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Votes at a glance: Utah House passes education capital outlay and expands harassment law
Summary
House Bill 46 (public education capital outlay) passed the Utah House 41-32 and will be sent to the Senate; House Bill 221 (electronic communication harassment) passed unanimously, 63-0, expanding the telephone harassment statute to cover electronic communications.
Two bills received final action in the Utah House on Feb. 8, 2005.
House Bill 46, the Public Education Capital Outlay Act amendments, won final passage in the House. In sponsor remarks, Representative Cox argued the state is not doing enough school construction in districts with low property valuations and rapid growth and said he did not seek a new funding formula but wanted to protect the capital outlay fund. The clerk announced House Bill 46 received 41 yes votes and 32 no votes and will be referred to the Senate for further consideration.
House Bill 221, titled 'electronic communication harassment' in the transcript, was introduced by Representative Dougal. He said the bill expands the telephone harassment statute to define 'electronic communication' to include e-mail, paging and similar technologies, updating the statute to reflect changes in technology. The House voted to refer HB221 to the Senate after the clerk announced the bill had received 63 yes votes and 0 no votes.
Both bills will proceed to the Senate for further consideration; the transcript records the House vote tallies and sponsor remarks but does not include additional committee referral or fiscal detail in the floor record.
