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Senate moves a wave of bills: dozens reported, multiple final passage votes
Summary
The Utah Senate adopted committee reports, transmitted signed House bills to the President, and recorded final-passage actions on several bills including SB105, SB58, SB129, HB16 and SB26; multiple bills were set for continued action or sent to the House for signature.
The Utah Senate convened for floor action that resulted in adoption of committee reports and recorded votes on a number of measures on the calendar. Clerk Carol Peterson reported several House communications and the Senate adopted its rules before moving into committee reports and first/third-reading business.
On the consent calendar and third reading, Senate Bill 105 (sentencing guidelines—judicial council matter) passed by unanimous recorded vote and was returned to the House for further action. The chamber also considered and recorded final votes or committee referrals for a large group of bills that were read into the record by the clerk and placed on appropriate calendars.
Notable final votes recorded on the floor during the session included: substitute Senate Bill 58 (standardized emission inspections) — third-substitute passage recorded as 20 ayes, 5 nays, 4 absent; Senate Bill 129 (early graduation incentives) — passage recorded as 26 ayes, 3 absent; and House Bill 16 (continuing education for real-estate licensees) — passed and referred back to the House. Senate Bill 105 was recorded as unanimous (27 ayes, 2 absent).
The chamber adopted numerous committee reports sending bills to subject committees (examples included SB108 to business & labor, SB182 to education, SB177 to health, SB111 and SB130 to revenue and taxation). Several bills were placed on the third-reading calendar for final action.
Senators used formal roll-call procedures on several measures and offered short explanations of vote where required by members. Where constitutional or statutory questions were raised (for example, whether a proposed fuel-fee surcharge could conflict with Article XIII, Section 13 of the Utah Constitution), senators noted legal-counsel language in the bill files.
The session concluded with additional committee reports, announcements about schedule changes and an adjournment to reconvene the following morning.
Ending: Many measures were passed or referred for further action and several major bills were set on the third-reading calendar; the Senate adjourned until 10 a.m. the next day.
