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Votes at a glance: key House actions, Feb. 7, 1997
Summary
The House approved multiple bills on Feb. 7, 1997. Notable roll-call tallies recorded on the floor include HB8 (concurred with Senate amendments, 68–0), HB147 (emergency vehicle lights, recorded 66–0), HB153 (concurred, 68–0), HB170 (71–0), HB178 (63–2) and HB198 (71–0). Several consent-calendar bills and committee reports were also adopted.
The Utah House recorded the following notable actions on Feb. 7, 1997. Where the floor transcript provided a written tally, it is noted; where the transcript summarized action without a clear roll-call count, the tally is marked "not specified." All items below reflect what was said on the House floor during the session.
- House Bill 8 (concur with Senate amendments regarding appointment source): motion to concur carried; House reported 68 yes, 0 no (floor announcement).
- House Bill 147 (emergency-vehicle lights; add the word "blue" to clarify enforcement): sponsor explained statutory change; House reported passage (floor read as 66 yes, 0 no in the transcript record).
- House Bill 153 (property tax relief amendments): concurrence with Senate amendments adopted; floor read 68 yes, 0 no.
- House Bill 45 (sobriety/traffic checkpoint staffing change): sponsor described research supporting checkpoints; passed on the floor (tally not clearly specified in the transcript excerpt).
- House Bill 75 (statute-of-limitations technical/conforming language): placed on the consent calendar; sponsor summarized the change; final tally on the floor not specified in provided transcript excerpt.
- House Bill 170 (domestic-abuse insurance protections): passed on the floor with 71 yes, 0 no and forwarded to the Senate.
- House Bill 178 (foster-care citizen review board, second substitute): passed by recorded vote, 63 yes and 2 no.
- House Bill 198 (homestead-exemption second substitute): passed on the floor with 71 yes and 0 no.
Other committee reports and bills were assigned to standing committees and calendars (education, judiciary, natural resources, political subdivisions, public utilities and technology, revenue and taxation, transportation) as announced by the Clerk and committee chairs.
Notes: The transcript contains some OCR/wording irregularities in floor-read vote tallies; where the record was unclear, this summary marks the tally as "not specified."
