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Votes at a glance: key House actions Feb. 3 — H.B. 64, 105, 112, 141, 320 and others
Summary
The House advanced multiple bills to the Senate in a floor session that included passage of H.B. 64 (49–15), H.B. 105 (50–19), H.B. 112 (64–0), H.B. 141 (45–18) and H.B. 320 (clerk announced 62–5); H.B. 127 was encircled and H.B. 364 was circled until after lunch.
Here are the floor results and brief notes from the Utah House session on Feb. 3:
- H.B. 64, Private Property Protection Act amendments — passed and forwarded to the Senate, announced 49 yes, 15 no. Sponsor said the bill creates an ombudsman to mediate disputes between property owners and government agencies.
- H.B. 105, Civil Relief Act (substitute) — uncircled, amended to delete "unorganized militia" language, and passed as amended, announced 50 yes, 19 no. Floor debate raised possible overlap with the federal Soldiers' and Sailors' Relief Act and effects on courts and creditors.
- H.B. 112, Pre-placement and post-placement adoptive evaluations — amended to add certified professional counselors as qualified evaluators and passed, announced 64 yes, 0 no.
- H.B. 127, Utility siting amendments — sponsor explained amendments that would let impacted non-user cities appeal to a review board; the bill was encircled and the transcript later recorded an unclear spoken vote tally (verify official journal for exact numbers).
- H.B. 141, Medical education program — passed and forwarded to the Senate, announced 45 yes, 18 no. Sponsors said the bill sets up a board to reallocate Medicare-derived funds to support residency slots across institutions and expand training in rural and ambulatory settings.
- H.B. 320, Spousal remedy in personal injury cases — sponsor described a limited spousal compensation remedy tied to primary injury claims; the transcript reports a recorded vote announced in the chamber (clerk read 62 yes, 5 no) and several members declared conflicts of interest on the record.
- H.B. 364, Substitute (organization/administration allocation) — circled until after lunch.
- Memorial: House read a citation honoring the life and public service of Carol Dean Page, Utah county recorder, and then recessed until 2 p.m.
Notes: Several vote tallies were announced from the floor and are reported above as read on the record in the transcript; for H.B. 127 the oral tally in the transcript is unclear and should be confirmed with the official House journal.
