Those in favor of celebrating Halloween on the last Friday of each October were unable to scare up the votes for passage as the resolution failed by a 9-to-16 vote.
Those in favor of celebrating Halloween on the last Friday of each October were unable to scrounge up the votes needed for passage of the bill.Halloween will remain on October 31 after a resolution to create aalleviating late night celebration worries when All-Hallows Eve“From the get go it was just sort of fun, but there was some legitimate intent behind it,” said Cullimore.
Despite a committee unanimously approving the resolution last month, the move didn’t stand a ghost of a chance during Friday’s vote in the full Senate.This article is published through the Utah News Collaborative, a partnership of news organizations in Utah that aim to inform readers across the state.
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