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Senate clears a long slate of fiscal and concurrence bills; votes at a glance
Summary
On March 3 the Senate cleared dozens of concurrence, consent and fiscal bills across multiple committees and calendars — including a number of third‑reading fiscal bills, consent calendar items, and second-reading lifts. Several bills passed unanimously while others drew brief discussion.
The Utah Senate processed a large number of concurrence, consent and fiscal bills during the March 3 session, approving many bills on the consent calendar and taking multiple fiscal bills to third reading under suspension of rules.
Notable actions and final Senate announcements included:
- First substitute House Bill 321 (Division of Consumer Protection amendments) — passed, announced as having received 25 yea votes, 0 nays, 4 absent (consent; SEG 305–331).
- First substitute House Bill 359 (Dental Billing Amendments) — passed, announced as having received 25 yea votes, 0 nays, 4 absent.
- House Bill 16 (Veterans and Military Affairs Commission amendments) — passed on roll call (26 yea, 1 nay, 2 absent).
- First substitute House Bill 26 (Sobriety program expansion) — amended (coordination clause) and passed (26–0; 3 absent).
- House Bill 52 (Point of the Mountain Development Commission extension) — passed (26–0; 3 absent).
- First substitute House Bill 70 (Ballot tracking amendments) — passed (25–0; 4 absent).
- First substitute House Bill 301 (Domestic violence training and lethality assessments) — passed (24–0; 5 absent).
- Multiple other bills were lifted to the second reading calendar, substituted or circled for later action; the Senate recessed until 2 p.m. to continue work later in the day.
Where the transcript provided a roll-call tally, those tallies are included above as reported on the floor; some floor tallies in the transcript contain formatting noise and were reported here as stated in the record.
