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Quick roundup: consent calendar and other House actions on Jan. 25, 1996
Summary
The Utah House passed several consent and first-reading bills, including HJR 2 (committee meeting rule), House Bill 9 (cemetery endowment regulation), House Bill 78 (injury-reporting changes), and other committee referrals; the Rules Committee report and committee assignments were adopted.
Leaders moved a set of consent-calendar and first-reading items on Jan. 25. Highlights recorded on the floor:
- House Joint Resolution 2 (HJR 2) — minor procedural change to Executive Appropriations Committee scheduling; passed by House and transmitted to the Senate (transcript records 69 yes, 0 no).
- House Bill 9 — removes certain endowment-care cemeteries from state regulation; passed the House 65–2 and sent to the Senate.
- House Bill 78 — clarifies where health-care providers must report injuries and removes a redundant written-report requirement to law enforcement; sponsor Representative Mark Evans presented the bill; the House passed it 63–3 and transmitted it to the Senate.
- Additional bills were read for first referral to committee or printed per the Rules Committee report; the House adopted the Rules Committee report and published committee assignments for a wide set of bills across appropriations, judiciary, education, transportation and other standing committees.
