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Utah House session roundup: multiple bills sent to Senate; land, tax and public-safety measures advance
Summary
On March 10 the Utah House adopted numerous committee reports, substituted or passed multiple bills (including HB 67, HB 4 35, HB 366, HB 433, HB 178) and loaded items for consent; notable debates included natural-resource exchanges and childcare committee restructuring.
The Utah House of Representatives on March 10 conducted an extensive floor session, adopting committee reports, considering dozens of bills on second and third reading and transmitting many measures to the Senate.
Clerks and committee chairs reported recommendations from standing committees across policy areas. Leslie McClain (secretary of the Senate) and multiple committee chairs read lists of bills being returned to Rules, and members adopted those committee reports by voice vote.
Notable floor actions and outcomes included:
- First substitute House Bill 67 (political subdivision jurisdiction amendments), sponsor Representative Roberts said the bill ‘‘provides a mechanism to bring the attorney general's office . . . to consult with the attorney general’s office before any action is taken.’’ The House adopted an amendment and passed the bill 65-4, sending it to the Senate.
- First substitute House Bill 4 35 (taxation of property amendments), sponsored by Representative Sakers, was substituted and passed 68-2; supporters said it allows assessors to consider diminished productive value, including historic hazardous placement, when determining fair market value.
- First substitute House Bill 3 66 (expungement amendments), sponsored by Representative Hutchings, passed unanimously 70-0; the bill allows the Board of Pardons to issue retroactive expungement certificates and expands which agencies are notified of expungement proceedings.
- House Bill 4 33 (peace officer merit amendments) was uncircled and passed 72-0 after sponsor remarks about due process for sheriff’s deputies.
- House Bill 1 78 (halfway house amendments) passed 73-0 after discussion about reentry and a formula to compensate impacted communities.
Other items were circled (set aside for later consideration) or placed on the consent calendar for expedited handling. Several bills were amended on the floor; Representative Layton successfully moved and the House adopted amendment #2 to House Bill 3 97 (student and family privacy) before passage.
Floor managers also scheduled a Senate bill for a time-certain second reading and placed multiple Senate bills on the consent calendar for the next session day.
Taken together, the session transmitted a broad set of bills to the Senate spanning tax, education, natural resources, public safety and administrative changes.
