Live blog: Final day of the 2016 Utah Legislature

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Students from the Syracuse Arts Academy get a tour of the Capitol building as they pause near the light fixture that hangs above the rotunda, Thursday, March 10, 2016.

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Senator Jerry W. Stevenson, R-Layton, sits on the Senate during a vote on the longest and last day of the Utah Legislature, Thursday, March 10, 2016.

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Gayle Ruzicka, President of the Utah Eagle Forum looks out over the rotunda while talking to a legislator, Thursday, March 10, 2016.

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Rep. Mike Noel, R-Kanab, sits on a bench in the Utah House of Representatives, after having had an altercation with Minority Leader Rep. Brian King, D-Salt Lake, on the House floor, Thursday, March 10, 2016.

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Linae Tiede Coates and Nathan Coates, left, speak with Rep. Paul Ray, R-Clearfield, about his efforts to prevent SB189 from passing, Thursday, March 10, 2016. SB189 would abolish the death penalty in Utah. Linae Tiede Coates' mother and grandmother were murdered by Von Lester Taylor in 1991.

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Rep. Paul Ray, R-Clearfield, left, speaks with Linae Tiede Coates and Nathan Coates, about his efforts to prevent SB189 from passing, Thursday, March 10, 2016. SB189 would abolish the death penalty in Utah. Linae Tiede Coates' mother and grandmother were murdered by Von Lester Taylor in 1991.

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Gayle Ruzicka, President of the Utah Eagle Forum speaks with Rep. Francis Gibson outside the Utah House of Representatives, Thursday, March 10, 2016.

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Lobbyist Marina Lowe holds the scoresheet showing which way representatives are planning on voting on SB189 - Death Penalty Amendments - Thursday, March 10, 2016.

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· March 10, 2016 4:45 pm

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