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Votes at a glance: Senate approves multiple bills on tax, education, public records and vehicle rules
Summary
The Utah Senate moved a range of measures forward Tuesday, approving bills on technical code changes, property and registration measures and several third-reading items; several other bills were circled or returned to staff after debate.
The Utah Senate on Tuesday advanced and voted on numerous bills across policy areas including technical code updates, public records, vehicle and trust law, and state land use. The floor included unanimous and near-unanimous roll-call approvals, as well as bills that failed after close votes.
Key outcomes recorded on the Senate floor:
- First substitute Senate Bill 79 (technical code amendments): passed 26–0, three absent; will be returned to the House for the speaker's signature.
- Second substitute Senate Bill 113 (traffic code amendments clarifying livestock collisions): passed 24–2, three absent; will be sent to the House.
- Fourth substitute House Bill 69 (government records and information amendments): passed 27–0, two absent; will be returned to the House.
- First substitute Senate Bill 201 (real estate amendments): passed 27–0, two absent; will be sent to the House.
- First substitute Senate Bill 161 (community engagement and library program codification): passed 27–0, two absent; will be sent to the House.
- First substitute Senate Bill 82 (autopsy photo amendments, as amended): passed 20–4, five absent; will be read for a third time.
- Second substitute Senate Bill 52 (vehicle registration modifications, substituted): passed second-reading and was placed on the third-reading calendar after a 20–2 vote with seven absent.
- First substitute Senate Bill 200 (watercraft amendments): passed 22–0, seven absent; to be read for a third time.
- Second substitute Senate Bill 104 (boundary line amendments, as amended): passed 21–0, nine absent; to be read for a third time.
Other action on the floor included assignment of a long list of bills to standing committees by the Rules Committee and motions to circle or uncircle several bills to permit further drafting. Several bills were encircled and returned for further drafting; a few were returned to staff for filing after failing final passage.
The Senate recessed until 2 p.m. after finishing the morning's business. Senators referenced upcoming committee meetings and recognized groups in the gallery during the session.
