February 5, 2018 Join the Salt Lake Chamber as we recognize the incredible contributions immigrants make every day in Utah at the “New Pioneers: American Dream Award Program.” The program helps remind us about the positive impacts immigrants have in our local communities and how they have helped shape Utah’s history since the Mormon pioneers [...]
After each General Session, the Legislature meets and discusses relevant items of significance during Interim Sessions. The Salt Lake Chamber’s public policy team actively tracks this process and helps navigate study items on behalf of members and the broader business community. This month a number of key items we discussed: Transportation Governance and Funding Task [...]
The Salt Lake Chamber policy team wanted to provide you an update on what to expect from Congress before the summer recess. The Timeline: Congress will be in session for seven weeks before we hit August recess, and only an additional 3-4 weeks in September before the current federal government funding ends on September 30. The Salt Lake [...]
In light of last week's House vote, the Salt Lake Chamber policy team wanted to provide an update on what to expect from Congress in the coming weeks on health care, tax reform, and the budget/appropriations bills. Now that the House of Representatives has passed its version of legislation repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act, [...]
After 45 days, we're excited to share that Utah's 2017 General Legislative session is in the books. This session has been tremendous for Utah's business community. While there is still work to be done, we cannot help but applaud the Legislature. We also sincerely appreciate all of your efforts this session as business leaders. Without [...]
We're closing in on the final few days of the 2017 General Legislative Session, and well, it can't come soon enough! The major issues are all coming to a head. As such, we've decided to give you a brief summary of the outstanding pieces of the session. Budget: Legislators finalized aspects of the budget this week, including [...]
Week 5 of the 2017 Utah General Legislative Session was one of the most exciting weeks yet, with significant movement on our priorities and many other important bills advancing through. With less than two weeks left, many critical conversations continue to advance including the broader topic of tax reform and education funding. The Chamber's priority [...]
After today, week four is officially in the books for the 2017 Utah General Legislative Session. As appropriation subcommittees have now completed their work, the discussions around the budget hit high gear. Also, this afternoon the consensus revenue estimates for the budget will be released to the Executive Appropriations Committee. While the budget takes shape, many important bills have begun to advance [...]
This past week has been the busiest and most successful yet of the session. We made major milestones to define a clear path forward on tax reform and witnessed the signing of a new executive order and the introduction of H.B. 272 Regulatory Impact Amendments, both of which address our recommendations on regulation. Taken together, this executive order and H.B. [...]
It may be chilly, but the legislative session is heating up. We have been extremely active the first two weeks of the session to make major strides on significant issues including advancing modernizing Utah's tax system, efforts to improve educational outcomes and improving Utah's regulation environment. Our team has had dozens of meeting with legislators, [...]
