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Senate Floor Roundup: Key Bills Advanced and Votes Taken on Feb. 24, 1993
Summary
The Utah Senate advanced and passed multiple bills on Feb. 24, 1993, including measures on employee leasing, transportation, public safety, tax changes, and education equalization. This roundup lists each bill mentioned on the floor, its sponsor, and recorded outcome where available.
The Utah State Senate considered a broad slate of bills on Feb. 24, 1993 and took floor action — adopting committee reports, passing measures on third reading, moving substitutes, and setting time-certain hearings. Below are the principal items discussed or voted on during the floor session.
Votes at a glance (selected floor actions recorded in debate):
- SB 168 (property tax residential definition) — Sponsor: Senator Beatty. Passed on third reading by voice vote; sent to the House.
- SB 188 (employee leasing company regulation) — Sponsor: Senator Oakey. Floor explanation focused on requiring a certificate of deposit or letter of credit for employee leasing companies; recorded vote reported as 25 ayes (absentees noted); bill passes and is sent to the House.
- SB 143 (wildfire suppression funding) — Sponsor: Senator Blackcomb. After prior debate, the bill was advanced with a recorded tally reported as 25 ayes; bill sent to the House for further action.
- Substitute SB 249 (Winter Sports Park: governmental immunity; add snowboarding and ski jumping) — Sponsor: Senator Marine. Substitute passed (recorded 26 ayes, 3 absent) and sent to the House.
- Substitute SB 46 (transportation of children; definitional amendment for 'freeway') — Sponsor: Senator Scott Howell. After technical amendments and a floor vote, substitute SB 46 passed with a recorded 26 ayes, no nays; sent to the House without further action.
- SB 153 (wholesale motor vehicle auction titles) — Sponsor: Senator Hilliard. Bill passes (25 ayes, 4 absent) and is scheduled for House action.
- SB 29 (sanctions for denial of child visitation) — Sponsor: Senator Baird. Substitute adopted; bill rewritten as a pilot program in the First Judicial District (Logan/Brigham) from July 1, 1993 to July 1, 1994, funded from the Children's Legal Defense Fund; bill advanced to third reading with recorded votes in favor.
- SB 158 (DUI with passenger penalty) — Sponsor: Senator Wynne Richards. Two small technical amendments accepted; advanced to third-reading calendar (reported 25 ayes on the floor).
- SB 170 (motor fuel tax amendments) — Sponsor: Senator Stevenson. Committee report adopted; bill advanced to third reading (22 ayes, 7 absent reported).
- SB 175 (motor vehicles on consignment) — Sponsor: Senator Mantis. Bill clarifies obligations in consignment sales, requires written agreements on forms, and empowers enforcement; passed (24 ayes, 5 absent).
- SB 178 (automobile homicide with DUI enhancement) — Sponsor: Senator Wynne Richards. Sponsor explained enhancements and removal of an upper jail-time cap for certain felony DUI enhancements; bill advanced to third-reading calendar after adopting amendments.
- SB 199 (education capital outlay and debt service amendments) — Sponsor: Senator Beatty. Major floor debate; bill advanced to the second-reading calendar after recorded floor tally of 25 ayes, 3 nays, 1 absent; sponsor accepted amendments including language on alternative programs for participating districts.
- SB 179 (corporate tax revisions) — Sponsor: Senator Hilliard. Complex recodification and policy changes were explained on the floor; amendments were adopted addressing industry concerns and the bill was advanced to the third-reading calendar with a recorded tally (28 ayes, 1 absent).
Other business included communications from the governor listing bills signed on 02/24/1993, numerous committee report adoptions, motions to circle certain bills for later consideration (e.g., SB 194, SJR 16), and short recognitions (including a citation presented to Benet Catherine Arnold for contributions to the arts).
For reporters and stakeholders: the transcript records floor tallies for many items but does not always print full roll-call vote lists for each member by name in a machine-friendly tabulation; tallies cited in floor announcements have been included above with the session's reported counts.
Next steps: several bills advanced to third reading or were placed on future calendars; several matters (notably SB 199) were left pending further fiscal analysis and possible amendments. The Senate recessed for lunch and planned to return at 2:00 p.m.
