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House advances wide consent calendar, forwarding multiple bills to the Senate
Summary
On the consent calendar the House approved a package of mostly noncontroversial bills (workers' compensation for Olympic volunteers, telephone-fraud changes, background checks for childcare workers, voter-registration clarifications and others), adopted committee reports, and assigned several measures to standing committees.
The Utah House took rapid action on its consent calendar, approving a series of bills and sending them to the Senate.
Representative Martin R. Stephens explained House Bill 124, which permits an Olympic Winter Games organizing committee approved by the Utah Sports Authority to purchase workers' compensation insurance through the state fund; he said there would be "no cost to the state" and the organizing committee would pay premiums and costs itself.
Other consent items the House approved included HB139 (telephone fraud bill, amended to convert certain penalties to civil penalties), HB196 (background checks on childcare workers, adding youth programs and limiting checks to new hires), HB109 (clarifying voter‑registration removal procedures), HB136 (per diem for Privatization Policy Board members), HB86 (county officer fees technical corrections and a change from 'shall' to 'may'), and multiple concurrent resolutions and committee assignments. Several bills were placed on third‑reading calendars or referred to Rules because of fiscal impact.
Representative Brown successfully moved to return HB93 (property tax redemption period) to Rules so an amended fiscal note can be prepared. The floor also recorded vote tallies for several bills on the consent calendar, for example HB124 (67–0), HB139 (67–0), HB196 (67–0), HB109 (66–0).
Next steps: Bills passed on the consent calendar will be transmitted to the Senate; bills returned to Rules will await committee action and amended fiscal notes.
