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House approves multiple bills on third reading calendar; consent items and committee reports adopted
Summary
The Utah House adopted several committee reports, moved bills to calendars and passed a slate of Senate bills and resolutions on third reading and the consent calendar, including SB28 (income tax filing), SB78 (CRC duties), SB82 (passenger ropeway), SB18 (election modifications) and several others.
The Utah House of Representatives progressed a broad set of legislative items during the floor session, adopting committee reports, moving bills on the reading calendar and voting to pass multiple Senate bills and resolutions.
On the consent calendar, the House approved Senate Bill 28 (amendments to individual income tax return filing requirements). Representative Kaiser said the change removes obsolete barcode scanning and saves about $70,000 for the Tax Commission; SB28 passed the House 65–0 and was returned to the Senate for signatures.
Other Senate bills taken up and passed on third reading included SB78 (Constitutional Revision Commission duties), SB82 (Passenger Ropeway System amendments), SB18 (election modifications) and SB100 (income tax refund amendments). Highlights from floor discussion:
- SB78 (constitutional review): Sponsor Representative Sandstrom described a 21‑word change allowing the Governor, Senate President or Speaker to request CRC review after final legislative action; the bill passed unanimously 72–0.
- SB82 (passenger ropeway): Representative Brown said the bill allows private, noncommercial ropeway systems on private property without state registration; SB82 passed 71–0.
- SB18 (election modifications): Representative Frank described clarifications to the election code (defining date of election, inserting 'Utah' before driver's license/ID on registration forms, and allowing county clerks to archive superseded registration forms); members asked clarifying questions about IDs and HAVA compliance; SB18 passed 73–0.
- SB100 (income tax refund amendments): Representative Harper explained the bill resolves conflicting code sections about refunds. Floor discussion included the fiscal analyst note estimating an upper bound of $35 million if an alternative code section were enforced; the sponsor said the estimate is uncertain and the bill codifies current Tax Commission practice. SB100 passed 61–14.
Other bills considered and passed included SB21 (social worker licensing amendments), SB36 (wolf management — first substitute), SB84 (special service district amendments), SB95 (Utah Educational Savings Plan amendments), and additional committee reports that placed bills on the consent or third reading calendars. Several procedural motions were also handled, including requests to circle or uncircle items and a motion to lift HJR5 (clean air joint resolution) to a time‑certain calendar.
The House closed its business for the day with announcements (Tourism Day in the Capitol Rotunda and other events) and adjourned until Thursday, Feb. 11 at 10 a.m.
Votes at a glance: SB28 65–0; SB78 72–0; SB82 71–0; SB18 73–0; SB100 61–14; SB21 73–0; SB36 (first substitute) 47–23; SB84 73–0; SB95 69–0; SCR1 73–0.
