That’s a wrap on the 2025 Utah legislative session. And was it just us, or were things a little frosty this year? Not just between the House and Senate, who were going back and forth on bill details literally up to the final seconds of the session. Tensions could be felt throughout the government, too. In this week’s episode, we get a handle on what was going down and what happened to the biggest bills of the year.
Voices:
- Damon Cann, head of the political science department at Utah State University
- Utah Gov. Spencer Cox, Republican from Fairview
- Speaker of the House Mike Schultz, Republican from Hooper
- Rep. Anthony Loubet, Republican from Kearns
Recommended Reading and Listening:
- Passes & fails from Utah’s 2025 legislative session
- Utah lawmakers push their contested vote by mail changes over the finish line
- Lawmakers give the green light to dissolve Utah’s 7-member State Records Committee
- Utah lawmakers call a truce and back away from judicial retention reform, for now
- Utah’s big higher ed ‘reinvestment’ bill awaits Gov. Cox. Here’s what happens next
- Utah is the 1st state to pass a bill requiring app stores to verify ages
- Public unions say they’ll pursue a repeal of Utah’s new collective bargaining ban
- Utah leaders announce a $1,400 pay raise for public school teachers
- Utah lawmakers pass additional restrictions for the state’s transgender inmates
- Gov. Cox signs bill that bans Utah’s public sector unions from collective bargaining