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House adopts committee reports, places scores of bills on calendars; HB 20 and others advanced
Summary
The Utah House adopted numerous committee reports, moved dozens of bills to second/third-reading calendars, and acted on procedural calendar rules; HB 20 (Resource Development Coordinating Committee membership) was passed and referred to the Senate.
During the day's session the Utah House heard a long series of standing committee reports, adopted the committee recommendations and placed many measures on the consent, second- and third-reading calendars.
Reading Clerk announcements recorded favorable committee recommendations across several subject areas: education (HB 9, HCR 1, HB 29, HB 48, HB 40, HB 73), business and labor (HB 16, HB 74, HB 37, HB 77), revenue and tax (HB 6, HB 27, HP 60, HB 8), health and environment (HB 17, HB 25), judiciary (HB 81, HB 13), human services (HB 38, HB 36, HB 83, HB 18, HJR 2, HB 55), and transportation and public safety (HB 52, HB 2, HB 22, HB 106, HB 24, HB 63). House members moved to adopt committee reports and the speaker placed the measures on the appropriate calendars for further consideration.
Representative Yardley described House Bill 20, which expands membership on the Resource Development Coordinating Committee, saying additional members will help answer interdepartmental questions and expedite processing; the House waived further debate and the speaker announced HB 20 had passed and was referred to the Senate. Representative Brown moved to "circle" HB 68 (Information Technology Commission), a procedural action that passed and preserved the bill's calendar position.
Floor business also included a new temporary calendar rule for bills with fiscal notes: the House adopted a motion that bills with a one-time fiscal note of $10,000 or more and bills with ongoing costs may proceed through committee process in both houses and then return to Rules; bills with lower fiscal notes proceed as usual. Sponsors argued the approach would prioritize budgeting and help close the state budget under Utah's balanced-budget requirement.
Several items recorded as passed had either unclear or garbled vote tallies in the transcript; when a specific count was announced (for HJR 10) it was recorded separately. The House adjourned to reconvene at 10 a.m. the next morning.
