Votes at a glance: House passes multiple bills and refers them to the Senate

The Utah House moved several measures forward on the floor and referred them to the Senate for further action.

House Bill 35 (statute-of-limitations cleanup): Introduced by Representative Beverly J. White, the bill was reported out of committee and passed the House with 70 affirmative and no negative votes. The bill consolidates conflicting statute-of-limitations language in the criminal code.

House Bill 50 (fishing license fee for certain disabled residents): Representative Daniel H. Peddle said the measure creates a $5 fishing license for eligible residents living at home and includes a three-year sunset; the House passed the bill with 66 affirmative votes and no negative votes and referred it to the Senate.

House Bill 95 (prohibition on holding certain animals in captivity): Representative Cindy Lee Allen presented HB 95 to limit possession of raccoons and coyotes except by permit. A floor amendment to reduce the penalty class failed and the bill passed 58–9 and moved to the Senate.

House Bill 203 (supplemental appropriation): Moved to the top of the third-reading calendar and described by sponsors as a time-sensitive appropriation to avoid halting construction at a veterans cemetery, HB 203 passed with 57 votes in favor and nine opposed in the chair’s tally and was referred to the Senate.

House Concurrent Resolution 6 (waterfowl mitigation): Representative Steven M. Bodley described a resolution seeking federal help and options to mitigate agricultural damage by Canada geese; HCR 6 passed 64–3 and will be transmitted to the Senate.

What happens next: Each passed measure will be transmitted to the Senate for consideration; sponsors said some items were technical or noncontroversial, while others (HB 95) drew contested floor amendments.