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Utah House approves series of bills and amendments, including budget-related measures
Summary
The Utah House on Feb. 26, 1992, concurred with Senate amendments and passed a set of bills—among them House Bill 277 and Substitute HB 65—and approved a supplemental/appropriations package after extended debate; several amendments to the "Baby Your Baby" prenatal program and SSI funding were adopted. Votes and outcomes are listed below.
The Utah House of Representatives spent its afternoon session on Feb. 26, 1992, handling a slate of bills transmitted from the Senate, voting to concur on several amendments, and advancing multiple measures to the Senate for signature.
The House took up a package of communications from the Senate that included bills on workforce incentives, school choice, mental health, motor-vehicle regulation and other topics. Representative Ray Short moved that the House concur with the Senate amendments to House Bill 277 (a task force study on criminal gang activity); the motion carried and HB 277 passed the House with 63 yes, 0 no. Substitute House Bill 65 (equalization of capital outlay money in public education) was returned by the Senate with language and a substantive change reducing a figure from $5,000,000 to $2,000,000; the House concurred and the bill passed on a recorded vote of 47 yes, 22 no.
After a lengthy floor debate over the supplemental/appropriations package and a series of floor amendments, the House passed House Bill 471 as amended (a supplemental appropriation and priorities measure) 53–18. During the same debate the body considered and voted on amendments affecting the Baby Your Baby prenatal outreach program, including deletion of a proposed asset test; that deletion passed 36–32. The House also adopted amendments moving certain SSI funding toward an ongoing line item and approved other re-allocations discussed on the floor.
Other measures acted on included Senate Bill 148 (a juvenile identification, supervision and treatment pilot) which passed the House 59–0 after the sponsor described $50,000 in matching funds to support local units of the program; second substitute House Bill 218 (Utah horse regulation) passed 48–18; and a package of Senate bills and rules actions (for example, SB 224 on budgetary/fiscal procedures) were placed on the calendar and returned to the Senate as appropriate.
The House debated Senate Bill 197 on court-fee restructuring and passed it 43–26; sponsors described the net increase as about $276,000 in general-fund receipts and said fee-waiver mechanisms (affidavits of impecuniosity) remain available to those who cannot pay. Companion Senate Bill 198 (jury use and management) also passed 58–11.
Votes at a glance: "HB 277 (concur) — 63–0; Substitute HB 65 (as amended) — 47–22; HB 471 (supplemental, as amended) — 53–18; Senate Bill 148 (juvenile services) — 59–0; 2nd Sub HB 218 (Utah horse regulation) — 48–18; Senate Bill 224 (budgetary/fiscal procedures) — 64–0; Senate Bill 197 (court fees) — 43–26; Senate Bill 198 (jury management) — 58–11." The House adjourned its evening business after the votes were recorded and several items were returned to the Senate for signature.
Provenance (topic intro → finish): communications from the Senate through the end of recorded votes and final actions in the transcript.
Ending: The House approved the contested appropriations and several policy measures and returned those bills to the Senate for signature; some items (noted above) will proceed through conference or further Senate action as required.
