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Utah House advances and passes a string of bills, schedules mental-health measures for Jan. 26
Summary
During a Jan. 24–25 floor session, the Utah House adopted committee reports, scheduled two mental-health bills for time-certain hearings Jan. 26, and passed several bills and a resolution including HB 25, HB 47, HB 44 and SJR 4. Vote tallies and next steps are listed.
SALT LAKE CITY — During a Jan. 24–25 floor session, the Utah House of Representatives adopted multiple committee reports, scheduled two mental-health bills for time-certain consideration and passed a series of bills and a joint resolution that the chamber will transmit to the Senate.
Clerk communications opened the day with notice that Governor Gary R. Herbert had signed two bills earlier on Jan. 24. Committee chairs then reported recommendations that placed several measures on the consent and third-reading calendars.
Representative Karianne Lisonbee successfully moved to lift House Bill 42, a Medicaid waiver for mental-health crisis services, and House Bill 41, mental-health crisis-line amendments, from the third-reading calendar and place both on the time-certain calendar for Jan. 26 (HB 41 at 11:15 a.m.; HB 42 at 11:20 a.m.). Lisonbee said…
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