Effort to change Utah’s state flag narrowly passes Legislature after hours of debate

Gov. Spencer Cox now has three weeks to decide if he’ll approve or veto the new state flag bill.

(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Sen. Daniel McCay, R-Riverton and his family celebrate passage of SB31, the bill to change Utah’s state flag on the House floor at the Capitol, Mar. 2, 2023. SB31 adopts the redesigned flag as the official flag of Utah and gives three iterations of the current flag “historical” designation.

Effort to change Utah’s state flag narrowly passes Legislature after hours of debate

Gov. Spencer Cox now has three weeks to decide if he’ll approve or veto the new state flag bill.

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