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Votes at a glance: Key House actions on February 3, 2025
Summary
Summary of bills the Utah House passed during the February 3 floor session, including vote tallies and short descriptions of each bill's purpose.
The Utah House completed a short floor session on February 3 and approved several bills. Below are the primary bills that received final action and their outcomes.
HB 150 — Emergency communications modifications (1st substitute) Sponsor: Representative Shallenberger. Summary: Allows the Utah Communications Authority board to meet in closed session for sensitive matters and changes how end-of-year bonus payments are allocated so individual 911 dispatch centers can receive bonuses based on their own performance rather than countywide performance. House result: 1st substitute HB 150 passed 73 yes, 0 no; sent to the Senate.
HB 105 — Criminal code modifications Sponsor: Representative Gwen. Summary: Three-part recodification-related bill that raises the floor sentence for attempted murder from 3 years to 5 years to align with other first-degree felonies; prohibits consensual sexual relationships between teachers and adult high-school students; and prohibits the disrobing of another person. House result: HB 105 passed 74 yes, 0 no; sent to the Senate.
HB 127 — Sexual crime amendments Sponsor: Representative Strong. Summary: For certain incapacitated adults (those with intellectual, physical, neurological or cognitive impairments who cannot appraise, resist or report a sexual act under specified conditions), the bill permits sentencing under the more severe penalty range that would apply to sexual offenses against minors (with judicial carve-outs to reduce sentences under defined circumstances). House result: HB 127 passed 72 yes, 0 no; sent to the Senate.
HB 157 — Energy education amendments (2nd substitute) Sponsor: Representative Jack. Summary: Establishes an industry-funded advisory group to assist the Office of Energy Development in creating voluntary K–12 energy curriculum and teacher professional development; ties to workforce programs such as TalentReady; sponsor said no fiscal note. House result: 2nd substitute HB 157 passed 73 yes, 0 no; sent to the Senate.
HB 252 — State custody amendments (1st substitute) Sponsor: Representative Lisenby. Summary: Prohibits certain medical interventions (cross-sex hormones, surgeries, and, by amendment, puberty blockers in juvenile detention), requires housing by biological sex per prior SB 18 language, and bars sexual relations between juvenile-detention staff and people in custody up to age 25. House result: 1st substitute HB 252 passed 60 yes, 14 no; sent to the Senate.
Other committee and referral actions were announced on the floor, assigning additional bills to standing committees for consideration; those committee referrals did not include final recorded floor votes during this session.
