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Roll call: Key House votes and committee reports from the Feb. 3 Utah House floor
Summary
On Feb. 3 the Utah House passed several consent and third‑reading items (many unanimously) and advanced bills including HB 155, first substitute HB 45, HB 133, HJR 10, SB 18, SB 16, HB 98, HB 81, and first substitute HB 91; committee reports placed numerous bills on calendars for further consideration.
The Utah House floor on Feb. 3 recorded a series of votes on consent calendar items, third‑reading senate bills and house bills and adopted multiple standing committee reports. Below are the principal outcomes recorded on the floor that day.
Key votes recorded on Feb. 3, 2015:
- House Bill 155 (Reviser's technical corrections): Passed 70 yes, 0 no. Transmitted to the Senate. (consent calendar)
- First substitute House Bill 45 (Local governing body amendments): Passed 71 yes, 0 no. Transmitted to the Senate.
- House Bill 133 (Firefighter retirement amendments): Passed 71 yes, 0 no. Referred to the Senate.
- House Joint Resolution 10 (Public employee health plan revisions, as amended): Passed 71 yes, 0 no. Transmitted to Senate. Sponsor indicated roughly $19,000,000 in excess reserves would be returned to policyholders.
- Senate Bill 18 (Governor's Office of Economic Development recodification): After questions and summation, passed 72 yes, 0 no. Returned to the Senate for signature.
- Senate Bill 16 (Certificate of stillbirth amendments): Passed 73 yes, 0 no. Referred to Senate for signature; sponsor said the bill restores the early‑term stillbirth definition to 20 weeks and provides a certificate option for parents.
- Second substitute House Bill 81 (Local school board meeting requirements): Passed 48 yes, 25 no. Referred to Senate.
- First substitute House Bill 98 (HOA enforcement and related amendments): Passed 73 yes, 0 no. Referred to Senate as amended.
- First substitute House Bill 91 (Campaign contribution amendments, as adopted on the floor): Passed 66 yes, 9 no. Transmitted to Senate.
Committee reports and assignments: Multiple committee chairs reported favorable recommendations on bills across judiciary, law enforcement, natural resources, transportation, economic development, government operations and revenue and taxation. The Rules Committee assigned a batch of bills to standing committees for further consideration.
The House concluded by adopting committee reports and adjourning the floor until Thursday, Feb. 5 at 11 a.m.
This “votes at a glance” is a concise roll‑up of formal floor actions recorded on Feb. 3. It does not attempt to reproduce full debate; for detailed arguments and substitute history see the House floor transcript.
