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Roundup: House moves multiple technical and departmental bills forward
Summary
On Feb. 8 the House passed or moved multiple consent and departmental bills to the Senate (including HB 249, HB 250, HB 247, HB 222, HB 73, HB 236 and others), most by lopsided or unanimous votes; several items were circled or assigned to committees per the Rules Committee report.
The Utah House acted on a long consent calendar and several departmental bills during its Feb. 8, 1999 session, approving multiple measures with limited floor debate and sending them to the Senate.
Notable consent- and committee-reported items the House passed or forwarded included:
- House Bill 249 (Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing Act Amendments): sponsor described the bill as aligning statutory diversion procedures to existing practice; House vote 66-0. - House Bill 250 (Collection Agency Amendment): departmental housekeeping bill clarifying application forms and fee cross-references; vote 67-0. - House Bill 247 (Secured Transactions — UCC forms; e-commerce friendly changes): sponsor said the measure requires machine-printed UCC forms and enables Internet transactions for Commerce; vote 68-0. - Concurrence with Senate amendments to House Bill 222 (Bradshaw): motion to concur adopted and final passage recorded 71-0. - House Bill 73 (Leaving the Scene of an Accident): increased penalties for fleeing accidents involving injury or death, including a mandatory $750 fine for such incidents; vote 67-3. - House Bill 236 (Driver License hearing process): amendments from the DUI task force, including making a third/subsequent DUI within six years a third-degree felony in some circumstances and procedural changes to hearings; vote 71-0.
Several other bills were circled for later consideration (for example HB 74 and HB 80) and the Rules Committee report assigned a batch of printed bills to standing committees. The House adopted the committee report and adjourned until 10 a.m. the following day.
