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SALT LAKE CITY — With the clock ticking on the 2025 general legislative session, Utah lawmakers met well into the evening Tuesday to chip away at the hundreds of proposals they have until midnight Friday to pass.
The Legislature had approved 242 such bills as of Wednesday morning and is expected to give the thumbs up to several hundred more as lawmakers meet in marathon sessions on Capitol Hill over the next three days.
Some of their high-profile actions this week will include finalizing the state budget — which should include some $100 million in income tax cuts for Utahns — and wrapping up efforts to reform the state's vote-by-mail system. But lawmakers will also consider a plethora of other proposals touching nearly every aspect of state governance.
Here's how lawmakers are spending their time during the antepenultimate day of this year's legislative session:
Bill axing public records committee nears final passage
Nuclear power could be coming to Utah
$127 million income tax cut advances
No soda with food stamps?
Omnibus liquor bill advances after earlier setback
Social platforms celebrate app store age verification
Utahn vs. Utahan debate settled
Bonuses, salary increases for teachers gets thumbs up
'Code red' homeless plan fails
Cancer screenings for firefighters
Senate committee rejects school pronoun bill
