Two controversial election reform bills crammed into one committee hearing passed Tuesday amid concerns from local elections officials.

House Majority Whip Karianne Lisonbee, R-Clearfield, and Rep. Jefferson Burton, R-Salem, presented their bills during a House Government Operations Standing Committee before a who’s-who of GOP leadership, conservative activists and election officials.

One Utah lawmaker wants the governor’s running mate out of the election oversight business, because of perceived conflicts of interest. But others say his bill is a “solution in search of a problem,” and that Utah’s elections are run well.