Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Floor Votes topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Votes at a glance: Utah House passes multiple bills; one tax credit fails
Summary
The Utah House on Feb. 5, 2001, approved a slate of bills on criminal justice, rural health and licensing matters — including specialty license plates and telepharmacy — while rejecting a residential-security tax credit. Several measures will be transmitted to the Senate for further consideration.
The Utah House convened Feb. 5 and recorded final action on a number of bills, advancing several to the Senate and filing one tax-credit proposal.
Among the measures the House passed were HB241 (jurisdiction amendment), HB237 (offender registry bill), the first substitute to HB234 (law enforcement and special function officer amendments), second substitute HB72 (penalties for misuse of securities), HB31 (concurrence on child-welfare oversight panel amendments), HB37 (reauthorization of administrative rules), HB89 (rural pharmacy/telepharmacy), HB90 (residential facilities for persons with a disability) and HB93 (expungement changes). Votes were recorded on the floor and tallied by the reading clerk.
Notable outcomes included:
- HB241 (jurisdiction amendment): Passed, 74 yes, 0 no. Representative Scott Daniels explained the measure would make appellate review for dismissals consistent with Supreme Court review of convictions.
- HB237 (offender registry): Passed, 74 yes, 0 no. Representative DeMar Bud Bowman said the bill clarifies that only convictions (not charges) will be listed and standardizes registration for nonresidents and out-of-jurisdiction convictions.
- Second substitute HB72 (Penalty for Misuse of Securities): Passed, 74 yes, 0 no. Representative Bryson described expanded definitions and penalties, saying items unlawfully obtained valued above $10,000 would be treated as more serious felonies.
- HB92 (spay-and-neuter specialty license plate): Passed, 56 yes, 19 no. Supporters said the plate provides donated revenue for nonprofit programs to reduce euthanasia; opponents warned against proliferating specialty plates. Representative Biskupski, sponsor, stated the $9,000 noted in the fiscal section is a private contribution and not taxpayer money.
- H.B. 2 22 (residential security container income tax credit): Failed, 30 yes, 42 no. Amendments reduced the maximum credit and made it nonrefundable; the House ultimately voted to file the bill.
- HB93 (expungement of certain felonies): Passed, 73 yes, 0 no. Representative Hendrickson said the bill clarifies code language to prevent reductions intended only for sentencing from being used to make some registerable offenses expungable.
Several bills were sent to the Senate for consideration, and others were placed on the House consent or third-reading calendars during the session. The House briefly resolved into a committee of the whole to hear Ogden Mayor Matthew Godfrey after adopting HJR13 recognizing Ogden’s sesquicentennial. The day concluded with a report from the rules committee and an adjournment until 10:00 a.m. the following day.
The House recorded formal vote tallies on the floor; where the reading clerk provided only aggregate counts, vote totals above reflect those on the official floor record.
