Utah House Speaker Greg Hughes said Thursday he expects lawmakers will address gun violence before they adjourn next week, then take up additional ideas for protecting school and public safety in the coming months.
Despite what Hughes called the “record pace” on Utah’s Capitol Hill for moving legislation in the waning days of the 2018 session, the House speaker said the process for debating gun safety will be thorough and deliberative.
“It’s not like the executive branch where you just have to convince yourself,” Hughes said Thursday. “It takes math to make something work in the Legislature.