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SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah State Senate quickly passed a resolution to undo Salt Lake and Summit counties' mask mandates.
Senate Joint Resolution 3, sponsored by Sen. Dan McCay, R-Riverton, would immediately terminate the mask mandate for Salt Lake and Summit counties. The bill was introduced on the opening day of the legislative session and rocketed onto the Senate board for debate without a public hearing. "We are overturning our local government. Our local government decided this is where they wanted to go," said Sen. Kathleen Riebe, D-Cottonwood Heights.
Democratic Salt Lake County Mayor Jenny Wilson wished the resolution a quick death in a statement to FOX 13. "The Legislature is using their policy making authority to respond as they see fit. This issue isn't as cut and dry as some would like it to be. It affects 1.2 million people and encompasses a lot of data and public opinion. I wish the Legislature well as they tackle this complicated issue," she said in a statement.
"But vaccination rates are not increasing sufficiently to provide those benefits, and we need a more immediate, short-term intervention to protect our community, our hospitals, and our economy. Respirators are the best short-term intervention available to us, and it’s clear that requiring them countywide is the only way to ensure enough people are wearing them."
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