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Votes at a glance: bills and resolutions acted on in today’s Utah Senate session
Summary
The Senate advanced and/or voted on multiple bills and resolutions during the floor session. This roundup lists the measures with the procedural outcome or recorded roll‑call tallies as reported on the floor transcript.
Several bills and resolutions were read for third reading or otherwise acted on during the session. Below are items recorded in the floor transcript with the sponsor and the vote tally (as recorded on the Senate floor):
- Third substitute Senate Bill 139 (transportation funding revisions, EV fee): Sponsor Senator Harper. Recorded third‑reading tally: 22 yays, 0 nays, 3 absent. The bill was ordered read for a third time and the tally was announced on the floor.
- Senate Bill 215 (public school comprehensive emergency response plan amendments): Sponsor Senator Osmond. Floor presentation and roll call occurred (roll call begun SEG 353 onward). Transcript shows the item moved to third reading.
- SCR 7 (concurrent resolution on wildland fire prevention, preparedness and suppression policy): Sponsor Senator Vickers. Recorded third‑reading tally: 26 yays, 0 nays, 3 absent. The resolution moved forward. Sponsor said near‑term mitigation projects (~$2 million) could be contracted by July 1.
- Senate Bill 15 (reemployment restrictions amendments): Sponsor Senator Weiler. Recorded third‑reading tally: 25 yays, 0 nays, 4 absent. The bill was ordered read for a third time.
- Second substitute Senate Bill 186 (contractor licensing and education): Sponsor Senator Harper. Recorded tally: 25 ayes, 0 nays, 4 absent. The bill was ordered read for a third time.
- Senate Bill 37 (statewide online education program notice): Sponsor Senator Thatcher. Recorded third‑reading tally: 23 yays, 4 nays, 2 absent. The bill advanced on third reading.
- First substitute Senate Bill 39 (homeschooling amendments): Sponsor Senator Osman. Recorded roll‑call: 28 ayes, 5 nays, 4 absent. The bill was read for a third time per the transcript.
- Senate Bill 42 (early childhood education pilot): Sponsor Senator Osman. The sponsor moved to 'circle' the bill to return later in the week; the bill was circled. The sponsor cited a $3,000,000 pilot (to serve approx. 2,500 of ~12,000 children in intergenerational poverty) and said the proposal would include an evaluation component.
- Senate Bill 68 (Veterans Centers feasibility): Sponsor Senator Knudson. Recorded tally: 27 yays, 0 nays, 2 absent. The bill was ordered read for a third time.
- First substitute Senate Bill 131 (student leadership grants, amended): Sponsor Senator Osman. After amendment #2, recorded tally: 22 yays, 3 nays, 4 absent. The amended bill was read for a third time.
Notes and caveats: Results are reported exactly as they appear in the Senate floor transcript. A small number of roll‑call lines in the transcript contain duplicated or unclear wording (notably the SJR 3 second‑reading tally line); those cases are flagged in the audit. For bills marked as 'circled' the sponsor postponed final floor action to a later date.
