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Votes at a glance: House passes a package of bills including evidence, arson, child care and criminal-attempt changes
Summary
On the House floor the body approved a series of bills (roll-call votes below) including evidence‑amendments (HB139), highway designation (HB347), arson penalty changes (SB38), hunting-license clarification (SSB138), motor-fuel purchase rule repeal (SB133), witness-tampering changes (SB63), criminal-attempt clarification (SB143), and others; several votes were unanimous or near‑unanimous.
The House advanced a number of bills on the third-reading calendar and the consent calendar during its session, recording the following roll-call results and brief descriptions:
- House Bill 139 (Evidence Amendments) — Passed 64-0; allows documented photographs to be used as evidence in certain theft cases so recovered property may be returned to owners. (Sponsor: Representative Murray.)
- House Bill 347 (State Highway Designation) — Passed 68-0; designates part of Highway 89 as the Mormon Pioneer Heritage Area. (Sponsor: Representative Steiler.)
- Senate Bill 38 (Arson Offense Amendments) — Passed 68-0; changes felony degrees for intentional arson to account for endangerment of human life or substantial bodily injury. (Sponsor: Representative Urquhart.)
- First Substitute Senate Bill 138 (Fishing and Hunting License Amendments) — Passed 71-0; clarifies eligibility for youth who turn 12 in the calendar year. (Sponsor: Representative Steiler.)
- Senate Bill 133 (Bulk Delivery of Motor Fuel) — Passed (vote recorded unanimous); removes a 750-gallon threshold for tax-exempt purchases by the state and political subdivisions. (Sponsor: Representative Keiser.)
- Senate Bill 63 (Witness Tampering Amendments) — Passed (unanimous); strengthens protections for witnesses/victims and criminalizes retaliatory threats. (Sponsor: Representative Newbold.)
- Senate Bill 143 (Criminal Offense Attempt Amendments) — Passed 69-0; clarifies standard for attempt, emphasizing when conduct is reasonably certain to cause a result and a defendant’s awareness. (Sponsor: Representative Urquhart.)
- Senate Bill 123 (Court Reporter Amendments) — Passed; renames 'shorthand reporter' to 'court reporter' and adds definitions for voice reporting/writing. (Sponsor: Representative Thompson.)
- Senate Bill 113 (Administrative Procedures Act Amendments) — Passed 71-0; technical citation consistency changes to Title 58. (Sponsor: Representative Pace.)
- Senate Bill 149 (Pete Suazo Utah Athletic Commission) — Passed 67-2; clarifies commission language including the term 'purse' and broadens martial-arts language. (Sponsor: Representative Goodfellow.)
Several procedural items were also approved, including motions to recall and reconsider House Bill 189 for amendment and temporary suspension-of-rules votes to permit late aye votes to be recorded. The House recessed for 10 minutes at the conclusion of this sequence of votes.
What’s next: Most bills passed on third reading will be returned to the Senate for signature or further action; any bills recalled or amended were placed for further floor or committee work.
