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Votes at a glance: Utah Senate clears multiple bills Feb. 11, 1993
Summary
The Utah Senate approved a slate of bills and resolutions on Feb. 11, 1993, including measures on libraries, controlled substances, divorce waiting periods, motor-vehicle insurance evidence, podiatry licensing, dam safety, telephone fraud, and a highway naming resolution for former Gov. Norman H. Bangerter.
SALT LAKE CITY — During its Feb. 11 session the Utah Senate approved a number of bills and a concurrent resolution, advancing measures on public policy, professional licensing and criminal matters.
Key floor actions and outcomes included: - House Bill 37 (student donations for college/university library funds): adopted on third reading (26 ayes, 3 absent). - Substitute House Bill 93 (Controlled Substances Act amendments — steroid prescription clarification): passed (27 ayes, 2 absent). - House Bill 70 (waiver of 90-day waiting period on divorce for those completing mandated education/mediation): passed (27 ayes, 2 absent). - Senate Bill 106 (law enforcement may request evidence of motor-vehicle insurance subject to a 10-day filing cure period): passed (26 ayes, absent count recorded). - House Bill 74 (podiatrist licensing act) with a friendly amendment narrowing surgical privileges and requiring certain procedures be done in licensed facilities: amendment adopted and bill passed (25 ayes, 8 absent). - Substitute Senate Bill 47 (dam safety amendments): passed (23 ayes, 6 absent). - Second Substitute House Bill 31 (telephone fraud/solicitation): passed (25 ayes, 4 absent). - Senate Bill 115 (motor vehicle penalties provisions): passed (26 ayes, 3 absent). - House Bill 8 (repeal of discriminatory aliens-dependent status for benefit purposes): passed (26 ayes, 3 absent). - Senate Bill 93 (abuse or neglect of disabled child — definition of caretaker): passed (25 ayes, 4 absent). - Senate Bill 94 (higher education legal counsel, limited to internal administrative/contract work while Attorney General retains litigation authority): passed (24 ayes, 3 nays, 2 absent). - House Bill 23 (reclassification of wildlife violations): passed (27 ayes, 0 nays). - Senate Concurrent Resolution 13 (urging naming of the West Valley Highway as Norman H. Bangerter Highway): passed unanimously in the Senate (27 ayes, 0 nays, 2 absent) and will be transmitted for the governor’s signature.
Several other routine committee reports were adopted and additional procedural motions (committee referrals, substitutions, tabling to third reading when fiscal notes exceeded thresholds) were recorded on the calendar. The Senate adjourned until 10 a.m. Monday.
