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Utah House adopts substitute amendments and passes House Bill 360 after language changes
Summary
Lawmakers accepted substitute amendments that added 'intent' language and softened mandatory wording, then approved House Bill 360 by a 57–16 vote to send it to the Senate.
Unidentified Representative (Speaker 5) moved a substitute amendment to House Bill 360 on March 1, 1995, replacing lines 14–20 on page 176 with language the Department of Human Services and Senator Blackcomb had helped draft to take a broader approach. Speaker 2 explained the substitute appeared on a pink-sheet amendment dated 03/01/1995 at 9:13 a.m. and noted the amendment inserts the phrase 'the intent of' before 'the legislature.'
Earlier in floor debate, Speaker 3 offered an amendment on page 26, line 24 to change the word 'will' to 'should,' arguing this would preserve the Legislature's ability to respond to needs that arise outside the standard process, citing as an example lost deaf-blind program services in October. The body voted to adopt that wording change.
Speaker 4 also drew attention to a missing intent phrase on page 95, line 9 and successfully moved to include language reading that 'it is the intent of the legislature' so the statute expresses legislative intent rather than an absolute mandate.
After adopting the substitute amendment and the other changes, the sponsor (Unidentified Representative, Speaker 1) urged members to support the bill, saying it funded important programs. The clerk opened the roll for House Bill 360; Speaker 2 announced the tally: the bill received 57 yes votes and 16 no votes and passed the House to be sent to the Senate for consideration.
Procedurally, the floor handled the withdrawal of at least one earlier amendment and several motions to amend the bill on the record. Speaker 3 later moved to recess until 2:00 p.m.; members discussed caucus plans and informal announcements before the recess was taken.
Because the transcript records some names and place references imperfectly (for example, references to a "pink sheet," specific page and line numbers, and participants identified only by speaker numbers), this account attributes direct quotations and floor motions only to the numbered speakers in the transcript (Speaker 1 through Speaker 6) and summarizes named external parties only as they appear in the record (for example, "Representative Marty Stevens" and "Senator Blackcomb" were referenced in-floor as authors or collaborators on amendments). The bill now goes to the Senate for its consideration.
