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House advances long consent list, transmitting scores of bills to the Senate
Summary
The Utah House read and moved a lengthy concurrence/consent calendar on March 1, 2004, transmitting dozens of bills — ranging from teacher classifications and workers’ compensation provisions to construction lien and local government measures — back to the Senate or for the speaker’s signature.
On March 1, 2004, the Utah House of Representatives read a broad consent and concurrence calendar and advanced numerous bills for further Senate consideration or for signature.
The clerk read an extensive list of measures the Senate had transmitted or the House had passed, including (but not limited to) 3rd Substitute House Bill 66 (spending limitations), Substitute House Bill 100 (school professional development days), House Bill 126 (teacher classifications), House Bill 146 (county cooperative agreements for fire protection), and first substitute House Bill 195 (consumer protection amendments). Several measures were identified as signed by the president of the Senate and transmitted for the speaker’s signature.
Members were urged by the floor leader to review the listed bills and their sponsors before final processing; the list also included a mix of technical and programmatic measures such as construction lien rules, electronic filing of preliminary lien documents, revenue-and-taxation provisions and a House concurrent resolution urging open space along the Jordan River. Most of the items were taken up without extended floor debate.
The consent-calendared bills are procedural priorities that generally move expedited legislation through both chambers; items highlighted on the floor were transmitted for further consideration or for the speaker’s signature. The House recessed after completing multiple readings and sending passed measures forward.
