Salt Lake Tribune Editorial
Updated: 02/26/2010 05:30:01 PM MST
As more people ride bicycles to save fuel, reduce air pollution and stay fit, the rules of the road are changing, too. A bill before the Legislature would allow bicycles to roll through stop signs if no other vehicles are approaching the intersection. Otherwise, they would have to stop or yield. The House passed the bill the other day, and we suggest the Senate give its OK.
Deseret News Editorial
Published: Saturday, Feb. 27, 2010 12:10 a.m. MST
Too bad it takes a tragedy to wake people up.
That lament has been heard more than once. The truth is, change can be so uncomfortable that people often need a little push to get them going. And such seems to be the case with HB138, [...]
Source: Tooele Transcript Bulletinby Tim GillieFeb 25, 2010
A meeting between county leaders and the six state legislators representing the county instead became the Jim Gowans show Wednesday evening, as the county’s longest-serving representative was left alone to field questions on the state budget, depleted uranium and health care reform.
Gowans, D-Tooele, started off the meeting [...]
Representative Seelig’s H.B. 107, Animal Shelter Amendments passed the House last Monday, Feb 22th. The bill gives the governing body of a county or municipality the discretion to determine whether to make an impounded animal available to be used for research or educational purposes, and prohibits the provision of an animal for research or [...]
Representative Seelig’s S01 H.B. 106, Expedited Background Checks for Human Services Providers passed the House last Tuesday, Feb 23th. The bill establishes a pilot program for expedited initial background checks of certain human services providers, and requires the Office of Licensing, within the Department of Human Services, to report on the pilot program to [...]
Representative Moss’s H.B. 138, Hazing Penalties passed the House last Monday, Feb 22th. This bill provides a penalty for a charge of hazing when an alcoholic product, drug, or other substance is involved.
The bill passed with 54 yes votes and 18 no votes, and will now move on to the Senate.
View the Deseret News article [...]
Representative Chavez-Houck’s H.B. 161, Voter Registration Amendments passed the House unanimously Thursday, Feb 25th. This bill authorizes the lieutenant governor to compare the statewide voter registration database with information submitted by a registered voter to a state agency to identify a change of name or address. The bill requires the lieutenant governor to establish [...]
Representative Biskupski’s H.B. 340, Sexual Assault Victim Protocols passed the House unanimously Thursday, Feb 25th. This bill exempts a freestanding urgent care center from providing emergency contraception if there is a hospital within 30 miles, and requires an exempt freestanding urgent care center to provide certain information to a victim.
The bill will now move [...]
The Utah House of Representatives passed SB 117 today, which designates Route 68 in Salt Lake City from 2100 South to 1700 North as the Pete Suazo Memorial Highway. The bill was sponsored by Senator Luz Robles, D–Salt Lake City (Senate District 1) and Representative Jen Seelig, D–Salt Lake City (House District 23).
Pete Suazo was [...]
Rep. Moss’ bill, Traffic Control Signs for Bicycles passed the House this afternoon. The bill would allow bicycle riders approaching a stop sign to yield the right-of-way to any approaching vehicle in the intersection. The bill would also allow a bicyclist approaching a steady red light to cautiously proceed through the intersection if [...]
