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Votes at a glance: House moves dozens of bills, including HB199 and HB179, to the Senate
Summary
The Utah House adopted multiple committee reports and passed a slate of bills and resolutions on Jan. 27, 2000, including HB199 (limits on government suits against gun manufacturers), HB179 (expanding use of private adoption agencies), HB246 (archives appropriation), and several other measures. Several bills were circled for further work.
The Utah House on Jan. 27 adopted a series of committee reports and passed a wide range of bills and resolutions, sending them to the state Senate for further consideration.
Key outcomes recorded on the floor included: 72–0 passage of HJR4 (resolution approving removal of a district court from Park City) (vote recorded SEG 201–202); 63–2 passage of House Bill 246 (appropriation to archive former governors’ records) (SEG 326–327); 67–2 passage of House Bill 71 (implementation and auditor involvement for new programs) (SEG 457–458); 69–0 passage of HCR3 (affordable housing resolution urging federal action on tax-exempt bonds) (SEG 795–796); 47–22 passage of House Bill 199 (limits on lawsuits by government entities against gun manufacturers) (SEG 1055–1057); 62–4 passage of House Bill 242 (child visitation guidelines, with Amendment No. 2 adopted) (SEG 1179–1181); 49–19 passage of House Bill 179 (privatization/expanded use of private child-placing agencies for certain DCFS adoptions) (SEG 1678–1680); 56–17 passage of House Bill 67 (task force on family conflict resolution) (SEG 1824–1826); 40–25 passage of House Bill 58 (local government amendments relating to emergency dispatch/special service districts) (SEG 1879–1881); 43–25 passage of House Bill 68 (higher education extension programs in county jails) (SEG 2492–2494); and 70–3 passage of House Bill 227 (Community & Economic Development amendments) (SEG 2037–2039).
Several items were circled (held for further work) earlier in the session and some were later uncircled for floor consideration, including HB178, HB220 (reconsidered/circled), HB54 and HB228 (substitution and circling). The Rules Committee also moved numerous bills and closing resolutions onto the third-reading calendar.
What happened next: Passed bills will be sent to the Senate for further action; circled items will be revised or returned to committee for amendments.
