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Votes at a glance: key bills the Utah House passed on Feb. 28
Summary
During an extended floor session the House approved multiple bills on the third‑reading calendar, including bills on occupational health, utilities procurement, retirement exclusions, immunity for recreational activities, and a concurrent resolution approving a large legal settlement; tallies and short descriptions are provided.
The Utah House advanced and passed a slate of bills from the Senate third‑reading calendar during the afternoon session, handling a mix of policy and technical items and returning them to the Senate for final action.
Notable items passed include:
- First Substitute Senate Bill 234 (occupational and environmental health amendments): codifies the Rocky Mountain Center of Occupational and Environmental Health at the University of Utah and creates an advisory board. Vote reported as 7 yes, 0 no, 5 absent.
- Third Substitute Senate Bill 246 (government law changes): amendments and a floor amendment vote were handled; final passage reported as 72 yes, 0 no.
- Senate Bill 247 (retirement systems membership exclusions): allows certain interlocal cooperative agency employees (temporary hires) to be excluded from the state retirement systems upon written request; passed 71 yes, 0 no.
- Senate Bill 179 (immunity for counties/municipalities for skydiving and related activities): extends liability protections for inherent risks of listed recreational activities (including paragliding and hang gliding); passed 64 yes, 1 no.
- Senate Bill 235 (public utilities amendments): creates a limited procurement waiver for the Public Service Commission in emergencies to acquire generation; passed 61 yes, 2 no.
- Senate Bill 254 (private investigator regulation amendments): circled earlier, later uncircled and passed (vote recorded as 68 yes, 4 no), tightening apprenticeship and reciprocity rules.
- Second Substitute Senate Bill 261 (disposition of real property): substituted on the floor to refine public‑interest and exaction disposition rules and passed 68 yes, 0 no.
- House and Senate concurrence votes on multiple bills: the House concurred with Senate amendments to several house bills (e.g., HB164, HB137, HB155) and completed final passage votes with tallies recorded on the floor.
- Senate Concurrent Resolution 7 (approval of a settlement exceeding $1,000,000 involving a nursing home and CMS participation): the House approved the concurrent resolution 66 yes, 1 no, 8 absent; the settlement requires legislative concurrence because of statutory thresholds for large settlements.
Most votes were conducted by roll call or speaker announcement and were referred to the Senate for signature of the president where required. Several bills were handled under suspension of rules and a few were substituted on the floor before final votes.
