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Utah House adopts a package of bills; key votes and outcomes
Summary
On March 3, 1999 the Utah House adopted conference committee reports and approved measures on county government procedures, school safety, hospital assessments, employee leave, digital services and financial-services amendments; several measures passed on final votes and were sent to the Senate for signature.
The Utah House of Representatives on March 3 adopted a number of conference committee reports and passed multiple bills, sending several to the Senate for further action.
The House adopted the conference committee report on first substitute House Bill 380 (county government amendments) and then passed that bill on final passage, 73 yes, 0 no. The House also concurred with Senate amendments and passed House Bill 364 (safety in the public schools), 52 yes, 21 no; House Bill 89 (special election notice to registered voters), 71 yes, 2 no; House Bill 284 (hospital provider assessment account amendment), 53 yes, 19 no; and third substitute House Bill 164 (annual leave accrual and conversion to deferred compensation), 72 yes, 0 no. Several of those bills were transmitted to the Senate for the president's signature.
On the Senate calendar, the House passed Senate Bill 107 (licensure accommodations for people with certain disabilities), 69 yes, 0 no; Senate Bill 188 (the Digital State Act, requiring certain state services to be offered online by February 2002 and creating a rural telecommunications task force), 54 yes, 18 no; and Senate Bill 39 (establishing an Office of Public Guardian), 54 yes, 18 no. The House also passed first substitute Senate Bill 208 (cohabitant abuse act amendments) and other appropriations and technical measures presented by conference committees.
The session also carried a high-profile, extended debate on first substitute Senate Bill 113 (financial-services amendments), which passed after floor debate and multiple failed amendments: final passage recorded at 43 yes, 27 no. Fourth-substitute Senate Bill 156 (Utah Technology Finance Corporation amendments) and related amendments were debated and passed, and the House accepted numerous conference committee reports on appropriations and other bills.
Many measures were the product of conference committee work between House and Senate negotiators and were read into the record before final votes. Several votes included recorded tallies that were read publicly from the floor and the bills were transmitted to the Senate with the Speaker's signature soon after passage.
What happens next: bills sent to the Senate for the president's signature and conference committee matters unresolved will be handled according to the normal interchamber process. Several items noted fiscal considerations or implementation timelines (for example SB 188's 2002 online-service deadline), which agencies will address prior to implementation.
