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Votes at a glance: several bills advance from the House on Feb. 4, 1993
Summary
The House adopted multiple committee reports and approved several Senate bills (including SB1, SB8, SB27) and House bills (HB151, HB79). This roundup lists actions, outcomes and brief context for each item recorded on the floor.
On Feb. 4 the Utah House adopted committee reports and took final action or calendar placement on several bills. Key outcomes recorded in the floor transcript include:
- SB2 (Disability insurance disclosure): Passed (recorded as 66–0). Sponsor said it requires clearer disclosure of Social Security offsets on policy materials.
- SB27 (Motor vehicle safety inspection advisory council): Passed (affirmative votes recorded; no negatives reported in the transcript). The bill reorganizes the advisory council to include public and industry representation for inspection station complaints.
- SB8 (Driver license Social Security number printing): Passed (recorded as 62–0 in the transcript). The bill makes printing the Social Security number on driver’s licenses optional; applicants would still provide the number when applying.
- SB1 (Retirement service credit): Passed (recorded as 63 for, 0 against in the transcript). The bill adjusts service‑credit rules to accommodate university semester conversions.
- HB1 (Substitute criminal penalties amendment): Circled to obtain an amended fiscal note after Appropriations raised fiscal-impact concerns.
- HB80 (Crime victim reparations amendment): Circled with sponsor absent; the motion carried.
- HB151 (Mandatory HIV testing for certain offenders): Passed (recorded as 66–0) and forwarded to the Senate; floor amendments assigned victim notification responsibilities to law enforcement and sponsors cited federal grant risks and a revised fiscal estimate.
- HB79 (Limited night hunting/spotlighting): Passed (recorded as 56–12) and referred to the Senate after extended debate on ecological implications and county-level implementation.
Procedural notes: the House also agreed to suspend rules to move Senate-calendar items onto the House calendar for additional floor work and adjourned until 10 a.m. the following day.
This roundup is based on floor entries and vote tallies as recorded in the session transcript; some vote totals and committee actions are taken verbatim from the floor record where formatting or numeric presentation in the transcript was inconsistent.
