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Senate advances a slate of bills on consent calendar; key measures pass
Summary
The Utah Senate on Feb. 8, 1994 adopted numerous consent-calendar measures and passed several bills on the floor, including measures affecting mental-health licensure, education background checks and tax rules for manufactured homes. A number of bills were also circled for later consideration.
The Utah State Senate conducted a wide-ranging floor session Feb. 8, advancing a large consent calendar and voting to pass multiple bills, while circling others for later consideration.
Several bills were passed on voice or roll-call votes. Senate Bill 132 (local district subdivision; sponsor Senator Mike Demetriix) passed by unanimous recorded support and was transmitted to the House. House Bill 90, the Mental Health Professional Practice Act, passed with recorded support (the transcript shows 28 recorded 'aye' votes). House Bill 97 (education criminal-background checks) also passed with a recorded 28 'aye' votes. Senate Bill 120 (technical corrections for special license plates) and Senate Bill 121 (amendments to the Uniform Driver's License Act) cleared the floor with recorded votes.
Senators used the consent calendar to expedite noncontroversial items and adopted standing-committee reports before turning to longer debates. Several bills were placed on the second- or third-reading calendars for later consideration; Substitute Senate Bill 62, concerning contingency-fee appraisers in property-tax appeals, was heavily debated and ultimately circled (postponed) for additional work. Senate Bill 139, changing sales-tax treatment for factory-built/mobile homes, received extended debate on fiscal and equity impacts and passed after a roll-call vote.
Procedural business included the adoption of the journal from the 23rd day, communications from the House transmitted by Chief Clerk Carol E. Peterson, and a Committee of the Whole in which the Senate recognized Neighborhood House’s 100th anniversary.
The Senate adjourned to reconvene at 10 a.m. the following day.
