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Floor roundup: key motions and votes from the Feb. 19 Utah House session
Summary
The Feb. 19 House session approved multiple committee reports, adopted rules and substitutes, and recorded final votes on a slate of bills. Notable tallies: HB280 (74–0), HB231 (73–0), HJR3 (60–13), HB183 (39–35), HB183 now moves to the Senate.
During the Feb. 19, 1996 House floor session members completed a long agenda including committee reports, substitutes to house rules, and dozens of bills. Highlights and recorded outcomes from the transcript include:
- House Bill 280 (special bail provisions): recorded as receiving 74 yes votes and 0 no votes; passed and will be transmitted to the Senate.
- House Bill 231 (collaborative services for children): adopted with pink‑sheet amendments and recorded as 73 yes votes, 0 no votes.
- Motion to refuse to concur with senate amendments to a senate substitute of House Bill 8: motion carried (voice vote) and will be communicated to the Senate.
- House Bill 153 (execution-related amendment): passed first deputy with 71 yes votes and 0 no votes as recorded on the floor.
- Substitute House Resolution 1 (house rules): first substitute adopted and passed with 72 yes votes and 0 no votes.
- House Bill 144 (municipal limits/disconnection): substitute and floor amendments were adopted, and the bill was reported passed on second/third reading and forwarded to the Senate as recorded in the transcript.
- House Bill 136 (deception detection examiner licensing): floor amendments adjusted minimum‑examination and renewal requirements; the amended bill passed with 66 yes votes as recorded.
- House Joint Resolution 3 (rescinding prior call for a constitutional convention): passed with 60 yes votes and 13 no votes.
- House Bill 183 (driver privacy/motor vehicle records): passed narrowly, 39 yes votes and 35 no votes; incorporated an amendment incorporating federal statutory language and requires DMV notification to individuals before release of personal identifying information requested on an individual basis.
- House Bill 183, House Bill 231, House Joint Resolution 3, and other passed measures will be transmitted to the Senate for further consideration as noted on the floor.
Procedure and scheduling items: the House set time‑certain hearings for the welfare reform package (HB293–299) for Feb. 20 at 10:30 a.m. and set other time‑certain slots, recalled some bills to legislative counsel for technical fixes, and recessed until 2 p.m.
