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Utah House passes consent-calendar bills, honors community members and adjourns
Summary
On Feb. 15, 1999 the Utah House passed a slate of consent-calendar bills (including HB158, HB162, HB166, SB104, HB196, HB223, HB261, HB102) and read commemorative citations honoring Provo's sesquicentennial, Brent Atkin, and Jose E. Martinez before adjourning.
The Utah House advanced multiple bills on the consent and third-reading calendars and read several ceremonial citations before adjourning Feb. 15, 1999.
Key roll-call outcomes recorded on the floor included:
- House Bill 158 (Ronson Lane Amendments): passed 70–0; referred to the Senate. - House Bill 162 (Consumer Protection Amendments): passed 72–0; referred to the Senate. - House Bill 166 (Daytime arrest/service definitions): passed 74–0; referred to the Senate. - Senate Bill 104 (Court Jurisdiction Amendment): passed 68–5. - House Bill 196 (concurrence with Senate amendments; implementation date change): final passage 71–0. - House Bill 223 (special service district bond security; concurrence with Senate amendments): passed 72–0. - House Bill 84 (hospital billing itemization): passed 55–19; referred to the Senate. - House Bill 102 (Public Mental Health and Substance Abuse System Reform): passed 62–8; referred to the Senate. - House Bill 261 (Higher Education Savings Incentive Program amendments): passed 67–0.
Ceremonial recognitions included a commemorative citation honoring Provo’s sesquicentennial; an in-memoriam citation recognizing Brent V. Atkin’s contributions to ranching and public lands policy (presented with family in the gallery); and a citation honoring Jose Eleazar Martinez for long service to Utah’s Hispanic and migrant communities. Representatives from multiple districts delivered brief remarks in tribute to Atkin and expressed condolences to his family.
Representative Susan Cohen moved and the House adopted the Rules Committee report listing bills for committee assignments and printing. The House adjourned until 10 a.m. the following morning on a motion that passed by voice vote.
The day’s calendar combined routine floor business and ceremonial items with substantive policy debate on health-finance and transparency measures.
