We’ve passed hump day for the 2019 legislative session, which means the Legislature’s pace is about to pick up exponentially. They’ve passed the base budget, which is a lot more than we can say about the federal government.
As the pace quickens, there are some especially important bills to keep track of.
The beefier hate crimes legislation, proposed by Sen. Daniel Thatcher, R-West Valley City, will finally have a Senate hearing. I wrote about our need for a stronger hate crimes law last week. Just this weekend a cellphone video went viral on social media showing a man hitting another man after asking if he was gay.