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Votes at a glance: bills the House passed and advanced on Feb. 28, 2017
Summary
A roundup of bills that passed or were moved on the Feb. 28 House floor: a package of measures (water commissioner changes, medical associate physician licensure, tobacco regulation tweaks, intergenerational poverty tax credit, canal safety, tax revisions and more) were approved by recorded or voice votes and will be transmitted to the Senate where indicated.
The Utah House recorded votes or advanced a number of shorter presentations and committee reports on Feb. 28. Key results from the floor session include:
- HB3 96, Medical School Graduates Associate Physician Licensure — Passed 71–0. The bill creates a restricted associate physician license for medical school graduates who have not entered or completed residency, with supervisory and prescribing limits and a four-year maximum for the license.
- HB2 25, Water Commissioner Amendments — Passed 65–0. Sponsor explained reclassification and administrative changes to how water commissioners are paid and administered.
- HB3 74, Long-Term Care Ombudsman Amendments — Passed 64–0. The bill expands ombudsman duties to cover certain residents under age 60 and conforms some language to federal law.
- HB3 55, Unified Commercial Development Amendments — Passed 62–0. The bill eliminates a hybrid sign classification to simplify on-premise vs. off-premise sign regulation.
- HB3 70, Amendments to Tobacco Regulations (second substitute) — Passed 61–1. The substitute clarified licensing, included natural/synthetic tobacco substitutes in definitions and grandfathered certain specialty retailers while shifting licensing to local health departments.
- HB2 94, Utah Intergenerational Poverty Work and Self-Sufficiency Tax Credit (second substitute) — Passed 61–7. The bill enacts a refundable state earned-income tax credit for qualifying individuals at 10% of the federal EITC and included a fiscal note of approximately $4,800,000 and an estimate of helping 20,000 families.
- HB3 01, Canal Safety Amendments (first substitute) — Passed 67–0. The bill increases communication between canal companies and developers and seeks appropriations for final mapping of canals.
- HB3 77, Tax Revisions (first substitute) — Passed 55–14. The bill would make a mandatory election for single-sales-factor apportionment for business income; sponsors acknowledged a fiscal impact estimated on the order of $20 million to the education fund that would require funding decisions.
Several other committee reports were adopted and multiple bills were placed on calendars for second reading or returned to rules as part of the House's floor-management motions.
For each measure above, the sponsor articulated the bill's purpose and most were processed with a voice vote or recorded tally recorded in the House minutes. Details of statutory language, fiscal notes and committee amendments are in the official bill files and committee reports.
