Series 7230

Legislature. Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel Interim committee histories

Dates: 1967-

102.0 cubic feet and 19 microfiche sets

These records are housed in the Utah State Archives' permanent storage room.

Scope and Content

This series contains the legislative histories documenting the work undertaken by committees between the regular scheduled sessions of the legislature. This interim period currently stretches from April into January of the following year. During the period in which the Legislature met in general sessions every second year, the interim sessions covered the two-year period from the April following the general session to the January of the next session. The Legislature creates subject-specific committees--often mirroring the regular session standing committees--to discuss issues or conduct studies as background to the preparation of legislation proposed for future legislative general sessions. Interim committees, also known as study committees, are bipartisan and made up of members from both chambers of the Legislature.

The interim committee histories are not solely limited to these major committees. Subcommittees assigned to specific topics are generally kept as individual histories as are task forces and other subject-specific study committees created by the Legislature for the studying legislation. Common subjects for study that may be handled by a Task Force, subcommittee, or similar committee include specific taxes, recodifications of portions of the Utah Code, or major issues such as retirement programs, health and welfare programs, hazardous waste, or technology topics.

Documents contained in the interim committee histories include meeting agenda, minutes, and resource materials related to upcoming legislation. Not all proposed legislation is studied by interim committees prior to introduction in the Legislature nor do all interim studies result in proposed legislation.

Arrangement

Chronological by year or session, thereunder alphabetical by committee

Research Note

Interim sessions cover two year spans (e.g. March 1971-Jan 1973) through 1977. Sessions after that are yearly (e.g. March 1978-Jan 1979). Limited records from 1986 to 1989 may be viewed online through the legislature's webpage and all interim committee histories more recent than 1989 are available online through that resource. Some pre-1989 hard copy records may be in archival custody filed under other series created by the Office of Legislative Research or other agencies within the Legislature: researchers should check the archives catalog for a more complete listing of records that may be applicable to their research.

Related Records

Legislative committee records from the Legislature. Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel, Series 3196.

Legislative Interim Report from the Legislature. Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel, Series 22117, contains many of the interim committee records referenced in these volumes from 1967-ongoing.

Additional Forms

This series is available on microfilm.

Access Restrictions

Microfiche holdings require staff assistance due to fewer reference copies. Handle masters under supervision.

Preferred Citation

Cite the Utah State Archives and Records Service, the creating agency name, the series title, and the series number.

Processing Note

The fiche in this series was pre-processed by Arlene Schmuland in September 2002.

Processing Note

Microfiche processed by Rebekkah Shaw under the National Historical Publications and Records Commission grant to the Utah State Archives and Records Services for the Utah Microfiche Backlog Project (Grant No.: NAR10-RB-50086-10). July 2010 - December 2011

Finding Aids

Indexes: An electronic index to committee name, session, and fiche box number is available, covering from 1967 thru 1989. View index.

Container List

FICHE BOX	DESCRIPTION
1	1967-1969
2	1969-1971
2	1971-1973; B-E
3	1971-1973; G-U
4	1973-1975; D-R
5	1973-1975; S-W
5	1975-1977
6	1977-1978
6	1978-1979
7	1979-1980
7	1980-1981
8	1981-1982
9	1982-1983; A-R
10	1982-1983; S-T
10	1983-1984; A-P
11	1983-1984; R-V
11	1984-1985; A-L
12	1984-1985; P-T
12	1985-1986; A-B
13	1985-1986; E-R
14	1985-1986; R-T
14	1986-1987; A-H
15	1986-1987; I-S
16	1986-1987; S-T
16	1987-1988; A-H
17	1987-1988; I-T
18	1988-1989; A-E
19	1988-1989; H-T

BOX	DESCRIPTION
1	1980-1981
2	1981
3	1982
4	1982
5	1982-1987
6	1988-1989
7	1989
8	1989
9	1989
10	1989-1990
11	1990
12	1990
13	1990
14	1990
15	1991
16	1991
17	1991
18	1991
19	1991
20	1992
21	1992
22	1992
23	1992
24	1992
25	1992-1993
26	1993
27	1993
28	1993
29	1993
30	1993-1994
31	1994
32	1994
33	1994
34	1994-1995
35	1995
36	1995
37	1995
38	1995
39	1995
40	1995-1996
41	1996
42	1996
43	1996
44	1996-1997
45	1997
46	1997
47	1997
48	1997
49	1997
50	1998
51	1998
52	1998
53	1998
54	1998
55	1976-1978
56	1999
57	1999
58	1982
59	1999
60	1999
61	1999
62	2000
63	2000
64	2000
65	2000
66	2000
67	2001
68	2001
69	2001
70	2001
71	2001
72	1996
73	2005
74	2005
75	2005
76	2002
77	2002
78	2002
79	2002
80	2003
81	2003
82	2003
83	2003
84	2003
85	2003
86	2003
87	2004
88	2004
89	2004
90	2004
91	2004
92	2004
93	2004
94	2002
95	2005
96	2005
97	2005
98	2005
99	2005
100	2005
101	2005
102	2005