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House clears a broad consent calendar; dozens of bills advanced to the Senate
Summary
The House moved quickly through its consent calendar, approving many technical, administrative, and unanimously supported measures — from corrections and procurement clarifications to vehicle‑registration and licensing adjustments — and forwarded them to the Senate.
On Feb. 26 the Utah House handled a lengthy consent calendar, advancing a broad package of bills to the Senate with minimal floor debate. The items included technical corrections, committee substitutes and sponsorship explanations for measures ranging from juvenile justice and correctional‑officer certification to motor‑vehicle registration and health‑care technical fixes.
Among the items read for first consideration or passed on the consent calendar were a list of Senate bills (e.g., SB 207, SB 296, SB 232, SB 171) referred to the rules committee; and a number of House bills that passed with unanimous or strong majorities, including HB 383 (corrections certification), HB 499 (shopping cart retrieval technical change), and HB 284 (visitors to correctional facilities).
Clerks read committee reports, sponsors gave brief summaries or waived summation, and the House recorded roll calls when required. Several bills were substituted in title and body where committees recommended changes; those substitution motions carried and the amended texts were transmitted to the Senate.
The consent passage preserved legislative time for longer debates later in the day while making procedural and technical statutory updates across multiple policy areas.
