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Votes at a glance: House passes a set of bills including veterans, sewer lateral notices and workers' compensation changes
Summary
On Feb. 11, 2016 the Utah House approved several bills on the Senate calendar and its consent calendar, including HB230 (workers' compensation fund amendments), first substitute SB34 (sewer lateral disclosures), SB53 (veterans definition amendments), and SB35 (veteran license-plate amendments); the House also circled SB11 and opened new bill files. Vote tallies are recorded in the body.
The Utah House took a series of procedural and substantive votes on Feb. 11, 2016. Highlights and recorded outcomes:
- House Bill 230 (workers' compensation fund amendments): Representative Val Peterson summarized that the bill increases the Workers' Compensation Fund board size from seven to nine and allows payment of market-rate compensation to board members. The bill passed the House on the consent calendar with a recorded vote of 65 yea and 1 nay and will be transmitted to the Senate.
- First substitute Senate Bill 34 (sewer lateral disclosures): Representative Handy explained the bill requires water/sewer districts to notify property owners annually that lateral repairs are the owner's responsibility. The House passed the first substitute 78–0; the bill was signed by the speaker pro tem and returned to the Senate.
- Senate Bill 53 (veterans definition amendments): Representative Ray, chair of the Utah Veterans and Military Affairs Commission, described technical cleanups to veterans' definitions and acceptable discharge documents (for example, DD214 and NGB 22) and clarified that Utah National Guard duty authorized by the governor counts as active duty. The bill passed 69–0 and was returned to the Senate.
- Senate Bill 35 (veteran license plates amendments): Representative Ray presented language creating military/veteran specialty plates with verification by the Utah Department of Veterans Affairs; the House passed the bill 68–0.
Other procedural actions: The House moved to circle Senate Bill 11 (cancellation of auto-insurance coverage) for later consideration; several committee reports were adopted and multiple bills were assigned to standing committees. The House recessed until 2 p.m.
