District 36) continues to fight for a restriction on cell phones in cars. Last year he was unsuccessful in passing a bill that would eliminate cell phone use for everyone (the bill was substituted in committee and died there), so he is trying again with HB 237, a bill [...]
Listen to me tonight on Radioactive!
Tonight I will be on the KRCL FM 90 discussing various bills being discussed on the hill. Joining me will be Misty Fowler over at Saintless, and I am told one other person…yet to be named. So tune in to 90.9 FM at 6:00 PM or click here to listen online.