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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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Utah lawmakers passed a recording-breaking 591 bills during the 2024 legislative session. Gov. Spencer Cox has until March 21 to either sign or veto them. If he does neither, the laws automatically go into effect.
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Utah teachers will be free to display LGBTQ+ Pride flags and other social, political or religious imagery. The Republican-led chamber shot down the proposal during the final week of the 2024 legislative session.
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The bill would prohibit Utah teachers from hanging a pride flag in their classroom and ban other things viewed as endorsing a specific “political or social belief.”
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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.