SALT LAKE CITY — A bill sparked by a KSL investigation into Utah's non-existent radon gas laws will not make it through the legislature.
The bill's sponsor, Senator John L. Valentine, R-Orem, said the Radon Gas Provisions bill request hasn't even been drafted. It's apparently stuck in line at the drafting office with hundreds of other unprocessed bill requests.
"We made budget cuts over the last number of years just like all the agencies did, so we're seeing a very slow process in getting bills through our offices," he said. "It's very much jammed in the system."
Now, instead of a law to help protect Utahns from exposure to radon gas, Valentine has crafted a concurrent resolution asking for voluntary compliance.
"I don't like to do laws just to mandate laws just for the sake of mandating. I do like to have people do voluntary things that are in their best interest," Valentine said. "I think that's where we start with the concurrent resolution."
