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House notified Senate passed House Bill 2001; House signs and adjourns special session
Summary
Floor communications recorded that the Senate passed House Bill 2001 (election law amendments by Rep. L. Pace); the House had the bill read and signed, entered the signing on the journal (November 2003, per the journal text), returned the measure to the Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel, and adjourned the second special session on a voice vote.
The Utah House of Representatives was notified on the floor that the Senate had passed House Bill 2001, an election-law amendments measure authored by Representative L. Pace, and the House then completed formal reading, signed the bill and adjourned the second special session of the 50th Legislature.
According to a floor communication read into the record, the reading clerk stated, "the Senate passed House Bill 2,001, election law amendments by Representative L. Pace." The message noted the bill "has been signed by the President and is transmitted" and identified Annette B. Moore as Secretary of the Senate transmitting the communication.
On the House floor the bill was described as having been publicly read by Tyler and thereafter signed by the Speaker; the Speaker directed that the signing be entered on the House journal. The journal entry in the transcript references November 2003 (the spoken language in the record is rendered as "on this the November, near 2003"). The House record shown in the transcript also states the bill "will be returned to the Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel" for further processing (the transcript contained a garbled phrase that was rendered in the record as "Lead Sled Research and General Counsel," which the House floor context indicates refers to the Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel).
Shortly afterward the reading clerk moved "that we adjourn, [sine] die the second special session of the 50th Legislature" (transcript wording: "I would move that we adjourn, sign, die the second special session of the 50 fifth legislative"). The Speaker put the question and the transcript records vocal support — "Aye" — and the Speaker stated the motion passed. The transcript contains only a voice vote and no roll-call tally or named vote record.
No amendments to the bill, committee referrals or substantive debate about the contents of House Bill 2001 appear in the provided transcript. The floor communication establishes passage by the Senate, a formal reading in the House, journal entry and return to legislative staff for processing; after those steps the House adjourned the special session.
