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Votes at a glance: Key bills and outcomes from the Utah Senate session
Summary
The Senate recorded final actions, substitutions, and tabling motions on a slate of bills including measures on infectious disease procedures, insurance modifications, litter clean-up, constable duties and others; vote tallies and procedural outcomes are listed below.
The Utah Senate advanced and concluded action on a number of bills on Wednesday, including final-passage votes, substitutions and a tabling motion on third reading. The items below summarize motions, recorded roll-call results where given, and immediate procedural outcomes as reflected in the Senate transcript.
Summary of votes and actions
- House Bill 2 94 (Infectious disease procedures amendments): After sponsor remarks describing changes related to face-covering requirements and related procedural clarifications, the Senate voted to pass. The roll-call recorded 18 ayes, 5 nays and 6 absent. Outcome: Passed and will be returned to the House with the president’s signature.
- Second Substitute House Bill 23 (Insurance modifications): Sponsor presented the bill as a regular cleanup/modification for insurance law, noting coordination with other bills. The Senate recorded 21 ayes, 2 nays and 6 absent. Outcome: Passed and returned to the House for further consideration.
- Fifth Substitute House Bill 53 (Litter cleanup amendments): The Senate debated raising certain littering penalties and creating an education program; senators split on upgrading an infraction to a class C misdemeanor. The bill received 19 ayes, 8 nays and 2 absent on the recorded vote. After the vote, a motion to table the bill on third reading for fiscal/physical impact carried; the bill was tabled on third.
- First Substitute Senate Bill 313 (Constable amendments): Sponsors described the substitute as removing an unnecessary reporting requirement. The Senate passed the first substitute on a roll call of 26 ayes, 0 nays and 3 absent. Outcome: Passed and will be sent to the House.
- Second Substitute Senate Bill 252 (Digital information case amendments): The sponsor described a third substitute that would allow a court petition for return of seized devices and a 30-day return timeline if ordered. The bill was substituted and circled for further consideration (no final third‑reading vote recorded in this session).
- First Substitute House Bill 190 (Motorcycle amendments): The bill (as amended on the floor) addressed motorcycle safety, prohibited lane splitting, wheelies and hiding license plates, and established a 90‑day suspension of motorcycle privileges for violations. The Senate recorded 23 ayes, 0 nays and 6 absent. Outcome: Passed and will be read for third time and processed accordingly.
- First Substitute House Bill 68 (Insurance funds amendments) and several other bills (House Bill 73, House Bill 134, House Bill 2 28, House Bill 4 96, House Bill 2 37, House Bill 1 15) were read for third time or otherwise advanced; in many cases the transcript records unanimous or near-unanimous recorded votes and the bills were placed for enrollment or sent back to the House. Several of those items were procedural readings and committee assignments earlier in the day.
Procedural notes
- Multiple bills were substituted on the floor (deleting title and body and replacing with revised language) before being circled or passed. - Several items were placed on the consent calendar after committee reports; the Senate adopted the rules committee’s assignments and standing committee reports during the session. - A number of bills were circled or encircled to give members time to review substitute language; some substituted bills were set for further consideration later in the day or evening.
The Senate recessed with instructions to reconvene later in the day to continue third-reading work on additional Senate bills.
