Proposed constitutional amendment would increase money lawmakers can spend and cut in a special session Lawmakers say current rules tied their hands too much when adjusting the budget during the pandemic. (Rick Egan | Tribune file photo) Utah lawmakers are pushing a constitutional amendment that would allow them to spend, and cut more money from the budget during a special session. This March 14, 2019, file photo shows the Utah House in session. | March 1, 2021, 10:48 p.m. Legislators want to ask Utah voters to loosen their purse strings a little under a proposed constitutional amendment designed to tweak the rules for some special legislative sessions.