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Votes at a glance: notable bills the Utah House advanced or acted on March 4, 2025
Summary
A roundup of notable bills the Utah House considered March 4 — including final passage tallies for several bills passed with limited floor debate and committee report adoptions.
The Utah House took final action on dozens of bills March 4. Below are notable final votes and outcomes announced on the floor; where the transcript recorded vote tallies they are shown. Many bills were placed on the concurrence or consent calendars and passed with little or no debate.
- SB 2 30 (Utah resident terminology amendments): Passed 69 yes, 2 no. Sponsor and floor remarks emphasized standardizing the spelling/terminology for residents.
- Second substitute SB 65 (Medication assisted treatment amendments): Passed 66 yes, 3 no. The bill standardizes MAT utilization policies in state-funded residential treatment and prohibits programs that take state or federal funding from requiring patients to discontinue physician‑prescribed medications as a condition of participation.
- Substitute SB 286 (Criminal plea withdrawal amendments): Passed 68 yes, 0 no. The bill codifies language to conform with a recent Supreme Court ruling regarding plea withdrawal.
- Second substitute HB 20 (Property tax code recodification, concurrence): Final passage recorded 73 yes, 0 no.
- Fourth substitute HB 60 (State tax amendments, concurrence): Passed 69 yes, 0 no; sponsors described paperwork reduction for payment settlement entities and extended tax carry-forward provisions.
- First substitute HB 195 (Firearm retention amendments, concurrence): Passed 65 yes, 5 no.
- Third substitute HB 209 (Homeschool amendments, concurrence): Passed 62 yes, 13 no.
- First substitute HB 152 (Health care facilities amendments, concurrence): Passed 74 yes, 0 no.
- SB 38 (Manufacturing modernization grant sunset extension): Passed 51 yes, 21 no; sponsor said the bill extends the sunset so remaining projects can finish.
- SB 8 (State agency fees and internal service fund rate authorization and appropriations, first substitute): Passed 72 yes, 0 no.
- SB 9 (Revenue, bond and capital facilities amendments): Passed 70 yes, 0 no. Sponsor described three revenue-bonded projects supported by the legislature, including higher‑education and warehouse projects funded by revenues/reserves.
- SB 251 (Commercial vehicle registration amendments): Passed 67 yes, 0 no. The bill adjusts temporary licensing procedures for rental-car fleets that arrive without a manufacturer’s statement of origin.
- Third substitute SB 171 (Indigent defense amendments): Passed 71 yes, 0 no; bill creates a youth defense fund within the indigent defense commission to improve juvenile defense quality.
- Third substitute SB 170 (School discipline/seclusion rules): Passed 72 yes, 0 no; sponsor said the substitute added age limits, time limits and criminal penalties for misconduct related to seclusion.
- Additional committee reports were adopted across the House (Business & Labor; Education; Health & Human Services; Transportation; Judiciary; and others) and their bills sent back to rules for prioritization; committee chairs announced the returned lists on the floor.
This roundup highlights votes recorded on the floor transcript; a number of other bills were read, circled, uncircled or placed on calendars for later action. For items with few floor remarks the House often approved the committee recommendation and returned bills to rules or approved concurrence with Senate amendments.
