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Votes at a glance: Key Senate bills handled by the Utah House Feb. 19, 1997
Summary
The House took up multiple Senate bills Feb. 19, advancing or signing several measures: items included parole education (SB9), financial-institution changes (SB100), department renaming (SB35), a ban on 'ultimate fighting' (SB43), consumer-protection and procurement amendments, and a settlement-related committee hearing. Tallies below are the vote totals announced on the House floor.
The Utah House handled a large set of Senate bills on Feb. 19. Below are the principal items called and the outcomes as announced on the House floor.
- SB9 (Parole/probation education requirement): Passed (clerk announced the bill "passes" after the roll call as reported on the floor).
- SB100 (Financial institutions — fee schedule, industrial loan corporations, parity provisions): Passed (clerk recorded 58 yes, 1 no; SB100 was returned to the Senate for consideration).
- SB35 (Rename Department of Agriculture to Utah Department of Agriculture and Food): Passed (clerk recorded 66 yes, 0 no).
- SB43 (Prohibition on 'ultimate fighting'): Passed (clerk recorded 60 yes, 6 no).
- SCR3 (Designating May 1997 as Utah Bone Marrow Registration Day): Passed (clerk recorded 64 yes, 2 no).
- SB129 (Privilege and information disclosures in civil actions): Passed (clerk recorded 68 yes, 0 no).
- SB103 (Consumer protection amendments, internet as transactional resource): Passed (clerk recorded 59 yes, 1 no).
- SB95 (Procurement amendments for construction/design–build): Passed (clerk recorded 61 yes, 1 no).
- SB119 (UDOT rulemaking authority for road engineering/design): Passed (clerk recorded 63 yes, 0 no; returned to the Senate for further action).
- SB141 (State and federal law enforcement concurrent jurisdiction over test ranges): Passed (clerk recorded 43 yes, 28 no).
- SCR4 (Resolution encouraging economic resettlement of rural Utah): Passed (clerk recorded 70 yes, 0 no).
- SB143 (Penalty for joyriding): Passed (clerk recorded 60 yes, 0 no).
Many other Senate bills were read by title and handled by unanimous or near-unanimous votes as part of the day's Senate calendar. Where the House record shows bills were "returned to the Senate," that indicates the House passed the measure and the bill will continue through interchamber steps or be enrolled per regular procedure.
Next steps: Bills noted as returned to the Senate will await further Senate action or enrollment for signature; bills signed by the Speaker for the journal entry were recorded as such.
