According to Sen. Scott Sandall, the legislature had an emergency plan in place to get more water into the lake, but “Mother Nature” helped out with the above-average snowpack this year. Because of the snowpack, immediate solutions were held back.
New abortion restrictions for victims, documentation rules passed
Under that ban — which passed in 2020 and went into effect in June before being blocked by a district court judge — rape and incest victims are required to report the crime to law enforcement before seeking an abortion. Birkeland’s bill requires doctors to document how they are verifying that crimes have been reported, and she has said that data collected would inform future policy.
“This allows law enforcement the opportunity to speak in a way that they recognize the threat. They can help deliver those services. We still need to do a better job of connecting them with services. We’re going to keep working on it, but this is a good step,” Rep. Ryan Wilcox, R-Ogden, said.. Her cousin Mandy Mayne was shot and killed by her ex last year.
Teuscher sponsored the bill at the behest of Utah GOP Chairman Carson Jorgensen, who saw the 70% threshold as a way to make the traditional caucus/convention pathway more attractive to candidates. Ironically, the 70% convention threshold was the original level of support that Count My Vote proposed to the Utah GOP in 2013, but party leaders shot that idea down, leading CMV to push forward with a ballot initiative to remove the caucus/convention system from Utah’s nominating process.
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