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Votes at a glance: Key floor actions in the Utah House, Feb. 20, 2025
Summary
The House considered a large number of bills on Feb. 20, 2025. This roundup lists bills the chamber read, recommended, or voted on during the floor session and the outcomes recorded in the transcript.
The Utah House of Representatives handled multiple committee reports, bill introductions and floor votes on Feb. 20, 2025. Below are the actions recorded on the floor during the session captured in the transcript. Where the transcript gave a vote tally, it is noted; where the transcript did not provide numbers, the outcome text is shown as recorded.
Votes and outcomes (selected items recorded on the floor):
- Senate Bill 118 (Political Party Procedure Amendments). Sponsor: Representative Chevrier. Outcome: Passed the House; recorded vote 67 yes, 0 no. Sent to the Senate for signature.
- HCR 8 (Concurrent Resolution on state innovation for transition from government benefits to self-reliance). Sponsor: Representative Strong. Outcome: Passed the House; recorded vote 70 yes, 0 no. Transmitted to the Senate.
- SCR 2 (Concurrent resolution encouraging child independence practices). Outcome: Passed the House; recorded 71 yes, 0 no. Sent to the Senate for consideration.
- Senate Bill 145 (Technical senate district boundary adjustment). Sponsor: Representative Bolander. Outcome: Passed the House; recorded 71 yes, 0 no. Sent to the Senate.
- Senate Bill 80 (Drinking water amendments) and other senate bills on the third-reading calendar were discussed; some were circled for additional language or returned to rules for further work as recorded on the floor.
- SB 45 (Juvenile Court Procedure Amendments). Outcome: Passed the House; recorded 67 yes, 0 no. Sent to the Senate.
- First substitute SB 77 (Public safety animal amendments, increasing penalties for injuring service animals). Outcome: Passed the House; recorded 67 yes, 0 no. Sent to the Senate.
- SB 48 (Behavioral health amendments, scope-of-practice for mental health therapy). Outcome: Passed the House; recorded 68 yes, 0 no. Sent to the Senate.
- SB 76 (Marriage Amendments: limits on juvenile marriage age gap and cooling-off period). Outcome: Passed the House; recorded 70 yes, 0 no. Sent to the Senate.
- First substitute SB 100 (Estate planning recodification). Outcome: Passed the House; recorded 69 yes, 0 no. Sent to the Senate.
- SCR 1 (Authorizing adult sentencing and juvenile disposition guidelines by the Utah Sentencing Commission). Outcome: Passed the House; recorded 69 yes, 0 no.
- Second substitute HB 3-54 (Criminal Justice Revisions — data collection for public safety). Outcome: Passed the House; recorded 70 yes, 0 no. Sent to the Senate.
- HB 3-34 (Guardianships and Supported Decision-Making Agreements Amendments). Outcome: Passed the House; recorded 70 yes, 1 no. Sent to the Senate.
- HB 3-83 (Court Fine Amendments). Outcome: Approved by the House and sent to the Senate (transcript shows passage; specific tally not recorded in excerpt).
- First substitute HB 370 (state holiday modifications) and other bills listed on consent and third-reading calendars were read and assigned to appropriate calendars or committees as recorded by the clerk.
Notes on procedure and next steps: the transcript records several bills referred back to rules or circled pending fiscal notes or additional language. Bills that passed in the House during the session will be transmitted to the Senate for further action. Several committee reports and bill referrals were adopted and committees were assigned as recorded by the speaker.
This summary covers the bills and tallies explicitly recorded in the floor transcript. Many additional bills were read for the first or second time and referred to committees; consult the official House journal or the Legislature’s website for complete vote records and bill text.
