'One can only imagine how much better bills would be debated, how much less revision would have to be done in future sessions, if our Legislature would establish a limit of about 5 or 6 bills a legislator could request in a session,' writes Fred Ash.
Below is part of the summary I sent this year, which should interest all Utah residents. “I couldn’t find out how many bills and resolutions were requested before they were numbered, but the total bills numbered were House 492 bills and 45 resolutions; and Senate 260 bills and 11 resolutions, a total of 752 bills and 56 resolutions, 512 of which passed. This compares to last year’s 1,216 bills requested, 699 bills and 75 resolutions numbered, 502 of which passed.
I wish more people would complain to their legislators about this. We so often hear legislators complain about the over reach of the federal government in our lives, but they don’t seem to worry about how much they are intruding on our lives when they add that many bills each year to govern us. We need someone in the Legislature brave enough to pass a bill that would reduce the number of bills that can be presented during a session.
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