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Votes at a glance: key Utah Senate floor actions Feb. 27
Summary
The Utah Senate completed a wide array of votes on Feb. 27. This roundup lists bills the chamber read and passed with brief notes and recorded tallies where the floor recorded them.
The Utah Senate on Feb. 27 considered and advanced multiple bills on second and third reading. Below is a concise list of items that received floor action and the roll-call tallies reported on the record.
- First substitute Senate Bill 271 (Unauthorized AI impersonation amendments): amended and passed (see separate article). Recorded 25 yea, 0 nay, 4 absent.
- House Bill 290 (Bicycle lane safety amendments): Read for a third time; Senate recorded 16 yea, 10 nay, 3 absent on the third-reading roll call (bill advanced on third reading).
- First substitute House Bill 150 (Emergency communications modifications): Read for a third time and recorded on the floor as 24 yea, 0 nay, 5 absent.
- First substitute House Bill 340 (Solar-powered device exemptions and definitions): Read for a third time and recorded on the floor as 27 yea, 0 nay, 2 absent.
- Senate Bill 286 (Criminal plea withdrawal amendments): Read for a third time and recorded as 24 yea, 0 nay, 5 absent.
- Second substitute Senate Bill 137 (Course Choice / Statewide Online Educational Program substitute): Read for a third time, recorded on the floor as 23 yea, 2 nay, 4 absent.
- Second substitute House Bill 455 (Utah Fits All Scholarship Program Amendments): Read for a third time and passed 26 yea, 1 nay, 2 absent (see separate article for debate).
- First substitute Senate Bill 316 (Military Installation Development Authority and related development-zone amendments): Read for a third time, recorded 23 yea, 3 nay, 3 absent.
- First substitute Senate Bill 315 (Microenterprise Home Kitchen Amendments): Read for a third time and recorded 24 yea, 0 nay, 5 absent.
- Senate Joint Resolution 12 (Call for executive order on federalism): Read for a third time and recorded 23 yea, 4 nay, 2 absent.
- Third substitute Senate Bill 297 (Congregate care amendments): Read for a third time and passed 24 yea, 3 nay, 2 absent (see separate article for fuller coverage).
- Third substitute Senate Bill 252 (Device-return petition process): Passed on third reading, recorded 25 yea, 0 nay, 4 absent (see separate article).
Where the clerk read the roll, the tally above reflects the recorded floor totals stated on the record. Other items were circled (set aside) for later consideration or placed on the rules or second-reading calendars.
