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...
by Rep. Jim Dunnigan | Feb 15, 2014 | Updates
We’re wrapping up week three of the 2014 legislative session here on the hill. This week we continued to meet in appropriations and standing committees, as well as debate House and Senate bills on the House floor. We spent time discussing the Utah School Readiness...
by Rep. Jim Dunnigan | Feb 8, 2014 | Updates
The start of our second week here on Utah’s Capitol Hill was met with hard work as our appropriations subcommittees continued to meet diligently and discuss the budget. These subcommittees reviewed state departments, audits, and spending, and then brought forward a...
by Rep. Jim Dunnigan | Feb 1, 2014 | Updates
Monday marked the start of the 2014 General Legislative Session, but our work started before the gavel fell. In May of 2013 the legislature began their Interim Committee work in preparation for this legislative session. Interim Committees are a time when the...
by Rep. Jim Dunnigan | Jan 30, 2014 | Updates
Dear Friends and Neighbors,Join me for a legislative town hall meeting! Tuesday, February 4, at 6:30 pm. It’s at Taylorsville City Hall, 2600 West 5400 South, room 202. Bring your surveys, questions, and ideas!!!We can’t wait to meet...
by Rep. Jim Dunnigan | Sep 29, 2012 | Updates
As September comes to a close, it’s hard to believe that summer is already over. We’ve been able to accomplish many things these past few months. First off, our interim meetings at the Capitol have been very successful. I feel...
by Rep. Jim Dunnigan | Jun 7, 2012 | Updates
We have already been picking up steam with our Interim session with once a month meetings to discuss important matters for the 2013 General Legislative Session. It is exciting to be back at the capitol, even if for only a few hours a month. It is a...
