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House concurs with Senate amendments to HCR 8 (Operation Desert Shield) after procedural debate and roll call
Summary
The Utah House concurred with Senate amendments to House Concurrent Resolution 8 (Operation Desert Shield) after members debated a substitute motion to list cosponsors and completed a roll-call vote; the transcript records inconsistent tallies but reports the measure passed and was returned to the Senate.
The Utah House of Representatives voted to concur with Senate amendments to House Concurrent Resolution No. 8 (the Operation Desert Shield resolution) after a procedural exchange over listing cosponsors and a roll-call vote.
Representative Short moved that the House concur with the Senate amendments, telling the chamber he "concur[red] completely" because the amendment "basically... include[s] all the armed forces whether active or called up to duty." Representative Lyons (moving a substitute under suspension) sought to add a provision that "all those representatives voting in favor of this resolution be listed as cosponsors." The presiding officer initially ruled that the second portion of the motion — adding names automatically without prior consent — was out of order. Representative Stevens raised a procedural point, noting that "once we both concur and vote on the bill, the bill's actually left the house, and I don't believe anyone could sponsor once it's left the house," which prompted the chamber to consider doing the cosponsor listing under suspension of the rules.
Under suspension of the rules the substitute motion (to concur and permit consenting yes-voters to be listed as cosponsors) was accepted and passed. Because of a problem with the electronic voting system the House conducted a roll-call readout; the transcript includes the roll-call reading and contains inconsistent reporting of the final tally (one statement reads "73 yes and 2 no, 2 absent" while a later recitation reports "73 affirmative votes and 0 negative votes"). The transcript, however, reports that HCR 8 "passes this house" and that it "shall be returned to the Senate for the president's signature in presence of the Senate."
The exchange in the chamber centered on the technical question of how to add cosponsors and on ensuring a recorded vote in light of an apparent computer glitch; the transcript does not record further substantive debate about the resolution's text.
