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Votes at a glance: key bills the Utah Senate passed or concurred on during the session
Summary
The Senate recorded final votes or concurrence on numerous bills and resolutions including SB 5 (tire recycling), SB 25 (water conservancy withdrawals), SB 35 (reporting of industrial injuries), SB 59 (contractor licensing), SB 98 (public education revisions), SB 143, SB 73, HB 59, HCR 30 and HCR 33; tallies and outcomes summarized.
On this floor day the Utah State Senate took recorded action on a broad set of measures. Below are the principal bills and resolutions reported and their floor outcomes as recorded by the clerk during the session.
- Substitute Senate Bill 5 (recycling of waste tires): Senate concurred with House amendments; final reported tally 23 ayes, 3 nays, 3 absent; bill passes and is returned to the House for further action.
- Senate Bill 25 (withdrawal from Water Conservancy Districts): Senate concurred with House amendments; final reported tally 25 ayes, no nays; bill passes and returned to the House.
- Senate Bill 35 (standardized reporting of industrial injuries and occupational diseases): Senate concurred with House amendments; final reported tally 23 ayes, 6 absent; bill passes and sent to the House.
- Senate Bill 59 (contractors licensing amendment): Senate concurred with House technical amendments; final reported tally 26 ayes, no nays, 3 absent; bill sent to the House.
- Senate Bill 98 (public education revisions; boundary amendment): Senate concurred in House amendments addressing a local boundary issue; final reported tally 27 ayes, no nays, 2 absent; bill passes.
- Senate Bill 143 (pardons and paroles amendments): Passed on third reading (25 ayes noted on the record).
- Senate Bill 73 (Good Samaritan protection for ski patrol): Passed by voice/record (24 ayes noted) and referred to the House for action.
- House Bill 59 (retirement service credit increase): Final voice/roll-call passage recorded as 29 ayes, no nays; placed on the third-reading calendar.
- HCR 30 (resolution honoring Car Printing Company, centennial): Adopted under suspension of rules with ceremonial remarks and introductions.
- HCR 33 (resolution commending Calvin F. Black): Adopted with tributes and unanimous consent recorded (27 ayes).
These items were recorded by the clerk and the Senate completed committee reports and referrals to standing committees before adjourning to its next scheduled session. Where the Senate concurred with House amendments, the bills were returned to the House for any further action required to enroll or transmit to the governor.
