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Votes at a glance: key measures approved by the House on Feb. 27
Summary
A roundup of bills the House approved on Feb. 27, including concurrence votes and final passage tallies for several measures involving appropriations, open-meetings notice, school energy loans and education funding.
The Utah House took recorded votes on multiple measures Feb. 27. Key outcomes reported on the floor include:
- Second Substitute Senate Bill 75 (Advanced Health Care Directive Act): passed 70–0. - First Substitute Senate Bill 240 (litigation fund restricted account for highway projects): passed 54–18–3; directs unused funds to the LeRay McAllister Critical Land Conservation Fund. - First Substitute Senate Bill 64 (tourism, recreation, cultural and convention facilities tax advisory board — Salt Lake County): passed 63–8–4. - First Substitute Senate Bill 204 (human remains-related amendments): passed 69–0. - Senate Bill 119 (municipal license fee/tax on public assembly facilities, as amended): passed 59–13. - Fourth Substitute House Bill 222 (open and public meetings, electronic notice — concurrence): passed 70–1. - House Bill 351 (revolving loan fund for certain energy-efficient projects for school districts — concurrence): passed 68–3 with 4 absent. - Third Substitute House Bill 382 (education funding amendments — concurrence): passed 73–0. - House Bill 150 (new fiscal year supplemental appropriations — concurrence): recorded as passed and referred to the Senate.
These votes reflect a mix of substantive floor debate on several items and multiple concurrence motions where the House agreed to Senate amendments. For bills where the recorded tally was provided on the floor, the counts are noted above as stated in the transcript.
