The costs and revenue sources of future Utah propositions would be listed at the top of the ballot under a proposed law that earned unanimous committee approval on Tuesday.
Members of the Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions committee voted 6-0 for SB151, which requires initiative sponsors to explain the fiscal effect of their proposals in their application, and to make that information readily available at public hearings before they qualify for the ballot.
“If we pass bills up here that aren’t fully funded, then they don’t really pass,” said Sen. Deidre Henderson, R-Spanish Fork, the bill’s sponsor.