Bills and votes at a glance: key roll calls from the Utah Senate session

Several bills were taken up, debated and voted on during the Jan. 27 Senate session. The floor recorded roll calls for multiple bills; below are the key outcomes as announced by the clerk on the floor:

- Substitute Senate Bill 4 (Charitable Solicitation Act, substitute): Passed — recorded as 27 aye, 0 nay, 2 absent. - Senate Bill 23 (Educational Technology Initiative): Passed — recorded as 27 aye, 0 nay, 2 absent. - Senate Bill 37 (Counties' responsibilities for poor persons): Passed — recorded as 20 aye, 0 nay, 9 absent; advanced to third reading calendar. - Senate Bill 40 (Department of Community & Economic Development interface with the Public Service Commission): Passed third reading — recorded as 18 aye, 11 no; placed for enrollment. - Senate Bill 52 (Victim restitution): Passed — recorded as 19 aye, 0 nay, 10 absent; placed on third reading calendar. - Senate Bill 66 (Commissioners on Uniform State Laws): Passed — recorded as 25 aye, 0 nay, 4 absent; placed on third reading calendar. - Senate Bill 30 (Certification of county assessor): Vote recorded earlier as 23 aye, 3 nay, 3 absent; advanced. - House Bill 46 (sunset reauthorization, with amendment extending sunset to 07/01/1994): Passed the Senate — recorded as 25 aye, 0 nay, 4 absent. - House Bill 11 (Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction): Passed — recorded as 26 aye, 0 nay, 3 absent.

Several other bills were read and placed on calendars or assigned to committees; the rules committee report assigned bills to standing committees for further consideration. Conflicts of interest were declared where required for members serving on nonprofits. The Senate adjourned until 10 a.m. the next day.