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House moves a slate of consent and substantive bills; key floor votes and outcomes
Summary
On Feb. 26 the Utah House adopted a conference committee report for HB11 (defining 'nominal fee' as not exceeding $1 per year), passed multiple consent bills including SB134 and SB155, and approved a package of other bills summarized here with announced floor tallies.
The House handled a mix of ceremonial, consent and substantive items in its Feb. 26 session. Highlights and floor outcomes announced by the clerk:
- HB11 (conference committee report adopted): Conference amendment defines a nominal fee as not to exceed $1 per year (motion carried; clerk announced passage of HB11 with 61 yes, 0 no). (block evidence: SEG 122–171)
- SB134 (substitute; juvenile code renumbering): Passed on consent (announced 65-0). (SEG 338–356)
- SB155 (court reporting / video record): Passed on consent (announced 70-0). Sponsor said the bill will permit video as the record in many hearings and direct transcript fees to a restricted account. (SEG 360–401)
- SB208 (Motor Carrier pilot program): Passed (announced 67-0) and publicly read and signed by the Speaker. (SEG 626–639)
- HCR8 (landfill-siting resolution for Box Elder County): Passed (announced 62-0) and referred to the Senate. The resolution endorses the landfill‑siting committee recommendations and urges permitting be coordinated with committee findings. (SEG 875–936)
- HCR9 (bonding cap for moderate-income housing): Passed (announced 58-0). (SEG 727–746)
- Multiple house bills on consent calendars (examples): HB316 (tax assessment uniformity), HB400 (county volunteer firefighters hours), HB408 (new municipality bonding authority) — all reported passed on the floor and referred to the Senate as recorded. (see transcript items referenced below)
Where debates were substantive, the house recorded roll-call or divided votes (for example, the divided motion to delete two sales-tax exemptions produced a split result: the airline-food deletion passed by 35-31 while the pollution-control exemption deletion failed, 21-45). Several bills with extended floor debate (HB313, HB127, HB113) were amended and passed or advanced to the Senate.
Note on clerk readbacks: in at least one case the clerk’s on-floor readback contains an internal correction (see HB113 passage readout). For certified tallies consult the official House journal and clerk’s record.
