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At a glance: House floor actions Feb. 9 — concurrence votes, bill passages and committee assignments
Summary
The House adopted committee reports, concurred with Senate amendments on several bills, passed multiple measures on final or second reading, circled several bills for further study and assigned many bills to standing committees. Notable floor outcomes included passage of HB223, HB23, HB49, HJR2, HB74, HB264, HB70, HB93 and HB72; HB78 failed in a floor vote.
The Utah House completed a range of procedural and substantive actions on Feb. 9. Key outcomes recorded on the floor include the following votes and procedural moves:
- Concurrence and final-passage items • House Bill 223 (concurrence with Senate amendments regarding school and institutional trust lands exchanges): House concurred; final passage recorded as 69 yes, 0 no. (See concurrence motion and final vote.) • Second substitute House Bill 23 (New Century Scholarship amendments): Concurrence with Senate amendments and final passage recorded as 65 yes, 8 no. • First substitute House Bill 49 (annexation/resolution changes): Passed on final passage with 67 yes, 6 no. • House Joint Resolution 2 (limits on victim advocate presence in criminal but not civil proceedings): Concurred and passed with 75 yes, 0 no.
- Bills passed on the floor after debate or amendment • Second substitute House Bill 76 (special-election notice to registered voters): Passed as amended (64 yes, 11 no). • House Bill 274 (Fire Prevention amendments): Passed (73 yes, 0 no) and referred to Senate. • First substitute House Bill 264 (condominium insurance and common-area amendments): Passed (71 yes, 0 no) and referred to Senate. • First substitute House Bill 70 (Personal Information Privacy Task Force): Passed with 66 yes, 6 no; referred to Senate. • House Bill 93 (portability and funding for health and human services study committee extension): Passed with 67 yes, 3 no; referred to Senate. • House Bill 72 (Utah Telehealth Commission): Passed 45 yes, 28 no; referred to Senate.
- Failed measures or filed bills • Second substitute House Bill 78 (State Board of Education election amendment): Failed on the floor (27 yes, 45 no) and will be filed.
- Circled (set aside for later consideration) bills • House Bill 298 (Budget Reserve Account / Money Management Act amendment) — motion to circle adopted; the bill will be revisited. • House Bill 306 (Martin Luther King Jr. Day designation) — circled. • House Bill 13 (repeal of Motor Fuel Marketing Act) — circled. • Several other bills were circled as recorded on the floor.
- Rules committee actions and assignments • The Rules Committee report was adopted; many bills were assigned to standing committees including education, health and human services, judiciary and revenue and taxation.
These floor outcomes create the agenda for the Senate and committee scheduling. Where tallies or specific fiscal notes were given on the floor, they are cited in the articles covering each bill. Votes and tallies above reflect the clerk’s announcements on the House floor.
