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Votes at a glance: key outcomes from the Utah House, March 11, 2015
Summary
On March 11 the House considered and voted on a large calendar of Senate‑sourced bills; among the outcomes: first substitute SCR 10 (public lands initiative) passed, HB 447 (parental guidance) passed, SB 98 (Medicaid ACOs) passed, SB 97 (property tax equalization) passed, SB 231 (transportation fees) failed, and SB 119 (prescription database) passed as substituted.
Here are the principal recorded floor outcomes from the Utah House on March 11, 2015, drawn from the House floor transcript and clerk’s announcements. Tally and action are the House-recorded results as read on the floor.
- First substitute SCR 10 (concurrent resolution regarding public lands initiative): passed (59 yes, 11 no). The House receded from its prior amendments and opened final passage; clerk recorded passage and the measure was returned to the Senate for the president’s signature.
- Second substitute HB 447 (protections on parental guidance in public schools): passed (40 yes, 31 no). The House adopted the second substitute and transmitted the bill to the Senate for consideration; sponsor and opponents debated scope and classroom impact.
- First substitute SB 98 (Medicaid accountable care organizations): passed (67 yes, 1 no). Sponsor described reimbursement indexing and requested an actuarial analysis; the House returned the bill to the Senate.
- Fourth substitute SB 97 (property tax equalization amendments): passed (48 yes, 24 no). Sponsors argued the measure would increase the basic levy to generate about $75 million in additional equalization funds; the House adopted the substitute and returned the bill to the Senate.
- Third substitute SB 231 (transportation amendments — registration‑fee increases & clean‑fuel fund): failed (11 yes, 51 no). Sponsor proposed a $10 across‑the‑board registration fee increase and a $2.5 million transfer for clean fuels; the House did not pass the substitution.
- SB 238 (prostitution amendments): reconsidered because of a technical error and passed after correction (60 yes, 0 no).
- First substitute SB 119 (prescription database revisions): passed (55 yes, 17 no). The House rejected an amendment to allow limited USEGIS-based access for designated investigators (division vote) and approved the first substitute requiring stronger privacy safeguards.
- First substitute SB 239 (retirement withdrawal modifications — Valley Mental Health): passed (55 yes, 0 no).
- First substitute SB 217 (capital improvement and development project amendments): passed (60 yes, 0 no).
- Second substitute SB 175 (school safety and crisis line — expansion and text/app support): passed as amended (70 yes, 1 no).
This list is not exhaustive of every bill the House handled that day (the transcript includes many suspension-of-rules calendar moves and a long set of bills placed on the Senate third-reading calendar). The outcomes above reflect the measures that received substantive floor presentations or recorded roll-call tallies in the transcript.
