Utah’s Legislative Session for 2018 is halfway over with the conclusion of week 4 and Senator Kevin Van Tassell reports that 131 bills have been passed with more coming. Among many other bills, the Senate passed SB43 which would name the UtahRaptor as the State Dinosaur. So far, the remains of the UtahRaptor, the largest type of raptor yet discovered, have only been found in Utah. Young student Kenyon Roberts pitched the idea to legislators to name the UtahRaptor as the State Dinosaur and the Senate gladly complied. It will now be considered by the House. Another bill that passed the Senate last week was SB87, concerning School Security Locks. The bill allows school districts to decide for themselves whether or not to install bolt locks on classroom doors to be used during a lockdown situation. According to Van Tassell, the bill passed on Thursday after concurring with a House amendment just one day after the mass shooting in Florida. Those interested can keep track of bills with the bill tracker tool found at
https://le.utah.gov/asp/billtrack/track.asp
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