The water rights enjoyed by about 4,000 farmers, companies and public agencies _ some dating back to the Gold Rush _ are the latest casualties of the historic drought.
The bill discourages undercover investigations of farm and workplace conditions. The State House also delayed an override vote on an anti-gay marriage bill.
The bill would end the requirement that couples obtain marriage licenses from probate judges prior to a wedding. Instead, marriages would be a legal contract, witnessed by a clergy member, attorney or notary public, and filed with the state through the probate office.
The Campaign for Accountability filed complaints with the attorney generals of Montana, Utah and Arizona alleging that Utah state Rep. Ken Ivory defrauded taxpayers funds by telling them the federal government can be forced to transfer public lands to the states.
