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Utah House advances a package of bills on wildlife, historic trails, naturopathic formularies and rules committee assignments
Summary
On the third‑reading calendar the House passed bills including First Substitute HB 182 (historic livestock trails), HB 168 (Cooperative Wildlife Management Unit amendments), HB 198 (naturopathic formulary peer committee amendments), and other measures; the Rules Committee report and bill assignments were adopted before a recess.
Following lengthy debates on several items, the Utah House disposed of multiple bills on the third‑reading calendar by recorded voice or roll-call votes and adopted the Rules Committee report to assign additional bills to standing committees.
Representative Johnson presented First Substitute HB 182 (historic livestock trails), explaining the bill clarifies the law on trails used historically by the livestock industry and the responsibility for fencing when homes are built along such trails. The bill passed 69–1 and was referred to the Senate.
Representative Gowans introduced HB 168 to allow turkey to be included within Cooperative Wildlife Management Units; Representative Gowans said the Department of Wildlife Resources requested the change. The House passed HB 168 69–1 and sent it to the Senate.
Representative Farrin moved to uncircle HB 198 (Naturopathic Formulary Peer Committee Amendments), offered an amendment to allow the committee to seek input from other licensing boards and explained changes to committee composition; the amendment passed and the bill passed recorded 59–1.
The House also adopted the Rules Committee report (Rebecca Lockhart, chair) listing numerous bills and assigning measures to standing committees; the House adopted the report and accepted substitute versions where committee recommendation required it. The body recessed to 2:00 p.m.
Recorded tallies on the floor matched the totals announced by the clerk for each bill as noted above. Bills passed on the floor will be transmitted to the Senate for consideration.
