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Utah House advances a string of bills on third reading; key votes and referrals to Senate
Summary
The Utah House passed multiple bills on third reading, including measures on alcoholic‑beverage events, emergency loan access from the disaster recovery account, election reporting, aeronautics, and education‑related commissions; several bills were circled for later consideration and HB 48 on election law passed but was later reconsidered for further review.
The Utah House spent the floor session advancing a steady stream of third‑reading bills across policy areas and referring them to the Senate.
Representative Oda led two early bills that passed: HB 13 (alcoholic beverage event permit amendments) passed 71‑1 after the sponsor said qualifying applicants should receive permits when they meet statutory criteria, and HB 14 (emergency services account loan amendments) passed 72‑0 to create a temporary loan fund within the disaster recovery account to advance funds to assisting agencies pending reimbursement.
Other bills that passed on third reading and were referred to the Senate included HB 20 (lead acid battery disposal sunset reauthorization, 71‑0), HB 21 (elections revisions, 71‑1), HB 23 (privilege tax amendments, 72‑0), HB 24 (aeronautics restricted account amendments, 72‑0), HB 27 (school district participation in the state risk management fund, 71‑0), HB 29 (transportation interim committee report cleanups, 72‑0), HB 33 (fire prevention board membership, 71‑0), HB 34 (Business and Labor interim committee cleanup, 72‑1), HB 43 (State Instructional Materials Commission amendments, 68‑5), HB 45 (STEM program amendments, 71‑0), HB 49 (state liability protection for school employees, 72‑0), and a number of other technical and interim committee bills.
Several bills were 'circled' (deferred for further amendment or consideration), including HB 36 and HB 39 earlier in the session; HB 39 was uncircled and amended on the floor. HB 48 (election law amendments) passed 48‑25 but drew extended discussion; later in the day Representative Dunnigan moved to reconsider and the bill was circled for further review to seek additional votes for an immediate effective date. The House adjourned planning to resume floor work the following day.
The roll‑call tallies reported on the floor are recorded below; where the House reported a numerical vote total, that tally is reflected (individual member votes were not read for every item on the transcript).
