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House advances multiple committee reports and pauses for sound-system repairs
Summary
The Utah House adopted standing committee reports brought forward for revenue, taxation and retirement matters, placed several bills on the third-reading and consent calendars, and recessed for about 10 minutes to resolve sound-system problems.
The Utah House of Representatives adopted several standing committee reports and advanced multiple bills on the calendar Tuesday during its floor session, then recessed briefly to address sound-system problems.
The reading clerk, identifying the Senate’s transmissions, told members the upper chamber had sent over several measures “including Senate Bill 7, Senate Bill 11, Senate Bill 16, first substitute Senate Bill 23, Senate Bill 36, Senate Bill 76, Senate Bill 78, Senate Bill 95, and Senate Joint Resolution 4.” Annette B. Moore was recorded as the secretary of the Senate for that communication. The presiding officer announced those measures would receive their first reading in the House and be referred to the Rules Committee.
The Revenue and Taxation Committee reported favorable recommendations on House Bill 9 (sales and use tax — agricultural exemption; vehicle limitation), House Bill 171 (calculation of mining severance tax on beryllium), House Bill 190 (individual income tax electronic filing requirements) and House Resolution 2 (supporting permanent repeal of the federal inheritance tax). Wayne Harper was identified in the record as committee chair for the revenue committee report. Representative Donaldson moved to adopt the Revenue and Taxation standing committee report; the presiding officer put the motion to a voice vote and the committee report was adopted.
The presiding officer then set House Bill 9, HB 171, HB 190 and House Resolution 2 for second reading and placed them on the third‑reading calendar.
Separately, the Retirement and Independent Entities Committee reported favorably on House Bill 173 (state employee amendments) and House Bill 180 (retirement office amendments), both sponsored by Representative A. Hardy, and recommended placing those bills on the consent calendar. A motion to adopt that committee’s report was approved by voice vote and the items were placed on the consent calendar for future action.
Midway through routine business, the chamber experienced intermittent microphone problems. After several members tested microphones and staff discussed technical fixes, the presiding officer asked Representative Alexander for a motion to recess to address the issue. The presiding officer announced, “The motion is that we saunter for 10 minutes.” The motion carried on a voice vote and the House recessed briefly to allow staff to investigate and restore full audio function.
No roll-call vote tallies were recorded in the transcript for the committee adoptions or the recess; the record shows voice votes with the presiding officer announcing the outcomes. The House proceeded with its calendar work after the short recess.
