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House concurs with Senate amendments on multiple bills and clears a batch for the Senate
Summary
On March 1, 2005, the Utah House concurred with Senate amendments and passed multiple bills on a concurrence calendar, including bills on emissions oversight, IT governance, commissions, education, GPS funding, and insurance, recording a series of roll-call votes.
The Utah House on March 1, 2005, moved through a large concurrence calendar, adopting the House Rules Committee recommendations and concurring with Senate amendments on multiple bills. Several measures were advanced to final passage or referred to the Senate for signature, typically after brief floor explanations or technical clarifications.
Representative Gibson asked the House to concur with Senate amendments to second substitute House Bill 93, stating the amendment allows counties to determine whether emissions requirements should be maintained and to provide reasons for such determinations; the House concurred and the bill passed the House 63 yes, 9 no. Representative Clark explained Senate clarifications to House Bill 109 to allow elective constitutional offices to opt into an IT governance provision; Clark noted a $25,000 house fiscal note and the House approved final passage under suspension of the rules (final recorded vote reported as 50 yes, 17 no). Representative Ehrlich explained Senate amendments to House Bill 157 (water enforcement penalties) that set a time limit for the penalty; the House concurred and recorded 71 yes, 0 no.
Other items the House moved forward included House Bill 165 (Utah Commission on Aging) — sponsor Representative Jones said amendments clarified the commission is time-limited to two years and that the executive director's pay will be covered from existing Department of Human Services federal block grant funds; final passage recorded 46 yes, 26 no. Representative Holdaway summarized changes to House Bill 216 reducing initial funding from $1,500,000 to $375,000 and eliminating a $75,000 ongoing appropriation; the measure passed 68 yes, 1 no. Representative Goodfellow described Senate amendments to first substitute House Bill 234 (telephone surcharge for education) that lowered funding to match House priorities; the House concurred (63 yes, 9 no). Representative Johnson explained second substitute House Bill 188 changes funds to scholarships and tuition for beginning teachers; final passage was 56 yes, 14 no. Representative Morley moved technical corrections to first substitute House Bill 105, which passed 73 yes, 0 no. Representative Dunnigan noted Senate deletions in first substitute House Bill 200 regarding title insurance agency requirements will be referred to the new title insurance commission; final passage was recorded and the bill will be sent to the Senate.
The House also uncircled and amended first substitute Senate Bill 177 (related to statute-of-limitations and DNA evidence), approving the amendment and passing the bill 72 yes, 0 no. The Rules Committee report adopting the suspension recommendations was adopted earlier in the session.
Most items advanced with brief sponsor explanations and without extended floor debate; several bills had fiscal notes or technical fixes that prompted suspension-of-rules votes to allow final passage on the same day.
