All over the Capitol, lawmakers are scrambling to put together bills that could undercut initiatives that proponents have spent months trying to get onto the November ballot.
Rep. Mike Schultz, R-Hooper, has perhaps the most overt, a bill that would directly nullify the $700 million tax increase a group of prominent business leaders calling itself Our Schools Now is seeking to bolster Utah’s woeful public school funding.
Rep. Lee Perry, R-Perry, said a medical marijuana initiative is badly flawed, and he has legislative attorneys drafting a scaled-back alternative.
“If the [marijuana] initiative passes, I’m not sure our state agencies could implement it the way it’s drafted,” he said.