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Votes at a glance: key House actions Feb. 20, 2014
Summary
On Feb. 20 the Utah House approved a series of consent‑calendar and floor items including HGR 5 (72‑0), SB106 (71‑1), HB341 (72‑0), HB339 (62‑10), HB350 (71‑0), SB138 (72‑0), HB239 (69‑3); HB72 failed (25‑47). See summary of each outcome below.
The Utah House handled a packed calendar on Feb. 20, approving a mixture of concurrence items, consent‑calendar bills and individual measures. Below are the principal actions and vote tallies recorded on the floor.
- HGR 5 (Uniform Building Code Commission review of proposed building code changes): House concurred with the Senate amendment; final passage recorded as 72‑0.
- Senate Bill 106 (workplace safety week designation): Passed on the consent calendar, 71‑1.
- House Bill 341 (federal land acquisition amendments / Red Cliffs National Conservation Area name change and SITLA transfer adjustments): Passed 72‑0 and transmitted to the Senate.
- House Bill 339 (county budget amendments authorizing certain county partnerships with private enterprise subject to public processes): Passed 62‑10 and will be transmitted to the Senate.
- House Bill 350 (removal of directors of nonprofit corporations, procedural framework when bylaws are silent): Passed 71‑0 and transmitted to the Senate.
- Senate Bill 138 (controlled substances act amendment concerning electronic prescription handling): Passed 72‑0.
- First substitute House Bill 81 (parental review of statewide summative test questions): Passed 66‑4 (see separate article for debate details).
- House Bill 72 (higher education grievance procedure amendments including discussion of 'formal grievance' and sworn testimony): Failed 25‑47.
- House Bill 239 (Frontline Teachers Data Program): Passed 69‑3.
Several other committee reports and second‑reading items were adopted and assigned to third‑reading calendars across committees; the House recessed at mid‑day.
These vote tallies were read on the House floor and recorded by the reading clerk; individual bill texts and committee reports provide further statutory and fiscal detail.
