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House advances broad package of bills on housing, elections, telemarketing and more
Summary
On Jan. 28 the Utah House advanced a cluster of committee‑backed bills — including pieces on telemarketing, housing, revisions of statutes and multiple committee reports — moving many items to the third‑reading calendar and sending several bills to the Senate.
The Utah House of Representatives spent its Jan. 28 session advancing a broad set of measures from committee reports and consent calendars, sending multiple bills to the Senate and placing others on the third‑reading calendar.
Committee chairs presented favorable recommendations for bills across policy areas. The Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment Committee recommended first substitute HB206 (ecoterrorism prohibition and penalties) be placed on the third‑reading calendar and the House adopted that committee report. Government Operations, Political Subdivisions, Workforce Services and Revenue and Taxation committees reported favorable recommendations for multiple bills (including HB80, HB212, HB227, HB208, HB294, HB175 and HB58), and the House adopted those committee reports and set many of the bills for second and third readings or on the consent calendar.
The House also processed a large batch of bill introductions (including HB117–HB331) and considered interchamber communications transmitting a set of Senate bills. On the consent calendar, HB49 (emergency services amendments) passed and was forwarded to the Senate. The House adopted rules committee assignments and held a division vote on the rules committee report; the motion passed (42 yes, 19 no) and bills were assigned to standing committees. Additional measures and resolutions (for example HCR1 supporting resources for affordable housing) passed on the floor and were sent on for Senate consideration.
Procedural votes, committee report adoptions and roll calls dominated the session; most measures will next be considered by the Senate or directed to committee for further work.
