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House roundup: key bills cleared and committee reports sent to the Senate
Summary
During the Feb. 29 session the House moved several bills and committee reports: water-rights amendments, land-use notice changes, public-safety code fixes, solid-waste clarifications, and a recycling-theft measure that passed after a voting-system glitch. Several committee reports were also adopted and bills assigned to standing committees.
The Utah House on Feb. 29 handled a long consent and concurrence calendar and approved multiple bills that advanced to the Senate.
Notable outcomes included:
- Second substitute SB23 (water law — protected purchaser amendments): final passage vote recorded on the floor and returned to the Senate (recorded 67–0).
- Second substitute HB305 (Water rights and resources amendments): passed the House 67–0 after sponsor remarks focused on audit-driven data-quality reforms requiring qualified signatures and validation by the Division of Water Rights.
- First substitute HB401 (Public safety amendments): was uncircled, discussed briefly and passed 66–0; the bill updates custodial-offense language to include the office of special function officer.
- Second substitute HB360 (Land use amendments — transparency): passed 69–0; sponsors said the bill requires local subdivisions to identify where adopted ordinances impose stricter standards than state code.
- HB269 (Recycling of copper wire): passed 55–15 after the electronic voting system experienced problems; the Clerk took votes and recorded the final tally. The bill seeks to tighten regulation of metal recycling to deter theft and contemplates minimum fines and coordination with law enforcement and industry.
- HB354 (Driver education funding amendments): passed 37–24; sponsor said the bill releases trapped driver-education fee balances to districts and charter schools.
- Second substitute HB258 (Solid Waste Amendments): passed with a recorded vote (78–0) after clarifying Senate changes on the handling of paper and similar materials.
The House also adopted several committee reports (economic development and workforce services; government operations; political subdivisions; revenue and taxation; rules) and assigned newly filed bills to standing committees. The body recessed for lunch and planned to reconvene at 2 p.m.
