Votes at a glance: Senate advances multiple House bills, including tax, motor carrier, and confidentiality measures

During its Feb. 28, 1994 floor session the Utah Senate advanced and passed several House bills and received a comprehensive rules committee report listing many measures for the second‑reading calendar.

House Bill 145 (sales tax exemption for replacement parts used in manufacturing operations) received a favorable recommendation from the Revenue and Tax Committee (chair Lyle Hilliard) and passed the Senate on third reading; the clerk reported 26 ayes on the reading tally prior to final passage. Senate members discussed the fiscal note and the bill's intent to extend an existing exemption to new core parts for Geneva's manufacturing operations.

House Bill 92 (motor carrier amendments) was reported favorably by the Transportation and Public Safety Committee and advanced on the floor under suspension of the rules.

The Senate Rules Committee (chair John P. Holmgren) presented a rules report listing a broad set of House bills and resolutions to be placed on the second reading calendar, including items on tax penalties, centralization of state leasing, education appropriations, lifetime hunting licenses, criminal records expungement, and other matters; the motion to place them on the second reading calendar carried.

Other roll call notations recorded during the session include a briefly announced result for an early bill (reported 15 ayes, 13 nays, 1 absent) and the final recorded clerk tally for House Bill 50 (20 ayes, 8 nays), which passed after separate floor debate (see separate article). Several bills will proceed to the next step required by legislative procedure.

The Senate adjourned and scheduled reconvening for 8:00 a.m. the next morning.