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Votes at a glance: major bills the Senate advanced Feb. 27, 2017
Summary
The Senate acted on many bills during the Feb. 27 floor session: confirmations and multiple House and Senate bills were read, substituted, amended, and in many cases passed under suspension of the rules. This roundup lists the principal floor actions and outcomes recorded on the transcript.
The Utah Senate’s Feb. 27 session included confirmations, roll-call votes and final-passage actions on a busy calendar. Below are the principal actions recorded on the floor with transcript citations:
- Kurt Morgan confirmation (First District Juvenile Court): committee reported favorably and the Senate recorded a roll-call vote with 25 yeas, 0 nays.
- House Bill 441 (Housing and Homeless Reform Initiative Amendments): Sponsor presented amendment and the Senate recorded 25 yeas, 4 nays on a second-reading tally; the bill proceeded toward final-passage steps.
- Fourth substitute House Bill 142 (Administration of anesthesia amendments): sponsor Senator Adams presented the bill, a technical amendment was moved and passed, and the substitute was passed under suspension of the rules.
- Third substitute House Bill 442 (Alcohol amendments): the Senate substituted, debated proximity and prevention provisions, and passed the third substitute.
- First substitute House Bill 301 (Canal Safety Amendments): Senator Dayton introduced the bill; the Senate passed the first substitute under suspension.
- Third substitute House Bill 239 (Juvenile Justice Amendments): sponsor discussed the data-driven work group and amendments; the Senate passed the third substitute as amended.
- House Bill 296 (Radioactive and Hazardous Waste Account Amendments): Treasurer projections and debate on long-term liability were presented; the Senate passed the bill under suspension.
- Several additional bills on the second and third reading calendars were circulated, substituted or passed (HB168 kindergarten enrichment, HB199 adoption amendments, HB243 common-area land use, HB3xx series, and others recorded across the transcript). See transcript ranges below for exact roll-call entries for each item.
