by Rep. Jim Dunnigan | Mar 14, 2014 | Updates
2014 Constituent SurveyRepresentative Jim DunniganResponse: 452Question 1: In 2004, the following amendment was approved by 66% of Utah voters: “Marriage consists only of the legal union between a man and a woman.” If that amendment...
by Rep. Jim Dunnigan | Mar 14, 2014 | Updates
We’re wrapping our last week here on the hill, and tonight at midnight, Utah’s 60th Legislature will adjourn sine die. Apart from a few interim sessions throughout the year, today we complete most of our legislative work. Most notably, this week we passed a $13.5...
by Rep. Jim Dunnigan | Mar 8, 2014 | Updates
We have one week left on the Hill, and it will be full of meaningful floor debate and final budget negotiations.Now that final committee meetings have been held, most of our work will be done on the chamber floor. Between the House and the Senate, more than 700 bills...
by Rep. Jim Dunnigan | Mar 1, 2014 | Updates
This week at the Capitol we received the state’s latest revenue projections and are now working to finalize the state budget. We’ve already passed a base budget as a guide, but we now we can confidently appropriate new ongoing and one-time revenue. Overall, new...
by Rep. Jim Dunnigan | Feb 22, 2014 | Updates
We are officially halfway through the 2014 General Legislative Session, and things are progressing up here on the hill. Every day more and more bills receive committee hearings, debate on the House floor, and are passed over to the Senate. This year alone there have...