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# Day 16: Republicans revive union busting bill
- URL: https://utahpolitics.news/day-12-republicans-revive-union-busting-bill/
- Published: 2025-02-06T01:52:45.000Z
- Updated: 2025-12-29T14:56:53.000Z
- Author: Bryan Schott
- Tags: Legislature

In a dramatic reversal, Utah legislators have resurrected controversial "union busting" provisions in [HB267](https://le.utah.gov/~2025/bills/static/HB0267.html?ref=utahpolitics.news), threatening to strip public employees of their collective bargaining rights just days after appearing to abandon the effort.

Last week, [the Senate proposed a third substitute version](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/CP%20HB0267S01%20To%20HB0267S03.pdf?ref=utahpolitics.news) that did not attack collective bargaining, but only required public unions to hold a recertification vote every five years.

But in a late-night move Tuesday, lawmakers unveiled [a fourth substitute](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/CP%20HB0267S03%20To%20HB0267S04.pdf?ref=utahpolitics.news) that revives the original bill's most contentious provisions.

Just two votes stand in the way of the bill heading to Gov. Spencer Cox's desk. The Senate still must take a final vote, which could come at any time. If that vote passes, the House only has to agree with the Senate's changes.

### Evening headlines

- The end of voting by mail in Utah? Lawmakers advance two controversial election reform bills. \[[Tribune](https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2025/02/05/voting-by-mail-utahns-know-it-will/?ref=utahpolitics.news)\]
- Riverton says "no" to fluoride in resolution. \[[Deseret News](https://www.deseret.com/utah/2025/02/05/fluoride-utah-politics-riverton/?ref=utahpolitics.news)\]
- A "waste of time"? Utah House passes bill to end daylight saving time. \[[KSL](https://www.ksl.com/article/51246295/a-waste-of-time-utah-house-passes-bill-to-end-daylight-saving-time?ref=utahpolitics.news)\]
- Utah House passes bill on transgender inmate regulations. \[[KSL](https://www.ksl.com/article/51245129/utah-house-passes-bill-on-transgender-inmate-regulations?ref=utahpolitics.news)\]
- State senator believes Utah in top spot for MLB expansion, but not until at least 2028\. \[[KUTV](https://kutv.com/news/local/salt-lakes-mlb-prospects-still-strong-but-not-until-2028-senator-says?ref=utahpolitics.news)\]
- Hundreds of Utahns join nationwide protests of Trump administration. \[[Utah News Dispatch](https://utahnewsdispatch.com/2025/02/05/hundreds-of-utahns-join-nationwide-protests-of-trump-administration/?ref=utahpolitics.news)\]

### What's on Thursday's agenda?

- [The Spaceport bill](https://le.utah.gov/~2025/bills/static/SB0062.html?ref=utahpolitics.news) is set for debate in the House Transportation Committee.
- [HB183](https://le.utah.gov/~2025/bills/static/HB0183.html?ref=utahpolitics.news), which blocks persons who have applied for asylum in the U.S. from purchasing a weapon in Utah, is on the House Judiciary Committee agenda.

**New bills that caught my attention**

- [HB418](https://le.utah.gov/~2025/bills/static/HB0418.html?ref=utahpolitics.news) from freshman Republican Rep. Doug Fiefia sets some requirements for social media companies that protect consumers when social media companies share data between platforms.
- [SB227](https://le.utah.gov/~2025/bills/static/SB0227.html?ref=utahpolitics.news) authorizes third-party companies who buy electricity in bulk from utility companies and sell it to consumers at a different rate to operate in the state.
- Sen. Dan McCay's [SB230](https://le.utah.gov/~2025/bills/static/SB0230.html?ref=utahpolitics.news) makes the term "Utahn" the official designation for people who live in the state.
- [HB422](https://le.utah.gov/~2025/bills/static/HB0422.html?ref=utahpolitics.news) aims to make it so local municipalities cannot regulate an "open house" to showcase a new or remodeled home.
- Rep. Trevor Lee is proposing to allow Utahns to register to vote when purchasing a hunting or fishing license with [HB423](https://le.utah.gov/~2025/bills/static/HB0423.html?ref=utahpolitics.news).