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Utah House advances a batch of bills on consent calendar; dozens of measures cleared
Summary
The Utah House passed numerous consent-calendar measures on Feb. 21, 2007 — including licensing, education and administrative bills — as members moved quickly through first- and second-readings and consent votes before taking up longer floor debates later in the morning.
The Utah House of Representatives cleared a large set of bills during its morning session on Feb. 21, 2007, advancing measures ranging from licensing changes to educational administration and public-safety technical fixes.
The session opened with the clerk transmitting several Senate actions and the speaker calling attention to items placed on the consent calendar. Multiple bills were read for the first time, referred to rules, or placed on the consent calendar with brief sponsor remarks and committee-report summaries. Sponsors noted committee votes and attendance before roll-call votes on many measures.
Among items acted on under consent were amendments to the Revised Business Corporations Act (S.B. 99), psychologist-licensing changes (S.B. 134), modifications to licensure exemptions for work on power plants (S.B. 147), State Office of Education human-resources amendments (H.B. 184), and a transfer-of-student-records bill (H.B. 310). Committee chairs reported favorable recommendations on dozens of additional bills, and many were passed or placed on the House consent calendar for later action.
Votes were recorded for the consent items during the period detailed in the House calendar (consent calendar discussion and votes run in the transcript from morning roll-call items through the speaker’s announcement that consent business concluded). Where sponsors discussed specifics, they described limited substantive changes (for example, a psychologist-licensing bill allowing applicants to complete required supervised hours concurrently with doctoral training).
What happens next: Most of these consent-calendar bills were referred to the Senate or placed on the rules calendar for prioritization and further consideration.
Votes at a glance (selected items recorded on the consent calendar): - S.B. 99 (Revised Business Corporations Act amendments) — passed on consent. - S.B. 134 (Psychologist licensing act amendments) — passed on consent (committee reported 9–0). - S.B. 147 (Exemptions from licensure modifications) — passed on consent. - H.B. 184 (State Office of Education HR Management amendments) — passed and referred to the Senate. - H.B. 310 (Transfer of student records) — passed and referred to the Senate.
All votes and committee recommendations referenced in this summary are based on the House floor record for Feb. 21, 2007.
