“As of last week, Utah’s 104 part-time lawmakers had opened 940 bill files – possible legislation to be introduced in the 2018 upcoming Legislature. It’s a new record – leaving leaders, once again, wondering how to manage such a large flow of new bills. . . In a recent House GOP caucus, leaders read out some of the bill request numbers – adding their own comments. For example, House Majority Leader Brad Wilson, R-Kaysville, said one lawmaker has opened 81 bill files, another 25. “They are out of their ever-loving minds,” he added.”

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