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Senate advances and passes a slate of bills on third reading; votes at a glance
Summary
On Jan. 23 the Utah Senate advanced and passed several third‑reading items — including insurance amendments, education and transportation items — and referred others to calendars; the clerk announced votes for each as the calendar moved quickly.
Salt Lake City — The Utah Senate moved a large third‑reading calendar on Jan. 23, approving a number of bills and resolutions and referring others for further action.
Bills and outcomes at a glance (as announced on the floor): - Senate Bill 23 (Insurance Code Amendments): announced 21 ayes, no nays, 8 absent — passed and sent to the House. - Second substitute, Senate Bill 1 (drivers training — fee vs. tax wording): announced 18 ayes, 6 nays, 5 absent — passed and sent to the House. - Second substitute, Senate Bill 35 (public education curriculum): announced 20 ayes, no nays, 1 absent — passed and sent to the House. - Senate Bill 50 (transportation for public school students task force): announced 26 ayes, no nays, 3 absent — passed and sent to the House. - Senate Bill 20 (State Money Management Act amendments): announced on the floor as 27 ayes, 1 nay, 2 absent (as read) — passed and sent to the House. - Senate Bill 21 (reauthorization of public school trust lands task force): announced 28 ayes, no nays, 1 absent — passed and sent to the House. - Senate Bill 36 (judicial notice of proclamations/rules): announced 28 ayes, no nays, 1 absent — passed and sent to the House. - Senate Bill 40 (accident notification, threshold revision): announced 25 ayes, no nays, 4 absent — passed and sent to the House. - Senate Bill 42 (Crime Prevention Month resolution): announced 26 ayes (as read) — passed and sent to the House. - Senate Bill 73 (signing and filing of information in certain misdemeanor cases): announced 29 ayes, no nays — passed and sent to the House.
Clerk and committee reports: The Secretary read multiple standing committee reports placing House bills on second‑reading and consent calendars (examples: HB 5 on charitable solicitations; HB 37 on higher education assessment). Leadership announced a break and scheduled the next floor session.
What to watch next: Several of these bills will move to the House; any items with fiscal notes (for example, bills that referenced FTEs or appropriations) will face additional scrutiny in appropriations and agency budget deliberations.
