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House votes: a roundup of bills acted on March 5, 2018
Summary
On March 5 the Utah House substituted, amended, or passed multiple bills on the third-reading calendar — including budget measures (HB 2), fee and ISF authorizations (HB 8), legislative fiscal analyst budget process reforms (HB 452), PCN amendments (HB 325), waste management (HB 373) and several health and human services and criminal-justice measures — many of which were transmitted to the Senate.
During an extended March 5 floor session the Utah House took up a large third-reading calendar and processed a set of substituted and amended bills. Key actions included:
- House Bill 2 (new fiscal-year supplemental appropriations act): Representative Last presented HB 2 as additions to the base budget for FY2019 and noted the bill appropriates $528,800,000 including $210,700,000 from general and education funds; a technical amendment to correct intent language passed and voting was opened and closed on the floor.
- House Bill 8 (state agency fees and internal service fund rate authorization): Representative Schultz moved adoption of the first substitute; the bill (including ISF adjustments totaling $3,221,400) was substituted and will be transmitted to the Senate.
- House Bill 472 (Medicaid expansion revisions): The House passed the waiver-based expansion 47–27 and transmitted it to the Senate (separate, longer article covers this bill).
- House Bill 452 (legislative fiscal analyst amendments): The bill to create a rotating fiscal-review schedule and other analyst-office changes passed unanimously, 74–0.
- House Bill 325 (Primary Care Network amendments): A fourth substitute adding inpatient behavioral-health benefits, substance-abuse treatment and enhanced specialty benefits (sponsor said fiscal note should be zero) was moved and the bill passed and will be transmitted to the Senate.
- First substitute House Bill 373 (waste management amendments): After floor debate and an amendment discussion the bill passed 63–8 and was transmitted to the Senate.
- Several other bills were substituted, circled for later consideration, or referred to Rules pending fiscal notes and prioritization (including bills related to electronic cigarettes, alcohol licensing, health information exchange amendments, work-environment grievance procedures, and criminal-justice reforms). The House adopted multiple committee reports and repositioned several bills under an omnibus vehicle to manage the third-reading calendar.
What’s next: Many of the bills passed by the House were transmitted to the Senate for its further consideration; others were circled for later floor action or referral pending fiscal-note completion. Readers interested in a particular bill should track the Senate calendar and committee referrals for next steps.
