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Utah House keeps existing leadership and rules in short special session; recesses to 9:30 a.m.
Summary
In a brief special session, the Utah House voted by voice to retain its current leadership and adopt rules used in the annual session of 02/2002, suspended full-title readings of bills unless requested, appointed a committee to notify the governor and recessed until 9:30 a.m.
The Utah House of Representatives opened a special session and, after a short ceremonial prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, moved quickly through procedural business, voting by voice to maintain existing chamber leadership and to adopt the same rules the body used in its annual session in 02/2002.
Representative Curtis moved that the House "continue with the same organization for the third special session" regarding the speakership and majority and minority leadership, and Representative Hatch moved that the chamber "adopt the same rules and joint rules for the third special session ... as adopted in the annual general session of 02/2002." The Speaker called the question and, with no one requesting debate, members responded by voice in favor.
The House also took a series of procedural steps to speed its work in the special session. A motion to suspend the reading of the full titles of bills and resolutions when they are first introduced was approved, except when an individual representative requests a full title reading. The chamber further moved that a committee, working with a Senate committee, be appointed to "wait upon the governor" and inform him that the legislature was organized and ready to receive any communications.
During the opening, Representative Richard Sidaway led the assembled members in a prayer that asked for civility and wisdom during deliberations. The Speaker recorded three excused absences: Representative Scott Daniels, Representative Judy Buffmeier, and Representative Kevin Garn.
A motion to recess was made and carried; the House recessed to caucus and agreed to return at 9:30 a.m. The session’s procedural actions were completed by voice votes; no roll-call tallies were recorded in the transcript.
The House did not take final substantive votes on bills or enact new statutory provisions during the portion of the session captured in the transcript. The next items on the House calendar and any actions taken after the 9:30 a.m. return were not included in the provided transcript.
