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Utah House approves package of repealer and procedural measures
Summary
The Utah House approved a series of repealer bills targeting underused advisory boards and several procedural measures, including electronic filing allowances and an election campaign fund distribution change; most passed unanimously or by large margins and were referred to the Senate.
The Utah House on Jan. 21 advanced a package of bills to remove dormant advisory boards and streamline administrative processes, approving several measures unanimously and sending them to the Senate.
Lawmakers moved quickly through a set of 'repealer' bills presented by the Government Operations Committee. Representative Hendrickson said staff and the governor's office found the Local Government Information Technology Review Committee 'never used' and recommended repeal; the House passed House Bill 8 70-0. Similar bills repealing a Medical Examiner Committee (House Bill 9, 67-1), an Investment Advisory Committee (House Bill 10, 67-0), the Utah Occupational Safety and Health Advisory Board (House Bill 11, 72-0), the State Advisory Planning Committee (House Bill 14, 70-0) and the Environmental Quality Coordinating Committee (House Bill 15, 72-0) also passed and were sent to the Senate.
Representative Bush described House Bill 38, to repeal the Health Benefit Plan Committee, saying its mission can be performed through the Department of Insurance's rule-making authority; the House passed HB38 75-0. Representative Butters explained House Bill 19 would change how the election campaign fund checkoff is distributed: the state tax commission would notify parties of donations and state parties would then proportionally disperse funds to counties; HB19 passed 70-1.
On procedural items, the House 'circled' (set aside for later action) several measures for additional work, including House Bills 21 and 22 involving electronic government services. After further consideration HB21 and HB22 were taken up and passed later in the session (HB21 recorded as 73-0; HB22 recorded as 72-0). The House also authorized the Speaker to sign a commendation for Kent Parsons for work expanding translator TV service.
Votes at a glance: House Bill 8 (70-0, passed), HB9 (67-1, passed), HB10 (67-0, passed), HB11 (72-0, passed), HB14 (70-0, passed), HB15 (72-0, passed), HB19 (70-1, passed), HB21 (73-0, passed), HB22 (72-0, passed), HB38 (75-0, passed). Several other items were circled for additional work.
The House adjourned to reconvene at 10 a.m. the following day.
