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Lawmakers like Republican Karriane Lisonbee believe Utah’s “trigger law” will be upheld as constitutional “and we want that decision made.”
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More than 300,000 cases await expungement review by the Utah Department of Public Safety and more records are added every month.
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Republican Rep. Karianne Lisonbee’s bill would allow abortion clinics to be licensed to perform abortions in the state, but it is her hope that the law would lead to a faster ruling on the state’s near-total abortion ban.
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The bill also allows Utah school districts to sidestep a statewide student health and risk prevention survey without risking funding.
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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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The Hooper resident has been in the Legislature since 2015 and previously served as majority leader.
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Some of the proposed changes would allow schools to remove some books quicker and without the input of parents. It would also allow certain books to be banned statewide.
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As it stands right now, abortion is legal in Utah up to 18 weeks of pregnancy and people can still go to an abortion clinic to receive the procedure.
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As Utah lawmakers debate which books should and should not be in school libraries, the focus is often on removals. Librarians, however, say a lot of thought goes into choosing titles in the first place.
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Planned Parenthood and ACLU of Utah filed a lawsuit Monday challenging a new Utah law that would ban abortion clinics. The law, signed by Gov. Spencer Cox in March, doesn't take effect until May 3.
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Cox told reporters in February that he planned on signing the measure, which also clarifies the definition of abortion to address legal liability concerns providers voiced about the way exceptions are worded in state law — a provision Republicans called a compromise.
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There were a few expected topics on the back burner this session. When would a big bill drop? With 2 weeks to go, we got our answer.