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House approves consent calendar and several Senate bills, including election and transportation measures
Summary
On Feb. 1, 2017, the Utah House approved multiple consent-calendar bills (HB86, HB135, HB46) and returned several Senate third-reading bills (SB27, SB36, SB13, SB21) to the Senate after passage; several items passed unanimously or by large margins.
The Utah House on Feb. 1 passed a slate of consent-calendar bills and several Senate third-reading measures, sending most to the Senate or returning them after final House action.
Key votes and outcomes included:
• House Bill 86 (inactive voter amendments): Representative Hall said the bill would place certain returned voter-ID cases on an 'inactive' list rather than removing registrants from the rolls. The bill passed 70 yes, 0 no and will be transmitted to the Senate.
• House Bill 135 (deposit of public funds): Representative Gardner explained the bill aligns political subdivisions with state agencies by changing a deadline from '3 days' to '3 banking days' for depositing receipts. The bill passed 70 yes, 1 no and will be transmitted to the Senate.
• House Bill 46 (pass-through entity tax amendments): Representative Eliason said the bill corrects statutory references from a 2009 rewrite and has no fiscal impact. The bill passed 72–0 and will be transmitted to the Senate.
• House Bill 60 (deaf and hard of hearing amendments): Representative Thurston moved to place the bill on a time-certain calendar (Feb. 7 at 11:30 a.m.) to ensure interpreter availability; the motion carried and the bill was scheduled accordingly.
• Senate Bill 27 (motor vehicle accident cost recovery): Sponsored in the House by Representative Westwood, the bill broadens current language to include local government entities and allows contracting with third parties for recovery; it passed 71–0 and will be returned to the Senate for signature.
• Senate Bill 36 (Department of Transportation amendments): Representative Stratton said the bill implements audit recommendations allowing UDOT to contract for external performance auditors and repeals certain Class B and C road-account requirements; it passed 72–0 and will be returned to the Senate.
• Senate Bill 13 (election law amendments): Representative Perry offered an amendment to correct several dates and conforming changes across a long code-cleanup bill; the amendment was adopted and the bill passed as amended, 73–0.
• Senate Bill 21 (retirement systems amendments, first substitute): Representative Jefferson Moss presented non-substantive clarifications requested by the Utah Retirement System; the substitute passed unanimously, 73–0.
Several other committee reports and introductory bills were read and assigned to House committees. The House adjourned after completing floor business.
