SALT LAKE CITY – On Thursday morning, Utah State Senator Karen Mayne (D-West Valley) announced legislation aimed at closing loopholes that allow illegal gambling operations to skirt the law in communities across our state. All along the Wasatch Front, gambling machines...
SALT LAKE CITY – On Tuesday, Senator Davis’ Wine Subscription Amendments bill passed the Senate Business and Labor Committee with a unanimous vote. This bill would allow residents to subscribe to wine clubs that sell wine not currently available in the state. Consumers...
SALT LAKE CITY – Senator Derek Kitchen’s SB 74 - Family Planning Services Amendments has passed through the Senate and will now be heading to the House for further consideration. SB 74 modifies existing state code to amend provisions for family planning services within...
SALT LAKE CITY – Senator Kitchen’ SB 77 – Electric Energy Related Storage Tax Credit bill passed the Senate floor on Monday morning. This bill promotes clean energy and clean air by incentivizing the purchase of electric energy storage assets (batteries), and by incent...
SALT LAKE CITY – This session, Senate Minority Leader Karen Mayne (D-West Valley City) is introducing legislation aimed at creating an individual income tax credit for certain social security benefits. Qualifying seniors who receive social security benefits would recei...
SALT LAKE CITY – Senator Iwamoto will be honoring the League of Women Voters’ 100th Anniversary on the Senate floor this Friday at 11:15 AM. This citation commemorates the League of Women Voters and all the work they have done in the past 100 years. In addition to reco...
SALT LAKE CITY – As we kick of the 2020 Legislative Session, the Senate Minority Caucus wants to recognize all the hard work that went into gathering the signatures necessary to repeal the tax reform plan and applauds the civic enga...
In partnership with the Workers Compensation Fund and the University of Utah, the Rocky Mountain Center for Occupational and Environmental Health will be naming their new education center building in honor of Senate Minority Leader Karen Mayne and her late husband, Ed...
Utah State Senator Derek L. Kitchen issued the following statement in response to Governor Gary R. Herbert’s decision to enact a rule banning the practice of so-called “conversion therapy” in Utah:
This is a great moment for the safety and wellbeing of Utah’s LGBTQ+ you...
