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Votes at a glance: bills the Utah House approved or transmitted Jan. 27, 2012
Summary
On Jan. 27 the Utah House passed multiple bills on third reading and transmitted them to the Senate or otherwise acted on them; this roundup lists outcomes, key tallies and short descriptions.
The Utah House took final floor action or transmitted several bills on Jan. 27. Key outcomes below are drawn from floor announcements and recorded votes.
House Bill 250 — Tax credit for family with a disabled dependent: Passed House (47 yes, 21 no). Sponsor: Representative Dougal. Purpose: restore tax credit for families with disabled dependents and allow claim on state tax return.
House Bill 28 — Economic development task force: Passed House as amended (63 yes, 7 no). Sponsor: Representative Wilson. Purpose: create a task force focused on small-business growth, regulatory reduction, and rural representation (amendment by Representative Menlove added rural representation).
Senate Bill 125 — State senate boundary amendments (redistricting tweaks): Passed House (69 yes, 0 no). Sponsor on floor: Representative Assumption. Purpose: align senate districts to municipal boundaries and address small-precinct ballot issues; returned to Senate for signature.
House Bill 201 — Utah State winter sports: Passed House (67 yes, 0 no). Sponsor: Representative Eliason. Purpose: designate skiing and snowboarding as state winter sports; sponsor cited economic impact and skier-day statistics.
House Bill 280 — Foreclosure notice extension for residential rental property: Passed House (65 yes, 0 no). Sponsor: Representative Harper. Purpose: extend sunsetting notice provision two years to preserve state control consistent with a federal extension.
First substitute House Bill 29 — Insurance amendments (department cleanup and policy clarifications): Passed House (70 yes, 0 no). Sponsor: Representative Dunnegan. Purpose: code cleanups and technical changes across the insurance code, including fraud-sharing immunity, enrollment-window changes for the high-risk pool and other clarifications.
House Bill 33 — Fireworks amendments: Passed House (60 yes, 10 no). Sponsor: Representative Dunnigan. Purpose: narrow consumer discharge dates, expand retail sales dates, standardize consumer-hour limits (11 AM–11 PM generally; 1 AM on New Year's/Chinese New Year's Eve), and retain prohibitions on the most dangerous fireworks.
House Bill 24 — Health insurance for schools (first substitute): Substituted on the floor, amended (bidding interval changed from 3 to 5 years) and then circled (deferred) for further work; no final passage.
Several other bills were read for committee referral or placed on calendars by adopted committee reports; refer to the Rules and committee announcements for the full list.
This list reflects actions and recorded tallies announced on the House floor during the Jan. 27 session. For each bill above, the House reading clerk recorded the outcome and vote counts where provided.
