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Utah House authorizes conference committees and swiftly passes consent and concurrence measures including Military Appreciation Week
Summary
The House authorized the Speaker to appoint conference committees for bills where the Senate refused to recede, appointed three House conferees, and passed a package of consent and concurrence items including HCR 15 (Military Appreciation Week) and several Senate bills; vote tallies were recorded for each item.
The Utah House moved through a packed floor session that combined routine procedural actions with several formal votes and one conference committee authorization.
The House recorded a motion by Representative Lockhart to authorize the Speaker to appoint a conference committee to resolve differences with the Senate on bills that the Senate refused to recede on (notably House Bill 28 and House Bill 88). The motion passed, and the Speaker later announced the House appointees for a conference committee as Representative Brad Johnson, Representative Mike Noel and Representative Jim Gowans.
On the consent calendar and related business the House recorded and passed multiple items. Representative Jay Stewart Adams presented HCR 15 designating June 12–19 as Military Appreciation Week; the House approved the resolution 72–0 and transmitted it to the Senate. The House then approved Senate Bill 182 (assistant adjutant general qualifications) 73–0 and House Bill 335 (increasing penalties for use of false identification aimed at preventing minors from obtaining alcohol) 73–0; Representative Brent Goodfellow said the bill was intended to address a ring in schools and referenced 'Internet sites' selling Utah driver's licenses. Additional Senate bills passed included SB 146 (Olympics law cleanup) 73–0, SB 187 (rules for selecting Water Conservancy trustees when municipalities span counties) 73–0 and SB 184 (interlocal cooperation act amendments) 70–2. The House also concurred with Senate amendments to House Bill 94 (73–0) and to first substitute House Bill 164 (74–0), returning both bills to the Senate for final signature.
Several votes were completed rapidly and recorded by the voting clerk; no floor amendments to the listed bills were recorded in this session and no further debate was entered on the items carried on the consent calendar. The Speaker also recognized guests in the gallery and paused for a House floor photograph.
Actions recorded in the session include the conference committee authorization for bills where the Senate refused to recede, and formal passage/concurrence votes for the listed bills; the transcript records the vote tallies for each passage and the names of the House conferees announced by the Speaker.
