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Utah House approves suite of bills changing the ballot initiative process

In back-to-back-to-back votes, members of the Utah House approved a series of changes to the way initiatives qualify for the ballot and are enacted into state law.

The trio of bills, if enacted, would create a rolling tally of petition signatures and signature removals, move up the initiative timeline and ultimately delay the implementation of any successful proposition until after lawmakers have an opportunity to correct, adjust or repeal the proposal in a general legislative session.

“The best lawmaking comes when it’s a deliberative process,” said Rep. Brad Daw, R-Orem, who sponsored the delayed implementation bill.