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House Acts on Multiple Bills: A Quick Look at Jan. 31 Votes
Summary
During the Jan. 31 floor session the Utah House passed a series of bills (including HB193, HB208, HR2, HB64, HB198, HB201, HB46, HB9, HB206) and filed HB199 after it failed on final passage. Vote tallies and next steps are listed below.
The Utah House took final action on a number of measures during its Jan. 31 session. Below are the bills that received final floor action that day and the clerk’s recorded outcomes.
House Bill 193 (Public Highway Designation) — Passed 67–0; transmitted to the Senate. (Clerk reads sponsor presentation and vote recorded.)
House Bill 208 (Administrative Services Amendments) — Passed 66–0; transmitted to the Senate. (Sponsor explained state archives restricted accounts for donations.)
Second substitute House Resolution 2 (House rules changes) — Passed 70–0; signed by the speaker and referred to staff for enrolling.
House Bill 64 (Human Blood Procurement and Use) — Passed 72–0; transmitted to the Senate. (Sponsor described allowing 16-year-olds to donate with parental consent for noncompensated blood drives.)
House Bill 198 (Tobacco-Related Penalty Amendments) — Passed 70–2; transmitted to the Senate. (Aligns statutory penalties with master settlement agreement.)
House Bill 201 (Tobacco Licensing Amendments) — Passed 71–1; transmitted to the Senate. (Streamlines revocation and appeals timeline.)
Second substitute House Bill 46 (County Recorder Amendments) — Passed 71–0; transmitted to the Senate. (Covers judgments, joint tenancy and boundary-line agreement language.)
House Bill 9 (National Guard, Veteran Affairs and Legislature Base Budget) — Passed 57–14; transmitted to the Senate. (Base budget reflecting a 7% reduction; roughly $58 million total.)
House Bill 206 (Special Group License Plate Amendments) — Passed 52–21; transmitted to the Senate. (Sets issuance thresholds and startup-cost rules for specialty plates.)
House Bill 199 (Advertisements on School Buses) — Final floor vote 27 yes, 44 no; failed and filed.
These outcomes reflect clerk-announced tallies on the House floor during the Jan. 31 session. Bills that passed will go to the Senate for consideration unless otherwise noted; several measures were circled for amendment or referred back to committee for further work.
