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Utah House opens special session with housekeeping votes, clerk appointment and committee authorizations
Summary
As the House opened the fourth special session in September 2006, members confirmed organizational leadership and rules, appointed Sandy D. Tenney as chief clerk, authorized committees to notify the Senate and Governor, and agreed to procedural practices to speed consideration of items on the special-session calendar.
The Utah House of Representatives completed a set of organizational and procedural actions at the opening of the fourth special session called in September 2006.
Representative Alexander moved that the House continue with the same organization for the special session as during the 2006 general session (covering speakership and party leadership). The motion was approved by voice vote ('Aye') and the Speaker announced the motion passes. The Speaker then announced the appointment of Sandy D. Tenney as chief clerk for the special session; Tenney proceeded to read the Governor’s proclamation and the lieutenant governor’s certification.
The House adopted the same House rules and joint rules used during the 2006 general session after Representative Lockhart moved adoption and the motion passed by voice vote. Representative Furry moved to authorize the Speaker to appoint a committee to wait upon the Senate; the Speaker appointed Representatives Hunsaker, Allen, and Selig to carry that message. Representative Becker moved that a committee be appointed to wait upon the Governor; the Speaker named Representatives Fern, Painter, and Morgan for that assignment.
Representative Alexander also moved that all House and Senate bills and resolutions acted upon during the 2006 fourth special session be considered under suspension of the rules; that motion passed by voice vote. Alexander further moved that the House continue the practice of reading only short titles of bills and resolutions on the House calendar unless the majority directs otherwise; the motion passed. Representative Lockhart attempted a motion to consider all House bills read for a second time under suspension of the rules but withdrew it.
Procedural context and votes: All passage announcements in the transcript were by voice vote (members saying "Aye") and the Speaker declared motions passed; the transcript excerpt does not include roll-call vote tallies. Several motions were explicitly recorded as passed or withdrawn on the floor.
Next steps: The Speaker said the House would wait for reports from the committees sent to the Senate and the Governor before proceeding further on the special-session calendar.
Quotation: "Seeing none, those in favor say aye... Motion passes," the presiding Speaker announced repeatedly during the opening proceedings.
Note on reporting: Where the transcript records a voice vote without a roll-call tally, this article reports the motion outcome as announced on the House floor and notes that specific vote counts were not provided in the transcript excerpt.
