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House votes at a glance: multiple bills pass on Feb. 23, 2011
Summary
Several bills received final House passage Feb. 23, including measures on recorder fees, beer tax, tax exemptions for training facilities/charter schools, money management, foreclosure notices, housing authority applications, public official contact information and additional committee reports. Vote tallies are listed below.
On Feb. 23 the Utah House advanced and in many cases passed multiple bills on third reading or the consent calendar. Below are key items, their short descriptions and the House vote tallies as announced on the floor.
- House Bill 259 (County Recorder Revisions): standardize recorder fees to meet federal disclosure rules — Passed 71‑0 (transmitted to Senate).
- House Bill 440 (Beer Tax Amendment): adjusts distribution and enforcement amounts within a statutory cap — Passed 72‑0 (transmitted to Senate).
- Third Substitute Senate Bill 125 (Property Tax Exemption Amendment): cleans up tax exemption language for certain U.S. Olympic training facilities and charter schools — Passed 68‑0 (returned to Senate).
- House Bill 318 (Money Management Act Amendments): clarifies permitted investments and maturities for public treasurers — Passed 68‑0 (transmitted to Senate).
- First Substitute House Bill 379 (Nonjudicial Foreclosure of Trust Deeds): requires default notices to include HUD‑approved counseling agency contact info — Passed 70‑0 (transmitted to Senate).
- House Bill 489 (Housing Authority Application Process): creates a single uniform application for Section 8 applicants in counties with multiple housing authorities — Passed 71‑0 (transmitted to Senate).
- Second Substitute Senate Bill 142 (Public Official Contact Information), as amended on the floor, passed by recorded vote — reported in floor comments as 52‑18 and will be returned to the Senate.
- House Bill 165 (State Reimbursement for Required Medical Services Act): passed 57‑14; sponsors framed the bill as addressing cost shifting for uncompensated care.
- First Substitute House Bill 143 (Ballot Placement Amendments): passed 65‑6 (see separate article).
- First Substitute House Bill 176 (Audit of State Budgets): passed 62‑5 (see separate article).
These tally numbers were reported aloud by the House clerk as each item concluded on the floor; for many measures the clerk recorded the total yes and no votes rather than showing a roll‑call list on the transcript.
