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House floor roundup: scores of bills introduced or passed, committee reports adopted
Summary
The Utah House read and considered many bills across taxation, criminal justice, education, transportation and administrative codes; several bills were passed unanimously and multiple bills were 'circled' (deferred) for further language updates.
On the floor the House moved a slate of bills—many with brief presentations, committee reports, and unanimous or near-unanimous votes—and adopted several rules and committee recommendations.
Clerk-read introductions and third-reading items included a range of measures: animal shelter amendments, volunteer government worker definitions, jail inmate medical costs, vote and election amendments, open meetings clarification, and more. Several bills were voted on with little debate and passed by voice or recorded tallies: HB40 (insurance guarantee amendments), HB41 (constable amendments), HB44 (referendum ballot proposition amendments), HB46 (motor vehicle amendments), HB49 (tax/fee definitions and refund timing), HB50 (sales and use tax modifications), HB51 (Family Employment Program/TANF), HB36 (first substitute controlled substances database reporting), HB23 (workplace drug and alcohol testing), HB57 (design-build sunset extension), HB58 (renewable energy authority member change), among others.
Some bills were moved to be ‘‘circled’’ (deferred for amendment or clarification) including HB13 (drug law definitions), HB43 (Unemployment Compensation Amendment) and HB53 (foreclosure rescue and loan modification language). The Rules Committee also assigned a series of bills to standing committees and recommended several be considered under suspension of the rules.
Committee chairs from Business & Labor, Education, Health & Human Services, Judiciary, Law Enforcement and Natural Resources summarized reports and the House adopted committee reports placing bills on second- or third-reading calendars.
What’s next: Many passed bills will be transmitted to the Senate; circled bills will return to sponsors with requested clarifications and amendments.
