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Senate advances multiple bills and resolutions, including SB221, SJR26 and bill-placement actions
Summary
The Senate adopted committee reports and advanced several bills: Senate Bill 221 was read for third time and placed on the third-reading calendar; SJR26 (special districts) passed and was sent to the House; procedural calendar moves placed SB252 and HCR32 at the top of calendars. Several other bills were returned to rules or placed on second/third reading calendars.
The Senate handled a string of procedural and substantive items in the session, adopting committee reports, advancing bills to third reading and placing high-priority measures on reading calendars.
Key outcomes and calendar actions:
- Senate Bill 221: The question was called and the clerk reported the roll; the bill was read for the third time and recorded (announced as 21 ayes, 1 nay, 7 absent) and placed on the third-reading calendar. Senator McAllister later moved to table and place it on the third-reading table; the motion carried.
- SJR26 (special districts): Senator Nelson moved final passage under suspension. The roll call showed 26 ayes and 3 absent; the resolution passed and was sent to the House. The resolution asks the Utah Association of Special Districts to prepare model personnel and procurement policies for committee review.
- Calendar placements: HCR32 (pipeline route) and SB252 (planning/limitation amendment) were moved to the top of the second-reading calendar for consideration. Several bills were returned to the Rules Committee for procedural compliance and some were retained on the board as requested by members.
- Committee reports adopted: Committee reports for House Bill 206 and House Bill 119 (among others) were adopted and placed on consent or reading calendars by voice votes.
These actions primarily reorganized the order of business and advanced bills for later debate and amendment; none of the items in this roundup was enacted into law during the session excerpted here.
