Utah House adjourns centennial session after speeches, gifts and staff recognitions

The Utah House ended its centennial sittings after a round of ceremonial remarks, gifts to pages and staff recognition, and a final motion to adjourn that the chamber approved by voice vote.

Members invited the governor’s delegation forward and welcomed Governor Michael Levitt; pages and secretaries were publicly thanked and given Centennial flags. A speaker proposed authorizing an additional two days (16 hours) of compensation for every in-house employee at the compensation rates established in SJR 14 and presented the motion to the body, saying the gift being distributed was a Centennial flag. The transcript records the motion but does not record a subsequent roll-call or voice vote result for that specific compensation motion.

Throughout the closing proceedings several members offered personal reflections on the session, recounted centennial celebration highlights and expressed appreciation for colleagues and staff. The House recognized individual contributions (naming Rod Tucker for computer support and Marty Stevens for fundraising efforts) and singled out Representative John Valentine as rules chairman.

Near the end of the transcript Tim Moran was called to move the question to adjourn the 1996 session; a member moved to adjourn, the presiding officer called for the vote and the motion was declared carried by voice vote. The transcript records the chamber saying "Aye" and the speaker announcing "The motion carries. We'll adjourn." The record does not include a roll-call tally for the adjournment vote.