A measure described as "union busting" cleared a significant--albeit not a final Senate vote on Thursday--even as a "substitute bill" is in the works.

The Utah House of Representatives on Monday advanced a bill that would ban collective bargaining for the state’s public sector unions, which represent teachers, firefighters and police officers. But HB267,

The bill received an extensive public comments period during the committee hearing last week and passed on the House floor by a vote of 42 to 32.

Protestors rallied against the controversial bill seeking to block public unions from collectively bargaining.