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Votes at a glance: multiple Senate bills pass the Utah House on Feb. 2, 2000
Summary
The House approved several Senate bills in a busy floor session: SB4 (podiatrist assistant licensure exemption), SB84 (judgment levy option), SB13 (State Parks/Mountain Meadow Monument), SB83 (unemployment insurance amendments), SB92 (nurse‑midwife sunset extension), SB129 (Y2K technical fixes) and others were placed on calendars or referred to committees.
A series of Senate bills received action on the House floor on Feb. 2. The following summarizes key outcomes and brief descriptions provided during floor action.
- Senate Bill 4 — Passed (64‑1): Allowed podiatrist office assistants to take three limited, low‑radiation foot X‑ray views under podiatrist supervision without a radiology license; sponsor said Department of Professional Licensing approved the minor change and cited parallels with dental assistants.
- Senate Bill 84 — Passed (68‑0): Uncircled and passed; the bill permits taxing entities to pay disputed refunds earlier to avoid interim interest charges when court decisions require refunds to centrally assessed taxpayers.
- Senate Bill 13 — Passed (67‑1): Transfers oversight of the Mountain Meadow Monument to the most appropriate state park (likely Snow Canyon State Park) and clarified grant eligibility for trails and related maintenance.
- Senate Bill 83 — Passed (59‑0): Modified unemployment insurance definitions to match IRS wage definitions and removed a statutory requirement for recorded hearings in certain fraud cases to reallocate resources to investigations.
- Senate Bill 92 — Passed (70‑0): Extended the sunset date for nurse midwife licensure provisions to July 1, 2010; floor supporters cited a long record of safe practice and statewide coverage.
- Senate Bill 129 — Passed (65‑0): Technical ‘Y2K’ statute revisions to replace references to 1900 with a neutral formatting to avoid Y2K problems.
Several other bills were read for second reading, placed on calendars, or assigned to committees. The rules committee report also listed many House and Senate bills for assignment to standing committees.
Details of each bill, including committee votes and floor tallies, were recorded in the journal entry for Feb. 2, 2000.
