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Votes at a Glance: Key House Actions on March 2, 2016
Summary
Summary of major recorded floor votes and procedural motions from the March 2 House session, including unanimous passage of several Senate bills and concurrent resolutions and circling/uncircling actions on consent items.
The Utah House took multiple votes and procedural actions on March 2, 2016. Key recorded outcomes on the floor included:
- HCR 10 (recognizing economic relations between Canada and Utah): passed 65–0 (referred to Senate).
- HCR 13 (urging Congress to support Utah sage‑grouse conservation plan): passed 58–8 (referred to Senate).
- HB 395 (legislative report amendments): passed 61–0 (referred to Senate).
- HB 397 (Department of Administrative Services revisions): passed 63–0 (referred to Senate).
- HB 392 (Executive Appropriations Committee report amendments): initially circled; later uncircled and passed 69–0 (referred to Senate).
- SB 75 (water‑rights adjudication amendments): passed 66–0 (returned to Senate).
- SB 124 (gang enhancement provisions): passed 66–0 (returned to Senate).
- First substitute SCR 5 (support for law enforcement, as amended): amendment adopted on floor; SCR 5 as amended passed 66–0 (sent back to Senate for concurrence).
- SB 63 (survey monument replacement): passed 63–0 (returned to Senate).
- SB 126 (committee authority amendments): passed 65–2 (returned to Senate for concurrence).
- SB 118 (Uinta Basin Air Quality Research Project): passed 67–0 (returned to Senate).
- SCR 11 (concurrent resolution urging rescheduling of marijuana): passed 66–0 (returned to Senate).
- SJR 2 (joint resolution calling for repeal of the Seventeenth Amendment): recorded 39 yea votes and was returned to the Senate.
Several bills were 'circled' (postponed) or uncircled during the session, reflecting procedural scheduling decisions; numerous committee reports and rules‑committee assignments were also adopted by the House. Items sent to the Rules Committee or placed on reading calendars were announced from the floor.
