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Floor roundup: Utah House advances multiple bills, including tuition waivers, nursing‑board changes and construction licensing
Summary
On March 4 the Utah House passed a series of bills on consent and concurrence calendars — HB 410 (military tuition waivers), HB 424 (health‑insurance coordination), SB 56 (Nurse Practice Act amendments), SB 148 (workforce services revisions) and others — and handled procedural motions including lifting HB 374 to third reading.
The Utah House spent much of its March 4 floor session on routine consent and concurrence business, passing multiple bills and setting calendars for later action.
Military tuition waivers: House Bill 410, summarized by Representative Oder, reallocates existing waiver funds to expand tuition waivers to more National Guard members without adding cost to the state. Sponsors said the change could reach about 400 guardsmen. The House voted to pass HB 410, 62–0, and the bill will be transmitted to the Senate.
Health insurance coordination: Representative Thurston described House Bill 424, which clarifies the contracted rate a patient pays when they have more than one insurer and requires providers who overcollect to return overpayments with interest. The House passed HB 424, 61–4; it proceeds to the Senate.
Nursing education accreditation: Senate Bill 56 was presented as a consensus measure aligning nursing‑education accreditation with nationally recognized accrediting bodies so graduates can be licensed across state lines. The House passed SB 56 on final passage, 71–0, and the bill will be enrolled.
Workforce services and contractors licensing: The House approved the second substitute to SB 148 (workforce services revisions) to align state code with federal law (Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act) and to adjust the welfare reform commission. The House also concurred with the Senate on first substitute HB 249 (general‑contractors license amendments) after floor discussion about coordination with building‑code legislation; HB 249 passed the House, 65–5, and returns to the Senate.
Other concurrence votes: The House concurred with Senate amendments and passed bills including HB 236 (charitable prescription drug recycling program), HB 48 (election‑law amendments), HB 106 (securities amendments), HB 116 (determination of employer status amendments) and others; tallies were recorded on the floor and bills were returned to the Senate or enrolled as appropriate.
Procedural motions: Representative Cox moved and the House approved lifting House Bill 374 (Accessible parking amendments) from the consent calendar to the top of the third‑reading calendar so that a sponsor‑signed amendment could be added. Representatives also moved to refuse to concur in Senate amendments on HB 126 (unmanned aircraft revisions); that refusal carried, and the House will notify the Senate.
Ending — Routine business and committee reports filled the remainder of the floor time, and the House recessed for lunch, planning to resume consideration of the third‑reading calendar in the afternoon.
