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House passes a slate of bills: healthcare tax credit, insurance tweaks, fee-waiver verification among actions
Summary
On Jan. 28 the Utah House cleared multiple consent-calendared and third-reading bills — including HB 69 (Federal Healthcare Tax Credit Program), HB 195 (Insurance Law Amendments), HB 160 (Wildlife license agents), HB 60 (Insurance Licensing), and HB 183 (fee-waiver verification) — and scheduled HB 240 for Monday consideration.
The Utah House advanced several bills on Jan. 28, moving a mix of consent-calendar items and third-reading measures to the Senate or to later calendars.
On the consent calendar the House passed:
- HB 69 (Federal Healthcare Tax Credit Program Act): Sponsored by Rep. Oda/Odom, the bill makes permanent certain state provisions related to a federal health coverage tax credit and removes sunset language; it passed 70-0 and will be transmitted to the Senate.
- HB 195 (Insurance Law Amendments): A technical housekeeping bill for the insurance code presented by Rep. Dunnigan; it passed 72-0 and was referred to the Senate.
- HCR 6 (Legislators Back-to-School program recognition): Passed 71-0 and referred to the Senate.
- HB 160 (Wildlife License Agents Amendments): Adjusts reporting dates and administrative cooperation between license agents and the Division of Wildlife Resources; it passed 73-0 and was referred to the Senate.
On the third-reading calendar the House passed:
- HB 60 (Insurance Licensing Amendments): Clarifies producer licensing, viatical settlement producer licensing, and raises continuing education requirements; passed 65-0 and will go to the Senate.
- HB 183 (Verification of eligibility for fee waivers): After amendment, Rep. Harper’s bill adding income-tax return or current pay stub as verification options passed 63-6 and will be referred to the Senate.
The House also moved HB 240 (Disaster Loan Program) from Rules under suspension of the rules to be considered on Monday at 10:30 a.m. under a time-certain calendar.
Most of the passed bills were noncontroversial on the floor and carried unanimous or strongly favorable tallies; HB 183 generated some technical questions about fiscal-note language prior to passage.
