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House approves several bills on water claims, corrections work programs, IDs and tourism; key votes at a glance
Summary
The Utah House voted on multiple measures Feb. 24, 1997, including passage of HB131 (water-claims procedures), HB282 (inmate work-program amendments), HB27 (tobacco tax concurrence), HB244 (driver's license smart-card substitute), HB99 (limits on elected-official images on reports), HB236 (municipal bond process) and HB88 (tourism marketing fund). Tally and next steps are listed.
The Utah House of Representatives completed a busy floor session Feb. 24, 1997, advancing and approving several bills that will be sent on to the Senate or the governor for further action.
Bills the House passed include HB131, which revises how older "diligence" underground and above-ground water claims are processed; HB282, which updates inmate work-program rules and extends certain private-sector opportunities to county jails; and HB244, which approved a first substitute for a driver's-license smart-card bill after floor debate over privacy and technical changes. The chamber also concurred with Senate amendments to HB27 (a tobacco tax measure), passed HB99 restricting certain uses of elected officials' likenesses in statutorily required reports, and approved HB236 on municipal building authority bonds. The chamber amended and passed HB88, a tourism marketing performance fund bill, and set the scheduling of other companion measures for later committee consideration.
Vote tallies recorded on the floor included: HB131 — 66 yes, 0 no (passed); HB282 — (recorded 261 yes, 12 no in the transcript as read aloud on the floor); HB362 (first-step motion to set time certain) — motion passed 36 yes, 31 no; HB27 (second substitute, concurrence with Senate amendment) — 52 yes, 20 no (passed); HB244 (first substitute) — 43 yes, 23 no (passed); HB99 — 67 yes, 2 no (passed); HB236 — 68 yes, 0 no (passed); HB88 — 63 yes, 6 no (passed).
Many of the measures carried amendments on the floor. HB282 prompted detailed questioning about which security classifications of inmates may participate, how wages are set and the role of a recommended advisory committee. HB244 drew extended debate on whether licensees should have a non-chip option; that amendment failed but the substitute passed. HB88 was amended to set aside part of the fund for infrastructure needs related to increased tourism and to provide an annual appropriation mechanism.
Next steps: Passed bills will move to the Senate as noted on the floor. The house also set a time certain for the discussion of substitute HB362 on informed-consent abortion rules for the next day at 10:30 a.m.
