Legislation

Be prepared. While this motto works for Scouts, the law enforces preparedness by requiring classes and education that must take place in order to access various legal remedies and privileges.

House Bill 363, which is awaiting Gov. Gary Herbert’s signature (or veto), would prohibit local school boards from educating our students on the full spectrum of reproductive health, harshly limiting the discussion of sex to abstinence and within marriage. (Note: Herbert vetoed the sex ed bill late Friday night, after this column was written and posted.)

SALT LAKE CITY — Because of budget cuts, Weber County juveniles on the wrong side of the law may find themselves housed in facilities in Davis and Salt Lake counties.

Officials said legislators failed to approve adequate funding for juvenile justice centers, which could mean the closure of a number of facilities and cutbacks to services at other facilities, such as Ogden Youth Services & Receiving and the Weber Valley Detention Center in Roy.

SALT LAKE CITY — Lawmakers have voted to stiffen the rules involving hit-and-run incidents on state waterways.

House Bill 92 was inspired by an incident last summer at Pineview Reservoir, where University of Utah lab worker Esther Fujimoto was killed after being hit by a boat as she swam.

“Even though Mitt Romney has regained momentum as the front-runner in the GOP race with wins in Arizona and Michigan, many within the Republican Party are ready to pull the rip cord and find someone else.”

— news item

Mitt may have Utah locked up, but he’s looking dicey elsewhere. There are more questions about President Barack Obama’s birth. It may be time to throw my hat into the ring and save the nation from the loonies.

Or at least introduce a different loon. Whatever.

SALT LAKE CITY -- Teachers would be prohibited from instructing students about contraceptives, homosexuality or premarital sex under a bill that has passed the Utah House.

SALT LAKE CITY -- A state lawmaker wants the state to become the third in the nation to opt out of daylight saving time, saying the practice has a negative impact on children, the elderly and some people with disabilities.