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Checking In At The Legislature:
September Update
Election season is here. I’m the Republican candidate on the November ballot for Utah House District 20 and would love your support! Email or text me if you are willing to host a campaign sign and I’ll bring it by.

I’m proud to represent you in the Utah House of Representatives. Utah has the #1 economy in the nation for the 13th year in a row! Utah has been highlighted for leading other states with model legislation, a balanced budget, and how we have handled the recession. We have held a record 6 Special Legislative Sessions focusing on COVID budgeting and policy changes. Hopefully, things will settle down in 2021 and we won’t need to have as many special sessions next year. As a legislature, we have allowed mask mandates to be up to individual counties Similarly, the State School Board has had the autonomy to determine their own mask policies throughout the state. The more local decisions can be made, the stronger our state becomes. Many states are closed down and too reliant on State or Federal government help. Meanwhile, Utah is open for business and planning for our future.

I’ve included a link for a Point of the Mountain survey where you can make your voice heard for future development and recreation. This is also a good time to help your families register to vote!

Stay Safe and Stay Open.
-Melissa

Helpful Links:

  • August 2020 Legislative Special Session Summary
  • September 2020 Interim Summary.
  • Watch my legislation assisting cosmetology professions during COVID
  • “Make Your Point” survey (Existing Draper prison site will be relocated)
  • Census due Sept 30th can be done online here
  • Help your family members register to vote or check your voting info

In this Issue:

  • Fire restrictions above the Bountiful B
  • West Bountiful Elem School is open!
  • “The Point” press conference
  • Martha Hughes Canon statue unveiled (1st woman state senator was from Utah)
  • Celebrating the 100th Anniversary passage of the 19th Amendment
  • Windstorm and 11 State of Emergency declarations in 2020

Bountiful B Fire Restrictions

Unattended campfires:  Davis County recently adopted an ordinance to prohibit open fires within 500 feet of motorized trails in Farmington Canyon, Ward Canyon (Bountiful B), North Canyon, and the fire break road. South Davis Metro Fire Chief Jeff Bassett played a key role in crafting this change. Bountiful City will be presenting a mirroring ordinance for adoption to cover the portions of Ward Canyon, North Canyon, and the fire break road that are within the limits of Bountiful City to give the ordinance seamless coverage. In the past year since the Gun Range Fire, Bountiful City has engaged with renewed urgency with Davis County and the U.S. Forest Service to address the issues at the B.

The New West Bountiful Elem School is open!

With Principal Regina Oechsle
With Davis County School Board Members John Robison, Brigit Gerrard, and Liz Mumford

The Point of the Mountain Press Conference and Survey

The Current Prison site in Draper has 700 acres of new development opportunities. Find out more here. The focus is creating a community where people can work and live with fluid transportation within and around the acreage, develop “clean” energy communities, provide higher education and tech training for quality businesses. Fill out the survey for development options here. 
Meeting with Draper prison leadership, Warden Robert Powell
Press Conference announcing a world-renown community planner https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5cQGLk-mDM

Martha Hughes Cannon statue unveiling


Martha’s statue unveiling in the National Statuary Hall Collection in the United States Capitol has been postponed due to COVID 19, so we get to host her at the Utah capitol for a while! Stop by the inner plaza grounds of the capitol to see her. She was the first woman state senator in the United States. She ran against her own husband and 2 other men and won in 1896!
Martha with some women legislators: Rep Karen Kwan, Rep Melissa Ballard, Senator Diedre Henderson, Rep Candice Pieriucci

Windstorm and 11 State of Emergency declarations in 2020


Thanks to our great neighbors throughout our communities who have helped to clean up from the extreme wind storm we had. Utah has had 11 State of Emergency declarations: 7 for fires and extreme weather, 2 for civil unrest, and 2 for COVID. This has been an unprecedented year for many things. Are we done yet? I hope so. Welcome to Jumanji Level 9!

19th Amendment Ratification:


View my speech and legislative celebration on the floor of the House here.
Visit the new monument across from our State Capitol honoring the passage of the 19th Amendment and the many women in Utah who led the way 50 years earlier for a Utah woman to be the first to vote in all the country.
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