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Votes at a glance: key bills approved on House floor Feb. 10, 2016
Summary
Several bills advanced on the House floor, including reauthorization of the hospital provider assessment, retirement-system changes, passenger-carrier rules for railroad workers, and administrative concurrence rules for state boards. This roundup lists outcomes and short summaries of each measure.
The Utah House approved multiple bills on Feb. 10, 2016. Below are short summaries and the recorded floor vote for each measure discussed on the third-reading calendar and other floor actions.
- Senate Bill 32 — Reauthorization of the Hospital Provider Assessment Act: Sponsor Representative Donegan said the bill extends the hospital assessment sunset for three years to preserve federal matching dollars. Passed 63-3.
- Senate Bill 37 — Human Resource Management Rate Committee: Representative Powell explained the bill expands membership on the DHRM rate committee and removes several executive-level members; passed 69-0.
- Senate Bill 19 — Phased Retirement: An optional phased-retirement option for participating URS employers allowing employees to work part time while receiving a portion of retirement and salary; includes a five-year sunset for review. Passed 72-0.
- Senate Bill 20 — URS audit recommendations: Implements selected recommendations from the 2015 URS audit (disclosure of employee compensation, records officer designation, response-time limits for information requests, improved public notice). Passed 74-0.
- First Substitute SB 12 — Passenger Carrier Requirements: Requires taxi endorsement and qualification standards for passenger carriers that move railroad workers; does not apply to general app-based ride services, per sponsor. Passed 57-15.
- SP 30 — Department of Commerce, Boards, Committees and Commissions (concurrence amendments): Implements active state supervision in response to North Carolina State Board of Dental Examiners v. FTC; House adopted a friendly amendment preserving a commission's right to file a dissenting opinion and passed the bill as amended 72-1.
- HB 81 — Government Employee Insurance Offerings amendments: Allows equitable treatment for some state employees excluded from HSA benefits by federal rules; sponsor estimated potential savings and encouraged employees to consider higher-deductible plans. Passed 71-0.
- HB 168 — Transportation funding modifications: Clarifies permitted uses of Salt Lake County —fquarter of a quarter—g funds for multimodal projects including pedestrian/nonmotorized trails, storage, bridges and park-and-ride parking structures. Passed 66-6.
Several of these bills received brief floor presentations with limited debate and will be transmitted back to the Senate or to enrolling staff as required by House procedure.
