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Votes at a glance: House passes a slate of technical and policy bills and routine calendar actions
Summary
The House approved a series of mostly technical and committee-recommended items on the Senate and House calendars, including HB222 (pilot program cleanup), SB6, SB36, SB101, SB27 (as amended), and housekeeping actions; several measures were circled or encircled for future consideration.
During the floor session the Utah House moved multiple items through committee reports, consent-calendars and third-reading votes.
Notable recorded outcomes included: - House Bill 222 (Pilot program repeal cleanup): Presented as a statutory cleanup; the House closed and passed the bill, "Having received 72 yes votes, 0 no votes," and the bill was referred to the Senate. - Senate Bill 6 (sales and use tax agricultural exemptions): Described as a technical cleanup preserving existing exemptions; passed 73-0. - Senate Bill 36 (tax treatment of pawn redemption transactions): Sponsor said the bill exempts repurchase/redemption from sales tax and codifies current practice; passed 70-0. - First substitute Senate Bill 23 (property tax treatment of tangible personal property): Passed 57-15 (covered in a separate article). - Senate Bill 27 (sunset reauthorizations): Passed as amended, 53-16, after floor amendment debate about the Utah Commission for Women and Families. - Senate Bill 101 (Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act revision): Passed 61-0 after a small wordsmithing change.
The House also moved several bills between calendars, circled or encircled items for further committee consideration, and adopted the Rules Committee report assigning bills to standing committees. The House adjourned to reconvene at 10 a.m. the following day.
