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Votes at a glance: Major House actions Feb. 3, 2009
Summary
Summary of key bills the Utah House passed and procedural items from the Feb. 3 floor session, including bill numbers, short descriptions, and final vote counts.
The Utah House took final action on a slate of bills on Feb. 3, 2009. Key outcomes announced on the floor included:
• HB78 — Utah Uniform Securities Act modifications (third reading): Passed 69–0; converts advisory board into a five‑member securities commission following an auditor general recommendation.
• HB121 — Retired Volunteer Healthcare Practitioner Act: Second substitute placed in circle on the floor (procedural action).
• HB243 — Rental restrictions on condominiums and common‑interest communities (as amended): Amendment adopted to raise the minimum allowed rentals from 10% to 20% and add hardship provisions; bill passed 72–3 and will be transmitted to the Senate.
• HB266 — Wrongful lien removal amendments: Passed 70–0; allows prior grantors or contractors to remove wrongful liens in certain circumstances.
• HB63 — Child welfare amendments (cleanup aligned with federal changes): Passed 72–0 and will be transmitted to the Senate.
• HB23 — Certified tax rate amendments (first substitute as amended): House uncircled the first substitute, adopted an effective‑date amendment for calendar‑year taxing entities, and passed 72–0.
• HB69 — Guardian ad Litem amendments: Passed 70–0 after the sponsor described statutory changes responding to audit recommendations.
• HB90 — Abortion law amendments (first substitute, after adoption of sponsor’s amendment and floor debate): Passed 56–16; will be transmitted to the Senate.
• HB222 — Unborn Child Pain Prevention Act (as amended): Passed 56–15; requires 24‑hour disclosure about anesthetic/analgesic options for fetuses at or after 20 weeks and includes clarification about maternal risks.
• SJR3 — Joint resolution approving the appointment of Legislative General Counsel (John Fellows): Passed 71–0; the House recessed to a Committee of the Whole for brief remarks from John Fellows.
Several other bills and Senate communications were read for first consideration and referred to committee, and the House adjourned until 10 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 4.
