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Votes at a glance: March 9 House session — several budget and policy measures advance to the Senate
Summary
At its March 9 session the Utah House approved a series of bills and resolutions including HB2 (school budget amendments), HB447 (EMS amendments), HB436 (Sudan contract prohibition), HB306 (HHS amendments) and HJR17 (resolution on federal bailouts), with recorded tallies noted below.
The Utah House recorded votes and sent multiple bills and a resolution to the Senate on March 9. Key outcomes recorded on the House floor include:
House Bill 29 (offender contact with children): motion to concur with the Senate passed and final passage recorded at 63 yes, 0 no; returned to the Senate for the president’s signature.
First Substitute House Bill 136 (*** offender definition amendments): House concurred with Senate amendments; final passage recorded at 64 yes, 0 no; returned to the Senate for signature.
Second Substitute House Bill 126 (voter identification for elections): motion to concur passed; final passage recorded at 46 yes, 22 no; returned to the Senate for signature.
House Bill 447 (Utah Emergency Medical Services System Act Amendments): introduced as a budget-related bill reducing some EMS funding; final passage recorded at 74 yes, 0 no; transmitted to the Senate.
House Bill 436 (state prohibition of Sudan-related contracts): sponsor tied the bill to federal Sudan Accountability and Investment Act principles; final passage recorded at 71 yes, 0 no; transmitted to the Senate.
First Substitute HJR17 (joint resolution urging opposition to federal bailouts and promoting fiscal responsibility): the House debated and accepted a substitute and an amendment to remove language rejecting all restricted federal funds; final passage recorded at 47 yes, 22 no; transmitted to the Senate.
House Bill 391 (Budgetary Procedures Act revision): amendments approved on the floor (including requiring public hearings for fee changes and consolidating non-lapsing balances in code); final passage recorded at 69 yes, 0 no; transmitted to the Senate.
House Bill 306 (Health and Human Services-related commissions, committee and council amendments): described as a budget-related bill eliminating funding for some boards and making per diem optional; final passage recorded at 70 yes, 1 no; transmitted to the Senate.
House Bill 373 (Department of Corrections operations): budget cuts including elimination of diagnostics funding and victim-reparations funding adjustments discussed; final passage recorded at 60 yes, 11 no; transmitted to the Senate.
Several additional bills were introduced or lifted from rules and placed on the third-reading calendar, including HB4 (general obligation bond authorizations, ~ $32 million) and others; votes for some items occur later in the calendar.
