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Votes at a glance: major House floor actions, Feb. 28, 2011
Summary
A roundup of final vote outcomes from the Utah House on Feb. 28, 2011: key bills passed to be transmitted to the Senate and one notable floor defeat on voter birth-date privacy.
The Utah House floor on Feb. 28 considered multiple bills. Listed below are final outcomes and brief notes drawn from floor actions that day.
- House Bill 359 (Business Resource Center Advisory Board modification): Passed 55–0. Sponsor: Representative Val Petersen. Changed board name, adjusted host‑institution rotation and added federal/state partners to the advisory board.
- House Bill 398 (Utah State Instructional Materials Access Center funding, as amended): Passed 59–0. Sponsor: Representative Handy. Clarifies reimbursement for services (braille and accessible materials) so USIMAC is reimbursed by school districts/charters and USOE.
- House Bill 415 (Schools for the Deaf and Blind Foundation): Passed 67–0. Sponsor: Representative Handy. Authorizes the Schools for the Deaf and Blind to create a 501(c)(3) foundation to accept donations.
- Second substitute House Bill 212 (Charges by health providers for medical records, concurrence with Senate changes): Passed 68–0. Sponsor: Representative Gibson. Senate amendment changed an electronic-record flat fee to a per-page rate (50¢ for first 40 pages, 30¢ thereafter).
- HCR 15 (Navajo Electrification Demonstration Project concurrent resolution): Passed 65–6. Sponsor: Representative Watkins. Urges Congressional reauthorization and continued funding for electrification efforts on the Navajo Nation (including solar installations).
- Second substitute House Bill 95 (Traffic code amendments for distracted/fatigued driving): Passed 38–31. Sponsor: Representative Perry. Adds fatigue/distraction language to careless driving provisions.
- House Bill 461 (Energy producer states agreement): Passed 70–0. Sponsor: Representative Barris. Creates a framework for several energy-producing states to coordinate principles and a report to legislatures.
- First substitute House Bill 280 (State agency realignment / advisory commission): Passed 71–0. Sponsor: Representative Harper. Creates a commission to study state government structure and operations; an amendment limiting same-party representation was adopted.
- House Bill 328 (State government workweek): Passed 63–8. Sponsor: Representative Noel. Requires agencies to maintain weekday office hours to improve public access.
- House Bill 410 (Access to voter date-of-birth records): Failed 30–42. Sponsor: Representative Edwards. Proposed restricting public access to the month and day of voters’ birthdates (leaving year public); an amendment to exempt political parties failed and the bill did not pass.
- House Bill 153 (County correctional facilities funding): Passed 70–0. Sponsor: Representative Noel. Raises county reimbursement rates and adds a $2/day incentive for county treatment programs; sponsor cited a $70,000 fiscal note for implementation.
Several other bills were introduced and committee reports adopted; items passed or circled were placed on the appropriate calendars for further action or transmitted to the Senate.
