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Utah House adopts several bills, orders daily reprioritization of third‑reading calendar
Summary
The Utah House passed a string of measures transmitted from the Senate, declined to concur with one Senate amendment, and approved a rule to send third‑reading bills back to Rules at the end of each day for reprioritization; several bills were recorded as passed with recorded tallies.
The Utah House on Feb. 20 handled a packed agenda, approving multiple Senate‑transmitted measures and adopting a procedural change to reprioritize the chamber’s third‑reading calendar each day.
The chamber adopted the House’s motion to refuse to concur with the Senate amendment to House Bill 36 and requested formation of a conference committee to resolve differences. The House later voted to concur with a Senate substitute to House Bill 48 (UDOT internal performance audit); the motion carried and the clerk recorded 68 yes votes and 1 no. The concurrent resolution HTR 6 (moment of silence), as amended by the Senate, was concurred with and passed the House 65–5.
House Bill 22 (community service related to schools) was amended and passed the House by a recorded vote of 62 yes and 7 no and will return to the Senate for signature. House Bill 230 (offender name change restrictions) passed the House unanimously, with the clerk recording 70 yes votes and no no votes. House Bill 313 (commitment of mentally ill persons under age 18) received committee reporting and passed the House with a recorded tally of 63 yes and 1 no.
The House also considered House Bill 57 (student privacy and parental notification). Sponsor Representative Jensen explained that the Senate amendment moved responsibility for family notification to the Division of Family Services; Representative Mortimer and others opposed removing the education system’s notification duty, arguing the school should ensure families know when a student is removed or investigated. The motion to concur with the Senate amendment failed; the House then voted to request the Senate recede from the amendment, and that motion carried. The action will be communicated to the Senate.
In a separate procedural change, Representative Valentine moved that, at the end of each working day, all bills on the House third‑reading calendar (excluding consent calendar items and two specified "circle" bills) be sent back to Rules for reprioritization. The body adopted the shifting motion and scheduled rules committee meetings that afternoon to implement the process. Representative Valentine framed the change as restoring consistency in how the House prepares the next day’s debate list.
The House then recessed to recognize outstanding educators from districts across the state and adjourned until 2:00 p.m.
Actions recorded in the House journal will be transmitted to the Senate or otherwise docketed per standard interhouse procedures.
