Do you want proof that the legislature hates to be challenged? Want proof that the powers that be don’t like to hear the people speak up? Wonder if they like to throw their weight around and get upset when they don’t get their way? Well I would like to direct you to SB 275 – [...]
Archive for the ‘Bill I am Against’ Category
Bills to Watch: HB 432 – Hate Crime Amendments, S. Sandstrom
I wish I could sit down with legislators from time to time and explain to them the concept of federalism – I honestly don’t think that Representatives such as Stephen Sandstrom (R – Orem – District 58) understand the concept of local, state, and federal laws.
You see, Sandstrom is proposing HB 432 – Hate Crime [...]
Bills to Watch: HB 340 – Sexual Assault Victim Protocols, J. Biskupski
It is rare for me to disagree with a Democrat on the hill, especially one so liberal as Representative Jackie Biskupski (D – Salt Lake, District 30). But, frankly, I find the language in HB 340 – Sexual Assault Victim Protocols, a little concerning.
Currently, if a victim of sexual assault walks into an Instacare center, [...]
Bills to watch: SB 93 – Gubernatorial Appointment Powers Amendments, C. Bramble
If there is one thing I can’t stand, it is the legislature making even more power grabs in an attempt to offset the balance of the three branches of government.
Well, enter Senator Curt Bramble (R – Provo, District 16). He is proposing SB 93 – Gubernatorial Appointment Powers Amendments, a bill that would give unprecedented [...]
Bills to Watch: SB 60 – Voluntary Search and Rescue Funding, R. Okerlund
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 [...]
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 savings time [...]
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 said, [...]
Bills to Watch: HJR 12 – Climate Change Joint Resolution, K. Gibson
So I was in a room with my friend, the phrenologist, and was complaining that my head hurt; he promptly replied that nothing was wrong and that I was simply making up the ailment to get out of work. My other friend in the room, a doctor, thought I was suffering from a stroke. Not [...]
