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A bill that regulates so-called "troubled teen" facilities in Utah has cleared the legislature.

The Utah House gave final legislative approval to SB127 on Tuesday night, less than a month after Paris Hilton came to Utah’s Capitol Hill to give emotional and graphic testimony about the state’s "troubled teen" treatment centers.

The Utah Legislature has approved a bill backed by Paris Hilton to enact more regulations on the states \

| Updated: 6:51 p.m. Passage of the bill comes after celebrity Paris Hilton gave emotional testimony during a committee hearing earlier this session that detailed the abuse and mistreatment she says she endured while at a youth residential treatment center in Utah. If signed by the governor, this would be the first time Utah legislators have put more oversight in place on the nearly 100 youth residential treatment centers in 15 years. Rep. Brady Brammer, R-Highland, said Tuesday that the propo...

The bill was given final approval by the Utah House on Tuesday, just weeks after Hilton broke down in tears as she told lawmakers about abuse she allegedly suffered at Provo Canyon School.

| Updated: March 31, 2021, 3:55 p.m. The Tribune heard back from 33 lawmakers, which is a little less than a third of total members. Seventeen Democrats and 16 Republicans, or 16 women and 17 men, filled out the survey. [ For more Utah political news, sign up for The Rundown:https://www.sltrib.com/the-rundown/] If your representative or senator is not included in this list, it means they have not responded. The Tribune will continue to update this reporting online. Here is what the 33 lawmaker...

A new bill would ensure statewide election winners have support from a majority of voters through ranked choice voting.

HB152 would only allow political candidates to use their legal names or initials as well as common nicknames or ones that they can show that they have been known by for five years. The goal is to keep slogans and vulgarities off ballots.

The day after falling short of a majority vote, the House reconsidered a bill that will limit nicknames on election ballots.

Utah’s legislative session continues this week. Here’s what to watch Holly Richardson © Kristin Murphy, Deseret News Utah National Guard troops are stationed at the Capitol in Salt Lake City during the first day of the Utah Legislature’s 2021 general session on Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021. There’s a cadence to the annual legislative session on Utah’s Capitol Hill. It starts slow and crescendos to frenetic by the end. Unlike the federal government and some states, the Uta...