2021 Utah Legislative Session

This week, we’re zooming out a bit to look at what it’s been like to legislate during a session shaped by the COVID-19 pandemic. We talked with lawmakers, lobbyists and journalists about what they miss the most (and why it’s the cafeteria’s tater tots) and what changes they hope might stick around.

An effort to regulate all-terrain vehicles in Moab was killed by the Utah Legislature last week, but people on both sides of the issue say the fight isn’t over.

The latest Utah news from Wednesday evening, March 3, 2021.

An end to statewide pandemic restrictions is in sight, after the Utah House passed a bill Wednesday outlining a timeline.

Under the legislation, if a voter switches parties after March 31, that switch would take effect after the primary election.

This would be the first time Utah legislators have put more oversight in place on the industry in 15 years.

Two Utah Senate committees approved two separate affordable housing bills Tuesday.

A bipartisan bill to help build a visitors’ center at Bears Ears National Monument is moving through the Utah Legislature. It passed a Senate committee unanimously Tuesday and pro-monument groups support the legislation.

The bill to change the name of Dixie State University was approved by a Senate committee Monday but with changes.

The Utah Legislature passed major bail reform last year. Now, a Senate committee passed a watered down bill to repeal it.

Since 2018, the Utah Legislature has put forth a bill to tweak the state’s inland port project. This year’s measure passed a Senate committee Monday morning. Among other things, it creates a bank to distribute loans for inland port infrastructure throughout the state.

Time is running out to create a new state park north of Moab. The measure received a lot of support in the Utah House of Representatives last week, but it still has to pass the Senate.