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House adopts committee reports and advances multiple bills, including parks access and UST reauthorization
Summary
On Jan. 27 the Utah House adopted multiple committee reports, placed several bills on third‑reading calendars and passed a number of measures unanimously or by large margins, including a joint resolution on session-employee compensation and passage of HB217 (park access) and HB221 (UST reauthorization).
The Utah House of Representatives on Jan. 27 adopted a series of committee reports, referred a large batch of bills to standing committees and passed several measures on the floor.
Committee reports adopted included recommendations from Rules, Judiciary, Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice, Transportation, and Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment committees. The House voted to assign bills such as HB102, HB277, HB293, HB282 and numerous others to specific standing committees for further consideration.
On the third‑reading calendar the House passed Senate Joint Resolution 8, a measure to raise session‑employee compensation by an indicated 3% for temporary session staff; the Clerk recorded the vote as 67 yes, 0 no. The House also passed HB217 (Edge of the Cedar State Park access road) by voice with 69 yes votes and no nays; the sponsor said the substitute would make San Juan County and the City of Blanding eligible to apply to an existing Parks Access fund and split local funding responsibilities with the county and city covering half the project cost.
Other bills approved included HB221 (underground storage tank reauthorization), which the sponsor said reauthorizes the state UST fund and passed 66–0; HB224 (Health Care Assistant Registration Act) advanced with a floor amendment expanding covered facilities and then passed with 67–0; HB42 (unemployment compensation fraud penalties) passed 69–0 after committee reports and summation. Several bills reported favorably by the Judiciary and Transportation committees were placed on the third reading calendar.
The House completed business for the day and adjourned until 10 a.m. the following morning.
