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Stephen Harold Urquhart was born June 20, 1965.
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Stephen Harold Urquhart
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Williams College; Brigham Young University.
Career
Prior to that, he served in the Utah House of Representatives from 2001 to 2009. Urquhart received his Juris Doctorate from Brigham Young University and his bachelor"s degree in Biology from Williams College. He is a lawyer by profession.
He now lives in Saint George Utah.
Urquhart is an American politician from Utah. Prior to that, he served in the Utah House of Representatives from 2001 to 2009.
He has also served as a board member for the Dixie Regional Medical Center, Saint George Art Around the Corner, and Saint George Community Center. In 2014, Senator Urquhart sat on the following committees (and subcommittees) in the Senate:
Appropriations Higher Education Subcommittee chair;
Public Education Subcommittee
Senate Education Committee
Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee
2014
Senator Urquhart sponsored South.B. 100, Anti-discrimination Amendments during the 2014 legislative session.
Although this bill was kept in the Rules Committee, it was the topic of many conversations.
13 gay rights protesters seeking a hearing for the anti-discrimination bill were handcuffed and taken into custody by Utah Highway Patrol troopers Monday for blocking access to a legislative committee hearing while they were demanding for South.B.100 to be heard. Before the troopers took action shortly after 2 p.m., the protesters were told they were committing a potential felony and a class B misdemeanor by interfering with the hearing scheduled in the Senate Building on the Capitol grounds. Currently, Utah law prohibits workplace and housing discrimination based on race, color, religion, gender, pregnancy/childbirth, age, national origin, or disability.
Senator Urquarts bill would add protections for sexual orientation/gender identity.
People of any race, religion, sexual orientation, et cetera still can be fired/evicted. But not because of their race, religion, sexual orientation, et cetera
In other words, if a person is otherwise qualified, housing and employment decisions should not be based on that person’s sexual orientation/gender identity. This addition to the law is straightforward and simple.
In Senator Urquharts own words, “without hurting anyone, it will protect individuals.
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Senator Urquhart also drafted Bachelor of Science 284, which focuses on Concurrent Enrollement for High School students. This made students pay not more than $30/cr hour—for credits that they concur in, which would still be at least an 80% subsidy.
Amendment 3 exempts from that fee certain general education courses and youngsters who are eligible for free-and-reduced-lunch-eligibility program
Under Bachelor of Science 284, poor youngsters would be exempted from paying the fees, and no one would pay for fees for certain general education courses.
Politics
Utah Republican Party, Republican Party.
Membership
A Republican, he has been a member of the Utah State Senate, representing the State"s 29th Senate district in Washington County since 2009.
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