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This Feb. 28, 2017, photo, Sen. Jim Dabakis, D-Salt Lake City, looks on as he sits on the Senate floor, at the Utah State Capitol, in Salt Lake City. Utah is set to pass the country's toughest DUI threshold despite protests from some legislators that it bolsters the state's reputation as a place that's inhospitable for drinkers. Dabakis, says Utah should not pioneer the harsher standard because it will exacerbate the state's "weirdness factor." (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
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FILE -- In this May 8, 2015 file photo, Sen. Jim Dabakis, a Salt Lake City Democrat, speaks during an Administrative Rules Review Committee meeting, in Salt Lake City. Iran’s Foreign Ministry says Dabakis, a Utah state senator, who traveled to Iran in May did not clarify his job as senator in his visa application. Ministry spokesman Bahram Ghasemi told reporters Monday that a visit by Sen. Jim Dabakis was technically legal, but that he did not make his government position clear in his application and never met with any Iranian officials. Dabakis is openly gay and reports on his visit set off a firestorm in Iran, where hard-liners accused him of being part of Western project to “infiltrate" the country. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File )
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Eric Moutsos, center, the former Salt Lake Police officer who was placed on leave and later resigned for not wanting to ride his motorcycle in the Salt Lake gays pride parade for religious reasons, shakes hands with Sen. Stuart Adams, R-Layton, left, while Sen. Jim Dabakis, D-Salt Lake City, looks on during a committee hearing Thursday, March 5, 2015, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
