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Utah House passes three bills, including changes to sex-offense language and alarm licensing
Summary
On Jan. 28, 2013, the Utah House passed House Bills 10, 12 and 16, transmitting them to the Senate. Votes: HB10 (64–4), HB12 (69–1), HB16 (67–2). Debates focused on age-related offense language, narrowing licensing for alarm-company employees, and procedures for salvaging state-acquired property.
The Utah House of Representatives on Jan. 28, 2013, passed three bills on the third-reading calendar and sent them to the Senate.
Representative Greenwood presented House Bill 10, described as a complex set of offense amendments that addresses conduct involving 16- and 17-year-olds. Greenwood said he would change a referenced threshold in the statutory text “from 10 years of age down to 7.” No members sought debate; summation was waived. Voting closed with HB 10 receiving 64 yes votes and 4 no votes; the bill passed and was transmitted to the Senate.
House Bill 12, presented by Representative Dunnegan, narrows required licensure for alarm-company employees to those with access to “sensitive alarm-system information” such as passcodes and location data. Dunnegan said the change aligns the statute with current licensing practice and would avoid requiring licensure for front-office staff and other employees without access to sensitive codes. Summation was waived; the House approved HB 12 by a recorded vote of 69 yes and 1 no and sent it to the Senate.
Representative Barlow presented House Bill 16, a proposal to permit state agencies (notably the Department of Transportation) to contract with salvaging companies to remove and resell reusable fixtures and materials from properties acquired for transportation projects instead of bulldozing them. In floor questioning, members raised concerns about prior users’ access and whether lands acquired by the state and later gifted to third parties could leave longtime users without remedies. Barlow explained that rights differ depending on how the state acquired the property (imminent domain vs. preservation-fund acquisitions) and said agencies are working to clarify notice and reuse procedures. After discussion and waived summation, HB 16 passed the House with 67 yes votes and 2 no votes and will be transmitted to the Senate.
Procedural notes: the House adopted a Rules Committee report (HGR 6) by voice vote earlier in the session and waived the one-day rule to consider third-reading bills the same day. Several other bills on the calendar were “circled” (set aside from immediate consideration). The House adjourned until Jan. 29, 2013, at 10 a.m.
Actions recorded on the floor matched the roll-call tallies announced by the reading clerk; no roll-call-by-name was provided in the transcript for the bills that passed.
