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Votes at a glance: Selected floor actions and outcomes, Utah House (2017 session)
Summary
The House approved a long list of Senate substitutes and concurrence items during the floor session: notable roll calls included SB 3 (68-3), SB 130 (74-0), SB 156 (74-0), SB 167 (50-23), SB 272 (64-7), and SB 114 (6th substitute 47-26). Several other concurrence items were approved and returned to the Senate.
The Utah House recorded final votes on numerous measures during the late-stage floor session. Highlights and results announced by the Clerk on the floor included:
- SB 3 (Appropriations Adjustment): Passed the House (68 yes, 3 no). The Speaker signed and returned the bill to the Senate for signature of the president.
- SB 130 (Fifth substitute, Universal Service Fund Amendments): Passed (74 yes, 0 no).
- SB 156 (Third substitute, Local Public Safety and Firefighters Surviving Spouse Trust Fund Amendments): Passed (74 yes, 0 no).
- HB 369 (Forced substitute, Criminal penalty enhancements — concurrence with Senate amendments): Concurred (59 yes, 12 no).
- SB 262 (Upstart amendments): Passed (59 yes, 14 no) after sponsor presentation about taking the Upstart preschool program out of pilot status and opening vendor competition.
- SB 167 (Bond/bail provisions): Passed as amended (50 yes, 23 no); floor debate included questions about cash bail practices and parity between court-administered cash amounts and commercial bail bonds.
- SB 279 (Amendment addressing alcohol-license proximity protections): Passed after a sponsor amendment (59 yes, 12 no).
- SB 272 (Search and Rescue assistance card program amendments): Passed (64 yes, 7 no). Sponsors described the card as a reimbursement/insurance mechanism; debate touched on cost, who pays and 'reckless' exclusions.
- SB 161 (Bullying and Hazing Amendments): First substitute passed (55 yes, 16 no); sponsors said the bill clarifies definitions and requires an annual reporting mechanism and proof of receipt of policy materials.
- SB 87 (Civil Asset Forfeiture Revisions): Passed after a one-word amendment to change "property owner" to "claimant" (63 yes, 3 no).
- Additional measures passed (e.g., SB 229, SB 255, SB 252, HB 315 and others) as the House finished floor business before adjourning the 2017 general session.
Many of these were concurrence votes or substitute-adoption votes rather than long floor debates; sponsors frequently waived summations and deferred technical questions to committees or staff. The Clerk and Speaker handled procedural steps to return measures to the Senate and to complete the session’s business.
For full line-item details, roll-call records and the official enrolled bills, consult the House Clerk’s office and the official legislative website.
