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Votes at a glance: House advances several bills including HB 56 on consent calendar
Summary
On Jan. 29 the Utah House placed multiple bills on calendars and approved consent calendar item HB 56 (property tax definition amendments) 71–0; committee reports placed a number of bills on second/third reading or consent calendars.
The House took routine procedural action on a number of committee reports and advanced multiple bills to later calendars. Committee chairs read recommendations from Judiciary, Law Enforcement & Criminal Justice, Natural Resources, Agriculture & Environment, and Transportation committees; several bills were placed on the second or third reading calendars or on the consent calendar.
On the consent calendar the House considered HB 56 (property tax definition amendments), presented by Representative Snow. The revenue & taxation committee reported favorably (transcript records committee vote as '9 0 4' in the floor reading). The House opened and closed voting; the reading clerk recorded 71 yes votes and 0 no votes and transmitted HB 56 to the Senate.
Other committee actions announced on the floor included favorable recommendations for bills such as HB 85 (peace officer training amendments), HB 107 (political issues committee amendments), HB 36 (veterans definition), HB 55 (repeal of certain methamphetamine housing account provisions), HB 83 (crimes against health care providers), HB 59 (agriculture amendments), HB 88 (veterinary practice act amendments), HB 78 (generator site access permit amendments), HB 106 (wildlife amendments), HB 125 (fishing license amendments), HB 49 (clean fuels school buses and infrastructure), HB 80 (transportation project amendments), HB 116 (voting safety amendments) and HB 147 (driver license testing amendments). Many of those items were placed on the consent calendar or third reading calendar as announced from committee reports.
What happens next: Consent calendar items may remain on the consent calendar for two days; bills placed on second or third reading calendars will be scheduled according to the House calendar rules.
