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Votes at a glance: bills the House passed on March 6, 2018
Summary
A roundup of bills the Utah House passed during the March 6, 2018 floor session, with vote tallies and one-line descriptions to aid quick reference.
The following measures were recorded as passed by the Utah House during the March 6, 2018 floor session (selected items from the transcript):
• SJR 14 (joint rules resolution on international relations and trade) — Passed, 66 yes, 0 no. Sponsor: Representative Hutchings. (Creates a legislative committee to replace the prior commission and promote trade/higher-ed engagement.)
• SB 241 (medical benefits recovery amendments) — Passed, 66 yes, 0 no. Sponsor: Representative Kennedy. (Codifies a lien for certain Medicaid recipients' real property with exemptions for a surviving spouse or dependent child.)
• SB 63 (charity registration amendments) — Passed, 70 yes, 0 no. Sponsor: Representative Dunnigan. (Deregulates small individual fundraisers and increases the professional-fundraiser registration threshold to $5,000.)
• SB 2 (public education budget amendments) — Passed as amended, 69 yes, 0 no. Sponsor: Representative McKay. (Comprehensive K–12 funding adjustments; includes a floor amendment that redirected funds to gang‑prevention.)
• SB 3 (current fiscal-year supplemental appropriations) — Passed (vote recorded on the floor and returned to Senate). Sponsor: Representative Last.
• SB 162 (intergenerational poverty matching education savings plan) — Passed, 68 yes, 1 no. Sponsor: Representative Owens. (Creates a matched savings plan to encourage higher-education participation among students in intergenerational poverty.)
• SB 96 (canal amendments) — Passed, 69 yes, 0 no. Sponsor: Representative McHale. (Stakeholder-backed process for resolving development, canal company and municipal issues.)
• First substitute SB 104 (talent development and retention strategy) — Passed, 49 yes, 14 no. Sponsor: Representative Wilson. (Opt-in incentives to encourage students to pursue high-demand fields and work in Utah.)
Notes: This roundup includes bills with recorded roll-call tallies within the transcript excerpt. Several other bills were read, circled, substituted or circled for fiscal notes during the session; those items are not listed here unless a vote tally was recorded in the provided transcript.
Provenance: Each entry above is supported by floor remarks and vote tallies in the March 6, 2018 House transcript.
