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On the floor: a roundup of bills passed and committee assignments
Summary
During the Jan. 28 session the House took up multiple committee reports and passed several bills on the floor (including HB 165 and SB 36) and assigned a package of bills to standing committees; several bills were circled for further work.
The Utah House adopted multiple committee reports and advanced a number of bills on Jan. 28, 2003. Notable actions recorded in the transcript include:
- House Bill 165 (reviser bill): House concurred with Senate amendments; clerk announced the bill received 68 yes, 0 no and will be returned to the Senate for signature (SEG 159–176).
- Senate Bill 36 (Mineral Lease Fund Amendments): Representative Seitz explained the bill expands permitted uses of mineral lease funds to include public higher-education institutions; clerk announced SB 36 passed the House with 70 yes and 1 no (SEG 309–337).
- House Bill 14 (tourism reporting): The House amended and passed HB 14 (see separate story); clerk recorded a final tally of 40 yes, 30 no (SEG 903–905).
- A number of committee reports were adopted and a batch of bills were assigned to standing committees by the Rules Committee (examples include HB 223, HB 224, SB 26, HB 101); the House adopted the rules committee report and placed several bills on second/third reading calendars (SEG 1978–1999; SEG 2036–2044).
Other procedural actions: the House approved SJR 2 to reappoint the legislature’s general counsel under suspension of the rules after floor praise for Gaye Taylor; several bills (including HB 8 and HB 13) were circled for further drafting and stakeholder consultation.
This roundup covers recorded floor votes and committee assignments present in the provided transcript.
