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House approves consent and technical bills; multiple measures placed on calendars
Summary
The Utah House adopted committee reports and passed several consent or technical bills including HB189 (State Forest Nursery), HB259 (tax technical amendments), HB287 (cigarette licensing fee) and SB30 (Information Practices Task Force continuation), and scheduled SB101/SB119 for a time‑certain slot.
SALT LAKE CITY — On the floor Tuesday the Utah House handled a slate of committee reports and routine measures, adopting reports and passing several bills by recorded or voice vote.
Key actions and outcomes:
- Substitute House Bill 189 (State Forest Nursery): Passed (67‑0). Sponsor said the bill formalizes a state nursery program to provide seedlings and plant material for conservation, wildlife and erosion control.
- Substitute House Bill 259 (Tax technical amendments): Passed (final reported tally 60‑0). Lieutenant Valentine summarized multiple technical clarifications—W‑2 mailing timing, lien retention rules, estimated tax conformity to federal practice—and noted the bill’s retroactive application to tax years beginning Jan. 1, 1990.
- House Bill 287 (Cigarette licensing fee technical corrections): Passed (68‑0) to update licensing procedures and conform them to the Administrative Procedures Act.
- Senate Bill 30 (Information Practices Task Force reauthorization): Passed (66‑0); bill continues a multi‑stakeholder task force to resolve privacy and public‑records balance and will return to the Senate for signature.
- House Bill 179 (Elberty Residential Zoning), as amended, passed (65‑0); amendments clarified permit processes and gave municipalities permissive authority to set inspection standards and fees for elderly residential zones.
The House also set time certain consideration for Senate Bills 101 and 119 (name changes for Weber State College and Southern Utah State College) for Wednesday at 10:15 a.m. Many committee reports were adopted by voice vote earlier in the session and several items were added to the consent calendar for third reading.
