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Senate advances multiple bills and resolutions; key votes sent to the House or placed on third-reading calendar
Summary
The Utah Senate approved a package of bills and constitutional joint resolutions, including S.B. 22 (state highways), S.B. 17 (telecommunications tax clarification), S.B. 30 (Information Practices Task Force reauthorization), S.B. 53 (retirement credit change) and SJR 5 and SJR 9; vote tallies and committee referrals were recorded and several measures were sent on to the House or placed on third reading.
The Utah State Senate conducted routine legislative business and approved several bills and joint resolutions on the floor before moving them to the next stages of the legislative process.
On third reading, the Senate passed Senate Bill 22, a measure revising state highway authorizations, by voice vote and later recorded as 24 ayes, 0 nays, with five senators absent; the bill will be transmitted to the House for further action. The Senate passed Senate Bill 17, a telecommunications-tax clarification, 23–1 with five absent; the bill clarifies that intrastate telephone service is taxable while interstate calls remain exempt and preserves a 10-year access limitation that the committee previously approved.
Several committee-reported…
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