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House advances packages of bills to Senate, including livestock-accident reporting and CHIP renewal
Summary
On Feb. 18 the Utah House passed several measures on third reading or by substitution — including a livestock-accident reporting amendment to SB114 (68-0), House Bill 260 (simplified CHIP renewal, 69-0), HB120 (underground-tank limits, 61-11) and others — and transmitted them to the Senate for further consideration.
The Utah House on Feb. 18 approved a slate of bills and substitutes from the Senate third-reading and House third-reading calendars, moving several measures to the Senate for further consideration.
On a unanimous vote, the second substitute to Senate Bill 114 (motor vehicle accident reports) that added requirements to notify livestock owners when animals are killed or injured and to indicate on accident reports when an accident occurred on a designated livestock highway passed the House (68-0). "This bill requires that when livestock is involved in accidents... there needs to be notification given to or an indication on the accident report that the accident occurred on a Livestock Highway," said Representative Lockhart.
The House approved House Bill 260 to simplify renewal for the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP). Representative Newbold, sponsor, said the change would allow eligibility workers, with consent, to access tax return information to expedite renewals and would not change eligibility rules; HB260 passed 69-0.
Other measures sent to the Senate included House Bill 120 (Underground Storage Tank Amendments), which raises coverage limits from $1,000,000 to $2,000,000 and increases loan caps to reflect replacement costs; Representative McKeiff said the fund can handle the increase and the bill passed 61-11. Representative Bigelow’s HB125 (Kidnapping and Sex Offender Registry Amendments) makes technical changes to remove simple kidnapping from the sex-offender registry for roughly 20 individuals; HB125 passed 72-0.
The House also approved first substitutes or passed measures including HB284 (Uniform Collaborative Law Act, first substitute passed and transmitted), HB116 (authorizing energy savings agreements for political subdivisions, 74-0), HB181 (Condominium Association common-expenses technical fixes, 69-0), HB183 (construction and fire code process changes, 72-0), and HB275 (Division of Real Estate amendments, 72-0).
Vote tallies and procedural actions were recorded on the House floor and the passed measures will be transmitted to the Senate for further consideration.
