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Votes at a glance: House advances Senate‑prioritized bills on aging, courts, health and infrastructure
Summary
The House advanced a package of Senate‑priority bills on a range of topics (aging commission, juvenile judge, disaster medical reserve, tax exemptions, rural broadband, and more). Most passed on voice or unanimous recorded votes and were referred back to the Senate for signature or further consideration.
On the Senate third‑reading calendar the Utah House considered and acted on a slate of Senate‑prioritized bills. Many were noncontroversial or passed after brief discussion. Key outcomes included:
- SB 26 (Utah Commission on Aging): passed 58-15-2. Sponsors said the commission will transition to the University of Utah on a two‑year timeline with a sunset and expected self‑sustaining status after transition.
- SB 38 (Juvenile Court Judge): circled and later uncircled for action; when considered it passed 65-0-10; explained as adding one juvenile court judge to the Third Judicial District to address heavy referral volume.
- SB 46 (Health Care Amendments): amended to align fiscal language and passed 67-0-8; includes establishment of a medical reserve corps for emergency activation.
- SB 85 (Mining Test Fees): passed 67-0-8; allows the Labor Commission to retain fees to administer mining certification tests.
- SB 93 (Governor’s Rural Partnership Board Amendments): passed 69-0-6; clarifies per diem/expense authority for board members.
- SB 96 (Sales/use tax exemption for disposable home medical supplies): passed 67-0-8; clarifies tax exemption status.
- SB 151 (Case Management Pilot Project): passed 69-0-6; one-time funded, two‑year pilot in the Third Judicial District to test dedicated case managers.
- SB 200 (Reduced cigarette ignition propensity): placed on calendar but circled for further amendments and discussion; no final floor disposition recorded in this transcript excerpt.
- SB 217 (Science and Technology Education Program Amendments): passed 71-0-4; expands funding and programming for informal science and technology education efforts.
- SB 268 (Rural Broadband Service Fund): amended to set funding at $1,000,000 (source noted as reallocated funds) and passed 55-7-13; creates a small grant fund to incentivize broadband deployment in areas that are not commercially viable.
Where a fiscal note or additional amendments were needed, members moved to "circle" or temporarily set bills aside to allow time for corrections; several bills were later uncircled and voted.
The House then recessed for caucus at 1:30 p.m.
