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Utah House processes dozens of Senate transmittals, forwards bills and records several roll-call votes
Summary
The Utah House read communications from the Senate, placed multiple bills on calendars, and recorded roll-call votes and concurrence motions on Feb. 27, 2002. Several bills were returned to the Senate or placed on the House third-reading calendar.
On Feb. 27, 2002, the Utah House of Representatives opened a floor session that began with a clerk reading communications from the Senate listing numerous House bills the Senate had passed as amended, including HB 16, HB 28, HB 43, HB 72, HB 233 and first substitute HB 250. The clerk said the measures "are transmitted for further consideration."
The House adopted multiple committee reports and placed several items on the consent calendar after brief procedural motions. Richard Sidaway, as committee chair for Workforce Services and Community and Economic Development, moved a favorable recommendation on HB 353 (an appropriation to the Department of Community and Economic Development). Wayne Harper, chair of Revenue and Taxation, presented a slate of tax-related committee recommendations and explained changes on bills affecting tax definitions and rainy-day funds.
The House also handled calendar management. Members voted to lift HB 89 from the Rules Committee and place it at the bottom of the House third-reading calendar; that motion passed on a recorded vote, 47 yes and 22 no. Later, the House concurred with Senate amendments on a number of bills after motions and brief sponsor explanations.
Notable recorded outcomes on the floor during the session included the passage of the first substitute Senate Bill 87 (grandparents' visitation amendments) with a roll-call result of 72 yes and 0 no; and second substitute Senate Bill 101 (criminal background checks for licensed human-services providers) being reported as passing the House with 66 yes and 0 no during the bill-processing sequence reported on the floor. A joint resolution urging a study of certain exemptions (SJR 6) was also recorded as passing this body with 73 yes and 0 no.
Several other items were read by title, transmitted to the Speaker or returned to the Senate for presidential signature as part of regular interchamber processing. The clerk and presiding officer handled motions to concur, motions to adopt committee reports, and the mechanical steps of reading and signing bills required by the Journal.
