House advances wide slate of bills on consent and third reading; key votes at a glance

SALT LAKE CITY — During morning floor business on March 9, 2015, the Utah House considered and passed a large group of bills on consent and third reading, adopted standing committee reports and made several procedural referrals.

Among measures cleared on the consent calendar and third reading were tax‑policy cleanups and technical corrections, health and safety provisions, and code clarifications. Notable outcomes on bills explicitly recorded on the floor included:

- SB 201 (sales and use tax exemption revisions): passed 70–0 (technical correction to earlier R&D exemption implementation; retroactive to February 2012).

- SB 241 (sales tax amendment for interstate agreements): passed 71–0 (tax commission request to align compliance dates).

- HB 443 (capital preservation board amendments): passed 72–0 (removes obsolete fund/code references and alters facility parking layout following renovation).

- HB 422 (timeshare amendments): passed 73–0 (updates definitions last revised in 1986 to reflect current timeshare practices).

- HB 426 (joint tenancy amendments): passed 71–1 (clarifies when joint tenancy is presumed and precludes corporate joint tenancy).

- HB 433 (primary care amendments): passed 72–0 (adds telehealth to direct primary‑care arrangements).

- SB 147 (epinephrine auto‑injector use expansion): passed 73–0 (expands entities that may hold EpiPens and provides liability protections; requires Department of Health rulemaking).

- HB 398 / HB 398‑style items and other third‑reading bills: multiple measures were read and referred to the Senate or assigned to committees per the clerk’s announcements and committee reports.

The House also adopted numerous committee reports on bills to be placed on calendars and committees, and recessed until 2:00 p.m. The floor record contains fuller lists of committee referrals and calendar placements read aloud by the clerks.