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Utah House moves four Senate bills to third‑reading calendar, circled SB 1001 after brief procedural votes
Summary
On May 22, 2009, the Utah House received four Senate bills and voted to lift them from rules to the Senate third‑reading calendar; the House also voted on a brief procedural motion and circled Substitute SB 1001 before proceedings were paused by a temporary power loss.
SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah House of Representatives moved several procedural items and advanced four Senate bills on May 22, 2009, the Reading Clerk announced.
During an opening procedural exchange, a member moved, "I move to cease to saunter." The presiding officer took a voice vote after no discussion was offered and announced the motion passed "1 to nothing."
Shortly afterward, the Reading Clerk read a communication from the Senate dated May 22, 2009, transmitting four measures: a substitute for substitute Senate Bill 1,001 addressing Forest Reserve Fund amendments; a substitute for substitute Senate Bill 1,002 concerning legal notice amendments; Senate Bill 1,003 on disposition of registration fee revenues; and Senate Bill 1,004 covering supplemental appropriations adjustments. The reading concluded with the signature line, "Respectfully, Annette B. Moore, Secretary of the Senate."
Representative Ferrick moved that the four Senate bills be lifted from rules and placed on the Senate third‑reading calendar, to be considered read for a second time and available for immediate consideration. The motion, which covered First Substitute SB 1,001 and First Substitute SB 1,002 as well as SB 1,003 and SB 1,004, received a second and passed on voice vote after no discussion was recorded.
Following that approval, members moved to "circle" First Substitute SB 1,001 (Forest Reserve Fund amendments). The presiding officer called for discussion, heard none, and the motion to circle the bill passed on voice vote.
As the Reading Clerk identified house sponsors — the transcript names Representative Noel in connection with SB 1,001 and Representative Dougal as the house sponsor for SB 1,002 — members checked the board for the posted items. Proceedings were interrupted when members reported a loss of power and the House paused activity.
No floor debate on the merits of the bills appears in the record provided; the actions taken were calendar and procedural steps that make the measures available for immediate consideration on the Senate third‑reading calendar or, in the case of SB 1,001, marked as "circled."
