Votes at a glance: Feb. 9 Utah House session — several bills passed, many introduced

The Utah House on Feb. 9 moved through a packed calendar: several bills were passed on the floor, multiple Senate measures were considered, and the reading clerk read in a large batch of newly filed bills to be referred to standing committees.

Notable floor votes and actions reported on the record:

- H.B. 33 (boards and commissions database): Passed as amended (clerk tally read aloud in the transcript: 67-1). The House concurred with a Senate amendment adding the word “gender” after a contested floor debate and roll-call sequence.

- H.B. 146 (domestic relations and domestic violence amendments): Sponsor J. Brent Hayman described consolidated changes to jurisdiction, mutual protective orders, and attorney-fee language; the House passed the bill and referred it to the Senate (tally announced on the floor; transcript formatting of the spoken tally is unclear).

- H.B. 177 (protected wildlife exception): Passed (tally read in the transcript as 48-21) and referred to the Senate; debate focused on whether the change was needed and whether it overlapped with wildlife-board authority.

- H.B. 110 (parental involvement in public schools): The House adopted negotiated language changing mandatory verbs to softer language in portions of the bill; H.B. 110 passed and was referred to the Senate (tally read as 65-7).

- Senate bills on the calendar: S.B. 65 (county office hours) passed (72-0 as read aloud); S.B. 30 (certification of county assessors) passed as amended (tally read in transcript as 52-0); S.B. 23 (educational technology program) was 'circled' pending fiscal-note funding decisions.

The reading clerk then read in a long list of bills filed on the last filing day (H.B. 277 through H.B. 460 and many resolutions); those measures were read for the first time and referred to the Rules Committee or other standing committees. The House recessed until 2:00 p.m.