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Votes at a Glance: Bills Moved, Amended or Passed on Feb. 9, 1994
Summary
On Feb. 9 the Utah House read multiple senate and house bills, adopted committee reports, placed bills on calendars, amended S.B. 16, and recorded passage on a set of consent and calendar items (including H.B. 191 and H.B. 145); the House also uncircled H.B. 34 for floor debate.
The Utah House on Feb. 9 advanced a number of items across calendars and adopted several committee recommendations. Key actions recorded in the House transcript excerpt include:
- S.B. 16 (discretionary trust for disabled beneficiaries): Representative Beverly Evans moved and the House approved technical amendments to correct drafting errors; the bill was amended and reported back to the Senate for the amendments. "This is a bill relating to services to people with disabilities," Evans said. (Floor action: amendments adopted.)
- Consent-calendar items H.B. 191 (water and irrigation fees) and H.B. 154 (publication and procedure) were read on the consent calendar as technical water-rights bills and presented for passage without opposition; the clerk announced passage and referral to the Senate for further consideration.
- S.B. 21 (education-technology initiative amendments) and other senate bills were read in and placed on appropriate calendars following committee reports.
- S.B. 56 (secure forensic mental-health facility): The House recorded final passage in the transcript excerpt and returned the bill to the Senate for signatures; Representative Howard argued for locating the facility next to the Utah State Hospital in Provo.
- Substitute H.B. 122 (federal mining law reconciliation): Sponsor explained the bill aligns state recording requirements with federal changes (rental fee vs. assessment work). The transcript records a roll/recorded vote and indicated the bill would be returned to the Senate; recorded tally language in the transcript is inconsistent and is noted below.
- H.B. 145 (sales-tax exemption change): The House recorded a vote with the clerk announcing the tally as 61 yes, 6 no, 8 absent and sent the bill to the Senate.
- Procedural motion: The House approved a motion to 'uncircle' H.B. 34 (campaign finance reform) and brought the bill to the floor for extended debate; the transcript records the uncircle vote as passing (41 yes, 18 no). The chamber recessed until 02:00.
Reported vote tallies were read from the floor; some tallies in the transcript include ambiguous wording and should be verified with official roll-call records before publication (see audit notes).
