Good stuff from Bridger Beal-Cvetko and Daniel Woodruff on the latest of The Pioneer Trail, a proposed historic walking loop in SLC, which created a bit of a stir in the Legislature today #utpol:

Utah House passes bill changing who can classify their voter records as private ksl.com/article/514571…

The Utah House of Representative voted to change the commission that makes recommendations on judicial performance and retention. ksl.com/article/514571…

A Senate committee rejected a bill that would have replaced most references to "gender" in state code with "sex," after several senators questioned whether the bill would actually change anything. ksl.com/article/514571…

Senate halts bill requiring Utahns to turn in mail-in ballots in person with ID ksl.com/article/514572…

Utah House rejects bills on child care, child safety warrants ksl.com/article/514571…

Trump taps Sen. Mullin to replace Noem as DHS chief ksl.com/article/514577…

The Utah Senate gave final approval to a proposal to double the amount of maternity time for state employees. ksl.com/article/514577…

Senators back proposal to raise tax on nicotine and tobacco products ksl.com/article/514577…

Utah wants to study building a new state park ksl.com/article/514577…

The Legislature approved a bill run by the top House Democrat that would limit prosecutors or law enforcement officers from asking victims of sexual crimes to take a polygraph examination ksl.com/article/514577…

Another bill regulating artificial intelligence appears to be done for the year after it met with bipartisan skepticism on the Senate floor late Thursday. ksl.com/article/514577…

Lawmakers approved raising the tax on nicotine products and empowering law enforcement to impound vehicles driven by unlicensed drivers. Follow along for more updates from a snowy last day of the legislative session: ksl.com/article/514582…

An interesting moment on the House floor. Norm Thurston was speaking against SB78 (sponsored by Daniel McCay). As Thurston was speaking, he paused and asked the Speaker to have McCay leave the House floor because McCay was "arguing" with him while he was talking. McCay left. #utpol

NEW: In the final hour of the Utah legislative session tonight, lawmakers made a late-night change to an election bill apparently geared toward slowing signature removals in the battle over Prop 4 ksl.com/article/514585…

The Utah Legislature has adjourned following a 45-day session dealing with taxes, housing, courts, immigration and a host of other issues. ksl.com/article/514583…

NEW: Gov. Spencer Cox just signed this bill into law, meaning it will take effect immediately. It was one of 11 bills he signed in the hours following the end of the session.

Utah lawmakers made a late-night change to an election bill targeting signature removals. The governor quickly signed it into law on Saturday morning. ksl.com/article/514585…

Rep. Kennedy is sponsoring a bill to limit gender-related treatments for teens nationwide ksl.com/article/514593…

Utah GOP lawmaker casts most 'no' votes in 20 years – and it's not even close ksl.com/article/514601…