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House clears consent calendar: a package of routine bills and resolutions advances to the Senate
Summary
The Utah House approved a series of consent‑calendar measures on March 2, including resolutions on sales‑tax parity and easements for a Capitol traffic signal and a range of technical, administrative and code cleanup bills; most passed unanimously or with lopsided margins and will be transmitted to the Senate.
During the morning session the House disposed of a lengthy consent calendar of routine measures. Items approved included:
- Senate Joint Resolution 6 (urging Congress to support sales‑tax fairness / Marketplace Fairness‑style federal action), presented by Representative Lisonbee and passed 66‑4. - House Joint Resolution 21 (granting permanent and temporary easements to UDOT for construction of a traffic signal at the Capitol), presented by Representative Chavez Houck and passed 73‑0. - Senate Joint Resolution 11 (joint rules resolution permitting purchase of working meals in narrow circumstances), presented by Representative Brown and passed 64‑8. - A set of technical and sector bills (examples: HB 352 title insurance reporting amendments; HB 372 electrician licensing amendments; HB 349 school and institutional trust lands budget amendments; HB 355 Utah Agricultural Code amendments; HB 393 energy zone amendments), each presented by their sponsors in short floor statements and recorded on voice or roll call votes; most recorded unanimous or near‑unanimous support and will be transmitted to the Senate for further consideration.
Sponsors framed these measures as technical, safety‑focused, or routine governance matters. Several items were described as committee fixes, clarifications of prior legislation or narrowly targeted authorizations, and sponsors emphasized safeguards or checks where necessary.
Procedural note: The House signed and returned several measures to the Senate for concurrence or signature and placed others on the third‑reading or concurrence calendars as required by chamber rules.
