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Utah Senate clears scores of bills, including campaign-disclosure and aircraft tax items
Summary
The Utah Senate advanced and approved numerous bills and resolutions in a general-session floor day, sending a set of House-passed measures back for action and clearing several Senate bills for the House. Notable approvals included a political contribution disclosure measure, an aircraft sales-tax exemption, rules for judicial review of administrative rules, and multiple juvenile- and retirement-related bills.
The Utah State Senate spent a floor day acting on a broad slate of legislation, approving a number of measures and sending them to the House or to the governor for signature.
Among the items the Senate recorded action on were Substitute Senate Bill 273, which creates a mechanism for judicial review of administrative rules; Second Substitute House Bill 1, a political contribution disclosure statute for groups supporting or opposing statewide ballot measures; House Bill 85, which clarifies a sales-tax exemption for aircraft manufactured in Utah and delivered out of state; and a series of juvenile and retirement items, including House Bill 199 (guardian ad litem coverage) and House Bill 94 (retirement system compliance with federal tax law).
Roll-call tallies and formal outcomes were announced from the floor as measures passed. For example, the sponsor recorded Substitute Senate Bill 273 as passing with 22 aye votes, 1 nay, and 6 absent. The floor also recorded passage of SR5, an honorary resolution, with 20 aye votes and 9 absent. Several house-originated bills were read and transmitted in bulk with committee referrals; others were approved after debate and returned to the House with amendments where required.
Some items were circled for later consideration or sent to conference committees when the Senate declined to concur in House amendments. Where senators voiced substantive concerns (for example, on bills affecting procurement rules and tax exemptions), the record shows motions to circle or to send measures back to rules or to a conference committee.
The day's work exemplified a mix of routine concurrence votes and several policy debates that generated recorded roll calls and short debates on the floor. Pending items not resolved that day were placed on the second- or third-reading calendars as indicated by members on the floor.
