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Votes at a glance: House approves multiple Senate substitutes on March 8, 2016
Summary
On March 8 the Utah House passed a package of Senate substitutes and other bills: SB 38 (71–1), SB 82 (70–0), SB 101 (63–10), SB 99 (73–0), SB 17 (64–8), SB 110 (63–10), SB 106 (72–0), SB 143 (59–12), SB 152 (67–2), SB 71 (71–0) and others; several were transmitted to the Senate for signature or further consideration.
The House took recorded or announced voice votes on multiple Senate substitutes and related items during its March 8 floor session. Results read aloud by the clerk or announced on the floor include:
- Fourth substitute SB 38 (school funding amendments): Passed 71–1; amended on the floor and transmitted to the Senate.
- Third substitute SB 82 (child welfare modifications): Passed 70–0; transmitted to the Senate.
- Second substitute SB 101 (high-quality school readiness program expansion): Passed 63–10; to be signed by the Speaker and returned to the Senate for the president's signature.
- Second substitute SB 99 (transparency for political subdivisions): Passed 73–0; bill requires posting contact and financial information on the public notice website.
- Second substitute SB 17 (revenue and taxation amendments): Passed 64–8; sponsor said the bill codifies a state Supreme Court decision involving Anadarko and keeps tax policy at status quo.
- Third substitute SB 110 (water quality amendments): Passed 63–10; establishes an independent peer review process for Department of Water Quality proposals.
- First substitute SB 106 (assault offense amendments): Passed 72–0; expands who is protected under existing assault-on-public-safety-officer provisions.
- First substitute SB 143 (competency-based learning amendments): Passed 59–12; provides planning, implementation and expansion grants for competency-based learning pilots.
- SB 152 (accelerated foreign language course amendments): Passed 67–2.
- SB 71 (Children’s Justice Center amendments): Passed 71–0.
Where a roll-call list of individual votes was not recorded in the transcript, the clerk read vote tallies aloud. Bills that passed were generally transmitted to the Senate for signature or returned to the Senate for further consideration as the ordinary legislative process requires.
