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Votes at a glance: Utah House actions on Feb. 27 — summary of key bills and outcomes
Summary
The Utah House considered and acted on a range of bills Feb. 27. Notable outcomes: adoption of ALPR rules (HB 468, 64-2), Point of the Mountain authority changes (SB 166, 62-2), residential solar consumer protections (HB 57, 72-0), boundary adjustment clarifications (SB 104, 70-0), and the uniform premerger notification measure (HB 466, 60-10).
The Utah House floor on Feb. 27 considered a broad set of measures. Highlights below list each item, the action taken on the House floor as recorded in the transcript, and key details mentioned during debate. Vote tallies and sponsor names are given as recorded in the House session.
Votes at a glance
- First substitute House Bill 379 — Population Data Amendments (Rep. Griggs). Passed 69-0. Sponsor said the bill tweaks population-projection methods to capture local growth and uses more datasets and collaboration with local governments.
- House Concurrent Resolution 9 — Energy compact with Idaho and Wyoming (Rep. Moss). Passed 67-0. Creates an interstate compact to coordinate energy policy and reliability.
- Senate Bill 229 — Organ donor amendments (Rep. Tom Peterson, sponsor). Passed 66-1. Adds an organ-donor donation option on the individual tax form to inform residents about organ-donor registration.
- Second substitute House Bill 307 — Wildfire funding amendments (Rep. Snyder, motion to concur with Senate amendments). House concurred; final passage recorded 61-0.
- Senate Bill 174 — Transit and transportation governance amendments (Rep. Kristofferson). Passed 67-0.
- First substitute, Senate Bill 210 (motor-vehicle registration services) and multiple other senate bills were placed on calendars; several were circled for further action in committee or placed on third-reading calendars per the speaker’s announcements.
- First substitute Senate Bill 119 — Domestic relations recodification (Rep. Loubet). Passed 67-0.
- Second substitute Senate Bill 104 — Boundary line amendments (Rep. Keller). Passed 70-0.
- First substitute Senate Bill 200 — Watercraft amendments (circled by motion in House); no final floor vote recorded in transcript.
- First substitute Senate Bill 166 — Point of the Mountain State Land Authority amendments (Rep. Tusher). Passed 62-2.
- First substitute Senate Bill 230 — Inland Port Authority amendments (Rep. Jefferson Moss). Passed (recorded tally in transcript: 63-2; sponsor remarks and passage recorded).
- Senate Bill 98 — Parental education on student use of technology (Rep. Karen Peterson). Passed 70-0.
- Third substitute House Bill 57 — Residential Solar Power Consumer Protection amendments (Rep. Jack). Passed 72-0.
- Fourth substitute House Bill 324 — Special group license plate amendments (Rep. Peterson). Passed 66-3 after adding a verbal amendment requiring corporate plates to use revenue for a charitable purpose (amendment adopted on the floor).
- House Bill 489 (House bill 4 89) — Eyewear sales tax amendments (Rep. Malloy). Passed 66-2 (exempts contact lenses and eyeglass lenses from sales tax when prescribed).
- First substitute House Bill 466 — Uniform Antitrust Premerger Notification Act amendments (Rep. Tusher). Passed 60-10 after debate and a failed motion to circle; implementation date set for July 2026 to enable AG readiness.
Procedure and committee notes
- Multiple committee reports were adopted early in the session and numerous bills were assigned to standing committees or placed on consent/third-reading calendars as announced by the speaker and reading clerk.
- Several bills were “circled” (placed off the immediate calendar) by motion or committee action; circled bills will return for later floor action or after additional work (e.g., SB 210, SB 200, SB 15 and others noted in committee reports).
What happened next
- Bills that passed the House will next be transmitted to the Senate for consideration or concurrence where applicable. Items circled or referred to rules will receive further committee or rules consideration before returning to the floor.
Sources and method: summary based on the Feb. 27 Utah House floor transcript; vote tallies and sponsor names taken from the House record as read on the floor.
