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Utah House advances range of bills, passes energy resolution and custodial‑interference amendments
Summary
On March 9, 2009, the Utah House approved several concurrence and final‑passage items — including HJR9 on energy efficiency and HB276 custodial‑interference amendments — and approved multiple bills for transmittal to the Senate.
SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah House of Representatives on March 9 moved a slate of concurrence and final‑passage items, including a nonbinding energy resolution and amendments to custodial‑interference law.
A summary of floor action and recorded votes from the morning session:
- HJR9 (first substitute), a joint resolution urging continuation of demand‑side management and energy efficiency programs and encouraging regulators to account for utility program costs when considering rate relief, passed unanimously, 74–0. Representative Roger Barris described DSM programs and cited Rocky Mountain Power’s refrigerator‑replacement program and Questar’s ThermWise as examples.
- Second substitute, HB188 (health system/insurance markets): The House concurred with Senate amendments and the bill passed the House on final passage, 60–5.
- Second substitute, HB100 (Department of Corrections — prisoner cost tracking/reimbursement): The House concurred and passed the bill on final passage, 66–4.
- HB128 (Electronic Prescribing Act): House concurred with Senate amendments clarifying an implementation date of 2012; final passage recorded 72–0.
- HB152 (Appraisal Management Company Regulation): House concurred with a technical Senate amendment; final passage recorded 71–1.
- HB170 (Insurance and Life Settlement Amendments): House concurred with Senate amendments (added accredited investor category); final passage recorded 73–0.
- HB317 (Capital Felony Amendments): House concurred with Senate amendments described as technical; final passage recorded 68–6.
- HB276 (Custodial Interference Amendments): Representative Carl Wimmer said the bill clarifies custodial‑interference enforcement, permits charging custodial parents in certain circumstances and reduces penalties to encourage prosecutions. The House passed HB276 73–0 and transmitted it to the Senate.
Floor leaders also placed a copy of Senate Bill 2, the major budget bill, on members’ desks and noted time‑certain items for later in the day.
The actions represent routine concurrence with Senate amendments in many cases; HB187 (recreational use of public waters on private property) was the day’s most contested item and failed on final passage after separate debate.
