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UTAH: Law banning public employee unions from collective bargaining blocked by Lt. Gov.
May 8, 2025 // Lt. Governor Deidre Henderson has issued an order staying a law from going into effect that bans public employee unions from collective bargaining. The order, issued Tuesday, blocks House Bill 267 pending validation of signatures for a citizen referendum that seeks to overturn the law. It is believed that supporters of the referendum have enough signatures to get the referendum on the ballot. They submitted more than 320,000 signatures — much more than the 140,000 required. If that is the case, the Lt. Governor's Office said, the law would be on hold until November 2026 when the referendum would go before voters. The law was originally scheduled to go into effect on July 1 because of a budget item attached to the bill.