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House approves a slate of bills on consent calendar and third-reading calendar
Summary
On Jan. 30 the Utah House approved multiple consent- and third-reading bills, including HB10, HB12, HB14, HB235, HB62, HB44, HB107, HB35, HB59 and several others; most passed unanimously and will be sent to the Senate.
The Utah House moved through a lengthy consent and third‑reading calendar on Jan. 30, voting to advance and pass numerous bills across policy areas.
Among the measures approved on the consent calendar were:
- House Bill 10 (disclosure of identity to officer): sponsor Representative Curtis Oda said the bill lets officers detain an individual for identification when reasonable suspicion exists; passed 65‑0 and referred to the Senate.
- House Bill 12 (Controlled Substances and Paraphernalia): clarifies residue may be treated as a substance for charging enhancements; passed 73‑0.
- House Bill 14 (Discharge of Firearm Amendments): separates felony and misdemeanor provisions and adds penalties for firing toward dwellings or people; passed 73‑0.
- House Bill 235 (County Merit System Amendments): allows large sheriff departments (over 100 sworn officers) to have more than one chief deputy; passed 70‑0.
- First substitute House Bill 62 (Clean Fuel special group license plate): authorizes UDOT rulemaking to comply with federal HOV/alternate-fuel exceptions; passed 71‑0.
- House Bill 44 (Declaration of Candidacy Revisions): aligns filing dates for local board positions with municipal filing dates; passed 70‑0.
- House Bill 107 (Emergency Management Administrative Council): converts a prior advisory council into an administrative council with policy-making and grant-application authority; passed 72‑0.
Other third-reading approvals included HB35 (motor and special fuel tax amendments), HB59 (community and economic development technical changes), HB258 (Medicaid drug-utilization amendments), HB26 (Notary Public revisions, 69‑1), HB33 (Waivers of immunity exceptions, 69‑0) and House Bill 95 (document fraud/identity theft unit, 73‑0). The House also approved Senate Bill 112 on an expedited basis to codify a memorandum of understanding about legislative office space (70‑0).
Most items were adopted with limited floor debate and will be forwarded to the Senate for further consideration.
