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House action summary: multiple Senate bills read, amended and passed March 2, 1998
Summary
During a single busy floor session the Utah House read many Senate bills by title, adopted amendments, and passed dozens of measures on a tight appropriations schedule, sending multiple bills back to the Senate for signature or further action.
On March 2, 1998, the Utah House of Representatives processed a broad third‑reading calendar from the Senate, adopting amendments and voting on multiple bills across policy areas including education, criminal law, professional licensing, special license plates, judiciary cleanup, and intergovernmental administration.
Highlights of floor action included:
- Multiple Governor-signed bills were announced to the journal (Governor Michael O'Lovitt's communications). (see clerk's reading)
- A series of Senate bills were publicly read by title and acted on. Examples recorded on the House floor during the session include (not exhaustive): SB28 (Massage Practice Act amendments), SB107 (notaries for electronic documents), SB38 (education requirements of adoption assistance), SB90 (assaulting a peace officer — penalties for repeat offenders), SB103 (indigent defense fund amendments), SB116 (parental restitution language circled for further work), SB134 (soil conservation license plate), SB147 (mine reclamation surety), SB68 (judiciary amendments), SB145 (child support amendments), SB64 (background checks for health-care professionals), SB149 (Landscape Architect Licensing Act), SB215 (children's-issues license plate), SB146 (nursing regulation compact), SB53 (motor-vehicle business regulation), SB95 (Ordinary School Termination Act), and others.
- Where recorded on the floor, vote tallies included: SB38 (38 yes, 28 no), SB134 (62 yes, 7 no), SB147 (60 yes, 0 no), SB68 (68 yes, 0 no), SB145 (69 yes, 0 no), SB64 (68 yes, 0 no), SB215 (39 yes, 31 no), SB95 (54 yes, 2 no), SB162 (56 yes, 1 no), SB211 (63 yes, 1 no), among many other recorded tallies cited on the House floor.
- The House also handled procedural motions: circling bills (holding them for amendment or further work), recalling HB444 from the Senate for a technical amendment, and adopting a rules committee report to put a slate of Senate bills on the third‑reading calendar under suspension of rules.
The body recessed for an executive appropriations committee meeting and scheduled votes later in the afternoon on major appropriations bills.
