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Votes at a glance: key House bills sent to the Senate and passed on the floor Feb. 21, 1995
Summary
The House passed several bills on Feb. 21, 1995 and referred them to the Senate or placed them on the consent calendar, including H.B. 273 (emergency-dispatch certification), H.B. 303 (assault penalties for health workers), substitute H.B. 307 (trust lands amendments), H.B. 266 (administrative-rule review), and first substitute H.B. 155 (licensing of private investigators).
The following bills were recorded as passed or otherwise advanced by the House on Feb. 21, 1995.
H.B. 273 — Emergency dispatch certification (Sponsor: Blake Bouchard). Purpose: create a voluntary state certificate of qualifications for 9-1-1 emergency dispatchers to standardize training and recognize professional qualifications. Committee vote reported as 11 yes, 1 no, 2 absent. House vote: Speaker announced H.B. 273 "having received 65 yes votes" and the bill was referred to the Senate.
H.B. 303 — Assault penalties for health-care workers (Sponsor: Representative Knudson). Purpose: elevate certain assaults on health-care workers, EMTs and fire officers to a class A misdemeanor to deter attacks on providers. Committee vote reported (assault amendment) and floor debate occurred. House vote: announced as passing with 60 yes, 4 no.
Substitute H.B. 307 — School and institutional trust lands amendments (Sponsor: Representative Melvin R. Brown). Purpose: a multi-section bill revising trust-land administration, clarifying cultural-resource protections and fiduciary standards, and implementing income-distribution language tied to a recent constitutional amendment. Floor amendments were offered and adopted; House vote: passed with 66 yes, 0 no and was referred to the Senate.
H.B. 266 — Administrative rule review amendments. Purpose: technical clarifications for the five-year review trigger, extend certain time limits to 120 days, add analysis requirements for repeals and reenactments, and set a four-year window to challenge rule record sufficiency. House vote as amended: announced pass with 63 yes, 0 no; referred to the Senate.
First substitute H.B. 155 — Licensing of Utah private investigators (Sponsor: Representative Valentine and others). The House agreed to reconsider and adopt amendments under Representative Valentine's name that narrow and clarify scope and oversight by the Department of Public Safety. Final House vote on the amended substitute: passed 41 yes, 30 no and will proceed to the Senate.
Notes: These summaries rely on floor announcements of vote counts and committee reports presented on the House floor. For bills left on the board or subject to additional amendment (notably H.B. 314), see the separate detailed story on H.B. 314.
