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At a Glance: Key Senate Votes and Measures, March 2, 1994
Summary
The Utah Senate on March 2 took final action on dozens of bills: notable actions included final passage of House Bill 157 (substituted task force; 22–6–1), approval of the Appropriations Act HB 387 (23–6), and passage or concurrence on multiple health, education and technical bills; a roster of roll‑call results is provided below.
The Utah State Senate conducted an extended floor session March 2 and recorded final actions on multiple bills. Below are the principal outcomes and brief context for each item, drawn from roll-call and floor action during the session.
Votes at a glance
- House Bill 157 (firearms/local control, substituted): Passed final reading 22 ayes, 6 nays, 1 absent. The adopted substitute creates a task force to study which firearm laws should be local or statewide and leaves existing laws in place pending study.
- House Bill 387 (Appropriations Act): Final passage recorded as 23 ayes, 6 nays after floor amendments and technical corrections; bill sent back to the House.
- House Bill 123 (Emergency medical services for children — reported on floor as HB 1 23): Passed on third reading with 24 ayes, no nays (vote recorded on floor as 24–0).
- House Bill 3 18 (second substitute) and other fiscal 'green' bills: Multiple fiscal items were read and passed under suspension and sent to the House for signature/processing (see roll calls at the end of the day).
- Selected concurrence actions: Senate concurred with several House amendments on items such as radioactive substance management, interpreter certification, and other measures; these were recorded in routine communications and roll calls read on the floor.
Procedural notes: Several bills were circled (held) or uncircled (returned to the calendar) during the session; the Senate also appointed conference committees on specific measures where the houses disagreed. A short recess was taken late in the evening and leadership scheduled executive appropriations and additional meetings for the next hours.
This roundup covers floor outcomes recorded in Senate roll call and official communications read into the record.
