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Votes at a glance: key House floor actions Feb. 20, 2012
Summary
A concise list of bills the Utah House considered Feb. 20, 2012, with final roll-call tallies and immediate outcomes; several bills were passed unanimously while others were passed on party-line or contested votes.
Here are the principal actions taken by the Utah House on Feb. 20, 2012, with vote tallies as read on the floor.
- House Bill 129 (Defensive property in person): Passed 73-0; transmitted to the Senate. (clerk tally read: "House bill 129, having received 73 yes votes, 0 no votes, passes the House.")
- House Bill 127 (Navajo Water Rights Negotiation Account): Passed 70-0; transmitted to the Senate. (tally read: 70 yes, 0 no)
- House Bill 223 (Retention of evidence for child-abuse interviews): Passed 69-0; placed on the third-reading/consent calendar and transmitted to the Senate.
- House Bill 239 (Pawnshop record amendments): Passed 64-0; transmitted to the Senate.
- First substitute House Bill 49 (Disorderly conduct / firearms language): Passed 49-21 after floor amendment and division votes (see separate coverage for details).
- House Bill 137 (Energy changes; Office of Energy Development and Utah Energy Infrastructure Authority): Passed 70-0; transmitted to the Senate.
- First substitute House Bill 80 (Reorganization of administrative support functions/state agencies): Passed 69-1; transmitted to the Senate.
- Third substitute House Bill 245 (Amendments to Indoor Clean Air Act to cover heated tobacco/hookah/e-cigarettes): Passed 42-31 after multiple substitute motions and amendment votes.
- House Bill 119 (Study on signing petitions online): Failed 32-38; bill was filed.
Note: Several other committee reports and bills were introduced and referred to committees or the rules calendar during the session; the list above reflects items where a final floor vote or clear floor action is recorded in the provided transcript.
