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House advances mix of environmental, tax and government‑structure measures; dozens of bills considered
Summary
The Utah House spent the morning on third‑reading business, passing several environmental and tax measures, advancing a seismic‑safety commission and rejecting a broad appointment‑reform bill. Multiple votes sent bills to the Senate while others failed on the floor.
The Utah House of Representatives opened a third‑reading calendar that included environmental measures, a proposed sales‑tax reduction and a contested governance bill, and passed a string of bills before recessing.
Representatives approved bills aimed at air‑quality compliance and incentives to convert government vehicle fleets: House Bill 284, authorizing the Air Quality Board to consider employer‑based trip‑reduction programs for workplaces with 100 or more employees, passed after floor amendments (63‑6). A companion measure, House Bill 283, which addresses motor‑vehicle inspection programs to meet U.S. Environmental Protection Agency standards, was amended on the floor to require counties to prefer decentralized inspection‑and‑maintenance programs when they can meet federal requirements; it passed on the floor and will go to the Senate (40‑29).
Lawmakers also advanced a Clean Air Vehicle…
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