Votes at a glance: key outcomes from the Utah House floor, Feb. 6, 1997

The Feb. 6, 1997 House floor session recorded multiple formal actions. Below are key outcomes, tallies and short descriptions drawn from the floor record.

• House Resolution 9 (HR9, quorum) — Considered for second reading under suspension; recorded as having passed the reading process (voice recorded in the journal), with an on-floor reading and signature dated 02/06/1997.

• Senate Bill 101 (corporal punishment) — Debate led to a recorded House vote of 31 yes, 42 no; the bill failed in the House and was returned to the Senate.

• Senate Bill 102 (WICHE amendments) — Passed the House unanimously, 68 yes, 0 no; publicly read and forwarded for signature.

• Third Substitute House Bill 57 (penalty for theft/release of fur-bearing animals) — Title and body substituted with a third substitute; floor record shows passage with 71 yes, 1 no; will be forwarded to the Senate.

• Substitute House Joint Resolution 9 (Sundance feasibility resolution) — After floor debate and a previous-question motion, the substitute resolution passed 44 yes, 27 no and will be forwarded to the Senate.

• House Bill 28 (traffic noise abatement appropriation, $2,000,000 from General Fund) — Debate clarified the appropriation comes from the general fund and would compete with other priorities; House vote recorded 31 yes, 41 no — HB28 failed in the House and will be filed.

Floor management actions included multiple committee report adoptions and motions to circle or uncircle bills for amendment or further work. Several bills were placed on consent or third-reading calendars by committee report.