Some of the bills being discussed today in the Legislature:

HB 101: Lobbyist Gift Limits and Disclosure

Sponsor: Rep. Jeff Alexander, R-Provo

Contact the sponsor: Home -- 801-375-1092; E-mail -- jalexander@utah.gov

This bill would modify the Lobbyist Disclosure and Regulation Act and a reporting section of the Election Code. It would require lobbyists to report the recipients of just about all gifts, meals and travel -- a tighter standard than currently exists.

What's happening: It will be heard in the House Government Operations Committee at 8 a.m. today in Room 10 of the West Office Building at the State Capitol Complex.

HB 12: Amendments to Government Records Access and Management Act

Sponsor: Rep. Douglas Aagard, R-Kaysville

Contact the sponsor: Home -- 801-546-3935; E-mail -- daagard@utah.gov

This bill would make amendments to the treatment of records under the Government Records Access and Management Act.

What's happening: It will be heard in the House Government Operations Committee at 8 a.m. in Room 10 of the West Office Building at the State Capitol Complex.

SB 48: School Nurses Legislative Task Force

Sponsor: Sen. Ed Mayne, D-West Valley City

Contact the sponsor: Home -- 801-968-7756; E-mail -- emayne@utahsenate.org

This bill would create the School Nurses Legislative Task Force.

What's happening: It will be heard in the Senate Education Committee at 8 a.m. today in Room 130 of the West Office Building at the State Capitol Complex.

SB 96: Public Education -- Instruction and Policy Relating to the Origins of Life

Sponsor: Sen. Chris Buttars, R-West Jordan

Contact the sponsor: Home -- 801-567-0535; E-mail -- dcbuttars@utahsenate.org

This bill would amend public school curriculum to state that there is disagreement concerning the origins of life and the human race, and instruction could not teach evolution as an established fact.

What's happening: It will be heard in the Senate Education Committee at 8 a.m. today in Room 130 of the West Office Building at the State Capitol Complex.

SB 19 Amendments to Indoor Clean Air Act

Sponsor: Sen. Mike Waddoups, R-West Jordan

Contact the sponsor: Home -- 801-967-0225; E-mail -- mwaddoups@utahsenate.org

This bill would amend the Indoor Clean Air Act to extend smoking prohibitions to taverns, private clubs, buildings owned or operated by social and fraternal organizations and certain nonpublic workplaces.

What's happening: It will be heard in the Senate Health and Human Services Committee at 8 a.m. today in Room 20 of the West Office Building at the State Capitol Complex.

HB 109: Sales and Use Tax -- Food and Food Ingredients and Tax Rates

Sponsor: Rep. Merlynn Newbold, R-South Jordan

Contact the sponsor: Home -- 801-254-0142; E-mail -- merlynnnewbold@utah.gov

This bill would provide a sales and use tax exemption for food and food ingredients and increases certain local option sales and use tax rates.

What's happening: It will be heard in the House Revenue and Taxation Committee at 8:30 a.m. today in Room 135 of the West Office Building at the State Capitol Complex.

HB 85: Abortion by a Minor -- Parental Notification and Consent

Sponsor: Rep. Kerry Gibson, R-Ogden

Contact the sponsor: Home -- 801-731-8071; E-mail -- kwgibson@utah.gov

This bill would require parental notification and consent in order for an abortion to be performed on a minor, with exceptions for medical emergencies and incest.

What's happening: It will be heard in the House Health and Human Services Committee at 2:10 p.m. today in Room 125 of the West Office Building at the State Capitol Complex.

HB 222: Unborn Child Pain Prevention Act

Sponsor: Rep. Paul Ray, R-Clearfield

Contact the sponsor: Home -- 801-774-0624; E-mail -- pray@utah.gov

This bill would require a physician performing an abortion on a fetus that's at least 20 weeks old to inform the mother of drugs that would alleviate pain to the fetus.

What's happening: It will be heard in the House Health and Human Services Committee at 2:10 p.m. today in Room 125 of the West Office Building at the State Capitol Complex.

SB 16: Weapons Amendments

Sponsor: Sen. Mark Madsen, R-Eagle Mountain

Contact the sponsor: Home -- 801-864-0766; E-mail -- mmadsen@utahsenate.org

This bill would remove the prohibition from carrying a loaded firearm in or on a vehicle, conditioned on the vehicle being lawfully under the person's control; and would provide that a person may have a loaded firearm at the person's residence, on the person's property, in or on a vehicle legally under the person's control and at a business under the person's control.

What's happening: It will be heard in the Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee at 2:30 p.m. today in Room 130 of the West Office Building at the State Capitol Complex.

This story appeared in The Daily Herald on page A3.