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Utah House advances dozen items, including assistance-animal changes and highway designation
Summary
The Utah House on Feb. 26 advanced multiple bills and concurrent resolutions on the consent and third-reading calendars, including passage of HB 407 (Assistance Animals Amendments), HB 396 (special designation of Route 6), HCR 15 (Jordan School District commendation), HB 54 (income tax amendments) and resolutions honoring university and philanthropic leaders.
The Utah House of Representatives on Feb. 26 approved a run of bills and ceremonial resolutions after brief presentations and committee reports.
House Bill 407, the Assistance Animals Amendments, passed the House and was transmitted to the Senate after the Clerk announced it had received 66 yes votes and 2 no votes. Representative Dunnigan said the measure creates an enforcement mechanism for fraudulent assistance-animal claims so individuals with legitimate needs are not harmed by abuse of the system.
Also on the consent calendar, House Bill 396, designating a portion of Route 6, passed with 68 yes votes and 2 no votes after Representative Watkins described the historical rationale for the designation. Concurrent Resolution 15 commending the Jordan School District for its fleet of natural-gas school buses passed unanimously, the Clerk said.
First Substitute House Bill 54, concerning individual income tax additions and deductions, passed final House passage with 67 yes votes, 0 no votes and will be transmitted to the Senate. The House also approved final passage on House Bill 81 (safety-belt violations amendments) after concurring with Senate changes; the Clerk reported 51 yes votes for the measure on the floor.
Several committee reports were adopted on the floor, placing bills on the consent and third-reading calendars and assigning new bills to standing committees as recommended by committee chairs. The Rules Committee announced multiple assignments, and the House introduced a set of new bills for first reading, including measures on wildland fire liability, educator post-retirement reemployment and residential vocational program amendments.
The House recessed for lunch and caucus and planned to return to floor time at 2 p.m.
Outcome at a glance (floor announcements): HB 407 — passed (66–2); HB 396 — passed (68–2); HCR 15 — passed (68–0); HB 54 — passed (67–0); HB 81 — reported on final passage (51 yes on floor roll). Additional committee-placed bills were read for the second time or placed on calendars for later action.
