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Votes at a glance: House passage and committee assignments, Jan. 30, 2007
Summary
On Jan. 30 the Utah House adopted multiple committee reports, passed a bundle of bills (including H.B. 200, H.B. 32, H.B. 76, H.B. 83, H.B. 85, H.B. 210) and assigned many bills to standing committees via the Rules Committee report; H.B. 232 failed.
Here are the principal actions taken by the Utah House on Jan. 30, 2007, based on the House floor transcript:
Passed by the House and referred to the Senate (selected roll calls recorded): • H.C.R. 3 — urging Congress to consider tech options to reduce children’s and employees’ exposure to adult Internet content (71‑0). • H.B. 200 — standardizing documents filed with county recorders, amended to cap supplemental handling fee at $2 per page (73‑0). • H.B. 32 — expedited parent‑time (visitation) mediation, amended to reference court ADR rules and 'best interest of the child' (63‑4). • H.B. 76 — public safety dispatcher compensation (salary survey inclusion), (59‑0). • H.B. 83 — forgery amendments (clarifying unauthorized signing can be forgery), (69‑0). • H.B. 85 — sentence reduction clarification, (56‑0). • H.B. 210 — county sheriff qualification amendments (probationary period extension to one year), (65‑4).
Filed / failed on the floor: • H.B. 232 — sheriff qualifications (required corrections certification) failed on roll call, (18‑47) and was filed.
Rules Committee assignments (selected): bills assigned to Business & Labor, Education, Government Operations, Health & Human Services, Judiciary, Law Enforcement, Natural Resources, Political Subdivisions, Revenue & Taxation and Transportation standing committees; the Rules report was adopted.
Other floor actions included adoption of Government Operations, Political Subdivisions and Revenue & Taxation committee reports and the sponsor‑requested amendment and assignment of H.B. 278 (community based self‑sufficiency grants) with funding line changes from $300,000 to $150,000 for listed fiscal lines.
This roundup is a non‑exhaustive list of floor actions recorded in the Jan. 30 transcript; members debated topic details on the floor for several bills and committee reports.
