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House passes multiple bills on third-reading calendar, circled a rules amendment and spotlights centennial history
Summary
On Jan. 6, 1996, the Utah House passed several bills on third reading (H.B. 75, H.B. 32, H.B. 33), circled a rules amendment for later resolution and heard centennial historical spotlights before adjourning.
SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah House moved several items on the third-reading calendar on Jan. 6, 1996, approving bills on education funding and statutory recodification, temporarily circling a rules amendment for further clarification and concluding the day with centennial historical presentations.
House Bill 75, an education-technology amendment that allows school districts to use funds for in‑service training for personnel, passed the House by a recorded vote of 68–0 and was sent to the Senate. Representative Beverly Anne Evans introduced the amendment and described the change permitting districts discretion to spend funds "as much of the money as they consider necessary and appropriate for in-service."
Representative Allen introduced House Bill 32 to create a joint, annual review of applied-technology funding by public-education and higher-education appropriation committees; the House approved the measure 67–0 and sent it to the Senate. Representative Evans also presented H.B. 33, a recodification and repeal of outdated education statutes intended to remove redundant site-based decision-making language; after questions about cross-references in code, H.B. 33 passed 66–2.
Earlier in the day Donnell Valentine introduced a modest amendment to House rules to tidy language and duties of the chief clerk; members questioned whether striking "full title" language would affect constitutional reading requirements. Under suspension of the rules the chamber moved to "circle" the rule for later joint-rule clarification and the motion carried.
As part of the session’s centennial observances, members presented two historical spotlights: a North Ogden account of the Sagebrush Academy and a transportation-focused history of Simon Bamberger, the Bamberger railroad and Lagoon Resort.
The House adjourned to reconvene the next morning at 10:00 a.m.; a Rules Committee meeting was announced for 9:45 a.m. in room 416.
