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Utah House passes reappointments and a slate of consent‑calendar bills, nearly all unanimous
Summary
On Feb. 19 the Utah House approved HJR 12 reappointing the legislative auditor general and cleared a lengthy consent calendar, including mortgage‑lending, educational savings, labor and court‑recording bills; most measures passed unanimously or by large margins.
The Utah House on Feb. 19 approved a series of motions and bills largely on unanimous or lopsided votes and transmitted measures to the Senate for further action.
House Joint Resolution 12, to reappoint John Schaff as Legislative Auditor General for a six‑year term, received 63 yea votes and 0 nays and will be sent to the Senate. Members described the appointment process as a routine method for reaffirming nonpartisan staff.
On the consent calendar the House passed (among others) first substitute House Bill 177 (mortgage lending amendments), which sponsors said was negotiated with regulators and industry and passed with recorded affirmative votes; Senate Bill 127 (labor commission amendments) passed and will be returned to the Senate for signature after receiving recorded support. House Bill 216 (Utah Educational Savings Plan amendments) passed the House 65–0; sponsors noted the program now manages more than $8 billion in assets.
Other consent and concurrence items that passed included Senate Bill 42 (public notice of court recording), Senate concurrent resolution 3 supporting an American Indian and Alaska Native education plan (House concurrent resolution passage 63–0), and multiple additional bills that were read for second time and placed on the third‑reading calendar.
Later in floor time the House substituted and passed first substitute House Bill 249 (general contractors license amendments) to clarify contractor and homeowner assistance rules and to allow building inspectors to obtain contractor licenses; the first substitute passed with 67 yea votes. The House circled several bills for later floor consideration and moved other bills to committee as appropriate.
Voting procedures included a technical note from the chair about occasional voting‑machine registration problems and an order allowing a member (Representative Cox) to have his vote recorded after the fact for SCR 3.
