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Votes at a glance: key bills the Utah House advanced Feb. 20, 2004
Summary
Summary of significant floor actions taken by the Utah House on Feb. 20, 2004, including major votes and outcomes on health, retirement, tobacco funds, and procedural items.
The House considered and recorded final action on multiple bills on Feb. 20, 2004. Below are principal items and the outcomes recorded in the floor transcript.
- Second Substitute House Bill 198 (Child Welfare Court reports): House concurred with Senate amendment (change in reporting timeframe from 3 days to 5 days); concurrence recorded on the floor and bill returned to Senate for signature/processing.
- Second Substitute House Bill 206 (Constitutional Defense Council amendments): House concurred with Senate amendments after sponsor noted technical clarifications and committee approval; the floor record shows the House concurred and returned the bill to the Senate.
- First Substitute House Bill 262 (Penalties for providing false or misleading information in court): Representative Jeff Alexander introduced and successfully moved Amendment 2 (materiality standard and broader application), summation waived and the amended bill proceeded to final roll-call.
- First Substitute House Bill 70 (Geriatric Care Manager / LPN career ladder): Sponsor explained an LPN career ladder and training for geriatrics to improve retention and patient safety; the House passed the bill by recorded vote (62 yes, 0 no) and forwarded it to the Senate.
- House Bill 263 (State Retirement System Amendments): Sponsor described a 25-year buyout option allowing non-contributory system employees to buy the final five years at full actuarial cost (no state cost if employer/employee pay); the House passed and forwarded the bill to the Senate per the transcript.
- House Bill 146 (County cooperative agreements for fire protection): House passed the bill (68 yes, 0 no) and sent it to the Senate.
- House Bill 108 (Insurance and Retirement for Charter School Employees): Passed the House (46 yes, 26 no) and referred to the Senate.
- House Bill 260 (Tobacco Fund Allocation Amendments): Sponsor reported the state received $27,004,400 in 2004 and a projected $26,108,700 in 2005; House passed the bill 72–0 and forwarded to the Senate.
- House Bill 152 (Charter school governance): Passed the House (57 yes, 16 no) and forwarded to the Senate.
Procedural actions: The House took procedural votes to circle or reconsider multiple bills (HB 273, HB 56, HB 150 among others) as recorded in the transcript. The House then recessed until 2:00 PM.
Notes on tallies: Where the transcript recorded roll-call tallies the numbers above are quoted exactly as read by the Clerk; for some floor items the transcript records action or passage without a detailed roll-call tally in the excerpt.
