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Votes at a glance: House advances multiple bills to the Senate on Jan. 29, 2008
Summary
On its ninth day, the Utah House approved a swath of third‑reading bills (consumer protections, criminal law adjustments, election and administrative matters) and adopted committee reports assigning many additional bills to standing committees. Several bills passed unanimously or by lopsided margins.
The Utah House moved a number of bills on the third‑reading calendar to the Senate during the Jan. 29 floor session. Selected results and outcomes from the day's votes:
- House Bill 249 (vehicles covered by new motor vehicle warranties): passed 65 yes, 0 no; referred to the Senate.
- House Bill 11 (Parole amendments): passed 68 yes, 0 no, 7 absent; referred to the Senate.
- First Substitute House Bill 18 (material harmful to minors, amendments): substituted and passed (floor substitution approved); referred to Senate.
- House Bill 20 (Economic development incentives — change median to average wage): passed 72 yes, 0 no; referred to the Senate.
- House Bill 23 (Child and Family Protection Act): passed 67 yes, 0 no, 8 absent; referred to the Senate.
- House Bill 27 (Lieutenant Governor powers — administer oaths): passed 67 yes, 0 no, 8 absent; referred to the Senate.
- House Bill 42 (Water right application for electrical cooperative): passed 73 yes, 0 no, 2 absent; referred to the Senate.
- House Bill 43 (Allow polling places for early voting): passed by voice vote and referred to the Senate.
- House Bill 50 (Underground Storage Tank Amendment): passed 65 yes, 0 no; referred to the Senate.
- House Bill 57 (Transportation administrative rules, criminal/civil penalty amendments): passed 71 yes, 0 no; referred to the Senate.
Committee reports from Business & Labor, Education, Health & Human Services, Public Utilities and Rules were adopted and assigned dozens of bills to standing committees and to the consent or third‑reading calendars, as recorded on the floor.
The House adopted a procedural rule clarification on fiscal notes (bills with a fiscal note of zero may be released without a 24‑hour hold), and adjourned to reconvene Wednesday, Jan. 30 at 10:00 a.m.
