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Votes at a glance: key House floor actions on Feb. 1, 2000
Summary
On Feb. 1 the Utah House adopted a range of committee reports and passed numerous bills (consent items and contested measures). This roundup lists key bills, sponsors, and final recorded votes from the floor session.
The Utah House recorded votes and committee actions on a broad set of bills on Feb. 1, 2000. Below are key items and final recorded outcomes from the floor session.
Passed and referred to the Senate
- House Bill 74 (offenses against minors) — sponsor Representative Trish Beck; final vote: 68 yes, 0 no. - House Bill 75 (Bar applicant background checks) — sponsor Representative Patrice Arrant; final vote: 69 yes, 1 no. - House Bill 56 (child abuse homicide definitions) — sponsor Representative Gordon E. Snow; final vote: 72 yes, 0 no. - House Bill 168 (uniform data collection in public education) — sponsor Representative Lloyd W. Franson; final vote: 66 yes, 0 no. - House Bill 166 (assistance to necessary small schools) — sponsor Representative Johnson; final vote: 66 yes, 0 no. - House Bill 161 (background checks for weapons purchase including juvenile adjudications) — sponsor Representative Tyler; final vote: 73 yes, 0 no. - House Bill 15 (appropriation for soil conservation districts) — sponsor Representative Gallens; final vote: 64 yes, 5 no, 6 absent. - House Bill 61 (distribution of sales and use tax revenues for cultural/recreational facilities) — sponsor Representative Johnson; final vote: 70 yes, 1 no, 4 abstentions. - House Bill 64 (mobile and manufactured home amendments) — sponsor Representative Butters; final vote: 68 yes, 0 no, 7 abstentions. - House Bill 154 (mapping/documentation of RS 2477 rights-of-way appropriation) — sponsor Representative Johnson; final vote: 57 yes, 11 no, 7 abstentions. - House Bill 57 (amendments to justification of defense relating to child serious injury) — sponsor Representative Gary S. Cox; final vote: 71 yes, 0 no, 4 abstentions. - House Bill 37 (rural health care amendments) — sponsor Representative Ben C. Ferry; final vote: 69 yes, 0 no, 6 abstentions. - House Bill 25 (appropriation for environmental literacy) — sponsor Representative Dennis H. Iverson; final vote: 64 yes, 7 no.
Failed
- House Bill 79 (post-secondary textbook sales tax exemption) — sponsor Representative Duane Bordeaux; final vote: 31 yes, 40 no — failed to pass.
Other actions
- Several bills were circled for later action (e.g., HB54, HB59, HB173) or substituted on the floor per committee reports. Committee report adoptions and referrals to standing committees were also recorded.
These results are drawn from the House floor proceedings on Feb. 1; bills that passed will be transmitted to the Senate. Reported tallies are the final floor tallies announced by the presiding officer.
