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Votes at a glance: dozens of committee bills moved; insurance and other cleanup measures pass
Summary
On Feb. 12 the House adopted numerous committee reports, moved many bills to consent or third‑reading calendars and passed several noncontroversial or cleanup bills, including HB240 (70‑1), HB172 (67‑0), HB171 (70‑0) and HB245 (71‑0).
The Utah House handled a wide set of committee reports and floor votes on Feb. 12, advancing numerous bills with little extended debate.
Committee reports adopted and bills placed on consent/third‑reading calendars included measures from Health and Human Services (House Bill 120; Senate Bills 91 and 112), Public Utilities and Technology (House Bill 323; House Bill 145), Education (House Bills 113 and 126) and Business and Labor (House Bills 160 and 136; House Bill 251; Senate Bill 132).
Notable floor votes with recorded tallies included:
- House Bill 240 (Revenue and Taxation: Offenses and Penalties), presented by Representative Ron Bigelow, passed 70 yes, 1 no and will be forwarded to the Senate. - House Bill 172 (Insurance Liquidation Law amendments), presented by Representative Seneca Farren, passed 67 yes, 0 no. - House Bill 171 (Insurance Fraud amendments), passed 70 yes, 0 no. - House Bill 245 (Insurance law revisions), passed 71 yes, 0 no. - House Bill 36 (first substitute) and House Bill 239 (detailed in separate articles) also passed the House and will be transmitted to the Senate.
The Rules Committee recommended printing and assignment of many bills (including a substitute for House Bill 69 and multiple assignments across standing committees) and the House recorded those committee reassignments. The body adjourned until 10 a.m. Monday.
