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Utah House approves multiple Senate bills, adopts committee reports and recesses to 2 p.m.
Summary
On Feb. 18 the Utah House approved a slate of Senate measures (SB96, SB79, SB95, SB73 among others), concurred on HB155, adopted committee reports, and recessed to 2 p.m.; several bills were passed unanimously, others after brief debate.
The Utah House of Representatives handled a broad floor calendar on Feb. 18, approving multiple Senate measures, taking up concurrence items, receiving committee reports, and ultimately adjourning to a recess at 2 p.m.
On the consent calendar and third-reading lists the House approved several Senate bills and resolutions including SB 96 (safety inspection revisions), HCR 5 (Jordan River Commission interlocal agreement), SB 79 (impeachment amendments), SB 95 (town amendments), SB 73 (Office of State Debt Collection amendments, passed 71-1), SB 143 (title and escrow modifications, recalled and revoted to address bonding language, then passed), SB 108 (social work amendments), SB 140 (health care providers immunity reauthorization), and first substitute SB 51 (motor vehicle enforcement division account amendments). House sponsors explained the bills where relevant; many were adopted unanimously while others required brief questions or a revote to correct technical language.
The House also moved a slate of committee reports and Rules Committee assignments for bills to standing committees. Representative Dunnegan moved to dissolve the Committee of the Whole after guest remarks, Representative Webb moved to recall and reconsider SB 143 to correct bonding provisions, and Representative Draxler and other sponsors summarized their respective measures. After floor action and committee assignments, the Speaker recessed the House until 2 p.m.
Key recorded vote tallies on the floor that morning included: SB96 (70-0), HCR5 (70-0), SB79 (68-0), SB95 (71-0), HB155 concurrence (73-0), SB73 (71-1), SB143 final (72-0 on revote), SB108 (71-0), SB140 (73-0), first substitute SB51 (73-0), and HB213 final (61-13).
