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Utah State Board of Education member Natalie Cline faced calls to resign after lawmakers said she bullied a student on social media has lost her nomination for reelection. She needed at least 40% of the delegate votes at the Salt Lake County Republican Convention, but fell short of that threshold Saturday.
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The Utah Department of Corrections is under fire for discriminating against a transgender inmate who the U.S. Department of Justice said was driven to harm herself after she was repeatedly denied hormone therapy.
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Contentious bills were once again taken up in the opening weeks of the legislative session, a move we can expect more of in the future.
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Senate President Stuart Adams and Senate Minority Leader Luz Escamilla appeared together during Senate media availability to present a united front. When asked about impeachment, Adams said “I think we're looking at those issues.”
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Much like they did last year, Utah’s supermajority legislature front-loaded its contentious bills to the opening days of the 45-day work session.
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Gov. Spencer Cox has signed a law that requires people to use bathrooms and locker rooms in public schools and government-owned buildings that match their sex assigned at birth.
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The bill would require an incarcerated transgender woman to be housed in the male wing of the jail or prison.
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For the last 2 years, Utah has passed laws directly impacting many transgender Utahns' ways of life. This year added a 3rd bill — and a debate over bathrooms.
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After approval from the Legislature, HB257 now heads to Gov. Spencer Cox’s desk for consideration.
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A day after softening the bill, Sen. Dan McCay added another substitution that returned many of the House version’s restrictions.
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The bill continues to restrict transgender kids in public K-12 schools from using the bathroom that aligns with their gender identity.
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After passing the Utah House last week, the Senate Business and Labor Committee advanced the bill to the floor on a 5-3 vote.