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Votes at a glance: Several House bills pass and are sent to the Senate
Summary
The House advanced multiple bills on the floor, including measures on school reporting, medical‑benefits recovery, condominium rules and others; recorded tallies and referrals to the Senate are listed below.
The Utah House recorded the following actions and tallies during the floor session:
- House Bill 204 (reporting criminal activity in schools): Passed and referred to the Senate; recorded vote shown in the transcript as 68 affirmative, 3 negative.
- House Bill 127 (health care assistant registry): Passed 48 affirmative, 22 negative; referred to the Senate (see separate coverage).
- House Bill 132 (medical benefits recovery / OBRA '93 implementation): Passed 72 affirmative, 2 negative; the sponsor said the fiscal note projects collections of roughly $134,000 in year one and $52,000 the following year from increased recoveries.
- House Bill 244 (Condominium Ownership Act amendment): Passed 67 affirmative, 2 negative; sponsor described the change as allowing associations to treat unfinished pads as units so association fees and foreclosure remedies can apply.
- House Bill 136 (escape/absconding offenses): Sponsor described expanded custody definitions and graded escape offenses; the bill was referred to the Senate for further consideration (transcript records referral to Senate).
- Other items: Substitute and procedural motions, circling of bills for further study (including HB34) and several friendly amendments were recorded on the floor.
These outcomes reflect recorded roll calls and procedural decisions captured in the floor transcript; individual bill texts and committee reports will supply final statutory language and fiscal notes if the Senate and governor act.
