Kael Weston: There were profiles in political courage during this year’s session of the Utah Legislature, including some surprises. These voices, their stories, will stay with me most.
Sen. Jen Plumb asks questions of Sen. Dan McCay, as they discuss HB0467 during a Senate committee meeting, on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023.There were profiles in political courage during this year’s session of the Utah Legislature, including some surprises.
Early on in the session, it was educators along with transgender kids and women fighting for their health care decisions whose courage stood out. Republican legislators ultimately decided they knew better — knew better than parents and physicians. Lawmakers never belonged in clinics or hospital rooms, or our bedrooms, and still don’t.
Rep. Brian King spoke powerfully about checks and balances in defense of Utah’s well-regarded judicial selection process. Rep. Cheryl Acton, no liberal, initially agreed with King in a tie vote that the matter should be studied further, before joining her GOP colleagues in a subsequent party-line vote, advancing the bill.
Rural Republicans Rep. Carl Albrecht and Sen. David Hinkins backed Utah teachers – no need for anti-public ed vouchers where they live. Freshman GOP Rep. Tyler Clancy moved a bill that better protects our state’s public lands from criminals. Senate President Stuart Adams took the lead on housing legislation that will help first-time homebuyers with down payments.
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