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Votes at a glance: key floor actions from Jan. 18, 1991 Utah House session
Summary
On Jan. 18 the Utah House adopted committee reports, placed several bills on third reading, and recorded floor votes on multiple items: HB 72 (surrogacy) passed 67–2; HB 40 passed 66–5 after amendments; HCR 4 passed 72–0; HB 23 was circled for further work.
The Jan. 18 House session recorded multiple formal committee actions and floor votes. Key outcomes:
- House Bill 72 (removal of sunset on surrogacy ban): Passed the House 67–2 and forwarded to the Senate.
- House Bill 40 (amendments to energy-related council membership and information-sharing): The House divided a two-part amendment; the first part failed and the second part (specifying six public members with defined expertise) passed. The bill as amended passed the House 66–5 and will be forwarded to the Senate.
- House Concurrent Resolution 4 (equalization funding for public education): Adopted unanimously, 72–0, and sent to the Senate; sponsor cited per-pupil federal funding shortfalls and urged advocacy ahead of 1992 reauthorization.
- House Bill 23 (Human Services Licensing Amendments): The House adopted pink-sheet changes to membership and language but voted to 'circle' the bill for further clarifications about penalties and the scope of rulemaking; no final passage recorded.
Additional procedural actions: multiple committee reports were adopted and numerous bills (for example, HB 97, SB 11, HB 98, HB 80 and others) were placed on the third-reading calendar or assigned to standing committees. Several items (HJR 3, SB 10) were recommended for the consent calendar.
