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Votes at a glance: House advances multiple Senate bills on March 7, 2017
Summary
The House voted to pass a batch of Senate bills covering budget, education, adoption, pharmacy, and construction matters; most bills passed unanimously or by large margins and will be returned to the Senate for signature. This summary lists each bill, a short description, and the House vote tally.
On March 7 the Utah House considered a lengthy Senate third-reading calendar and recorded final actions on a series of Senate bills. Below are the bills called on the floor, a one-line description drawn from sponsors' floor presentations, and the House vote tally where recorded.
- First Substitute Senate Bill 58 — Uniform Voidable Transactions Act: Update to existing "transfers to avoid" law to clarify insolvency tests and evidentiary matters. Vote: 72 yes, 0 no (passes).
- Senate Bill 2 — New fiscal year supplemental appropriations act: Appropriates approximately $583,800,000 including $124,300,000 from the general and education funds and transfers ~$28,200,000 between funds. Vote: (opened and closed floor vote; passed as read).
- First Substitute Senate Bill 8 — State agency fees and internal service fund rate authorization and appropriations: Adjusts agency appropriations, authorizes fees and internal service fund rates for the next fiscal year. Vote: 72 yes, 0 no (passes).
- Senate Bill 9 — Revenue bond and capital facilities amendments: Authorizes non-state-funded and partially state-funded projects including liquor store projects and university facilities (sponsor cited $23,853,600 and $206,000,000 partially state-funded projects). Vote: 72 yes, 0 no (passes).
- First Substitute Senate Bill 277 — Highway general obligation bonds authorization: Authorizes multi-year bonding to expedite UDOT projects; passed 72 yes, 3 no (see separate article for full debate).
- First Substitute Senate Bill 71 — Criminal accounts receivable amendments: Consolidates code sections and adjusts processes for criminal accounts receivable and restitution; vote: 72 yes, 0 no (passes).
- First Substitute Senate Bill 89 — Adoption agency amendments: Establishes ethical standards and safeguards for adoption agencies; vote: 73 yes, 0 no (passes).
- First Substitute Senate Bill 187 — Construction trade amendments: Clarifies retention payments and related lien interest rates and expands lien recovery fund flexibility; vote: 73 yes, 0 no (passes).
- Second Substitute Senate Bill 157 — Property tax changes: Motion to circle (procedural hold) adopted; bill circled.
- Senate Bill 125 — Authorization to modify charter school charter agreements: Motion to circle adopted.
- Senate Bill 127 — State Board of Education amendments: Grants the State Board additional administrative flexibilities (procurement, supervision of small construction projects, position classifications); passed on the floor (vote recorded and signed).
- Senate Bill 186 — Education reporting amendments: Repeals several required reports for LEAs judged duplicative; vote: 74 yes, 0 no (passes).
- First Substitute Senate Bill 246 — Pharmacy Practice Act amendments: Licensing/inspection requirements for out-of-state compounding pharmacies and other technical updates; vote: 69 yes, 1 no (passes).
- First Substitute SCR8 — Healthcare freedom concurrent resolution (amended): Adopted 59 yes, 12 no (passes); transmitted to the Senate.
- First Substitute Senate Bill 214 — Public water supplier amendments: Studies expanding public water suppliers' eligibility to file in-stream flow applications as part of a Utah integrated water management plan; vote: 71 yes, 0 no (passes).
- Second Substitute Senate Bill 54 — Adoption revisions: Clarifies adoption notice and declaration requirements and permits certain agency disclosures with authorization; vote: 60 yes, 11 no (passes).
This list reflects the floor titles, the sponsors' brief descriptions, and the vote tallies recorded on the House floor. Bills that were "circled" were placed on procedural hold for later action. Several measures were specifically returned to the Senate for signature of the president after passage in the House.
